Magazine

Extreme weather events, like India’s heatwaves, pose new challenges to green solutions.

Russia’s longstanding “imperial myth” holds that “Russia did not attack and colonize, but liberated and saved the colonized.”

“Pakistan and Sri Lanka have experienced the most political tumult in South Asia, and in both cases it’s been driven by economic stress.”

The latest outbreak of violence in GBAO followed six months of tensions after nearly 30 years of both pressure and government neglect.

What do we know about the man supposedly leading Islamic State’s East Asia branch?

Carrie Lam leaves behind a new Hong Kong: less free, less capable, and more dependent on the mainland.

In northernmost Hokkaido, residents can easily see Russian-held islands that once belonged to Japan. Some still hold out hope for the islands’ return.

Global attention on Afghanistan has largely dried up, but the Afghan diaspora cannot look away.

How best to manage ties with China ought to be a central election issue, but the campaign narratives are focused on posturing rather than policy.

Rethinking “strategic ambiguity” is important, but in the meantime Washington must compensate for its dwindling military advantage over China with more costly signals of political resolve.

How does Japan’s post-war constitution hold up in an era of increasing great power competition and unexpected emergencies?

“North Korea is not sending signals it is open to diplomacy, but waiting for it to do so is a serious mistake.”