Region
South Asia
Sri Lanka Overestimates its Importance to China
By Rathindra Kuruwita
India is a massive market that has great potential. If letting go of Sri Lanka allows China to improve its relationship with India, it will.
Nepal Plans to Lower Age at Marriage
By Santosh Sharma Poudel
The minimum age was set higher to ensure that girls finish school, become independent and make informed choices. Will the proposed change reverse the gains achieved?
India’s Struggle Between Democracy and Authoritarianism
By Muqtedar Khan
The state, its judiciary, and law enforcement agencies have been captured in the service of communal politics.
Hindu Man Killed as Religious Tensions Boil in India
By Sheikh Saaliq and Krutika Pathi
The killing, which follows a string of attacks by Hindu nationalists on religious minorities, represents a dramatic escalation of communal violence in the country.
As Baloch Women Raise Their Voices, the State Cracks Down
By Somaiyah Hafeez
The rise in Baloch women’s activism – and terrorism – has accompanied a new willingness by authorities to target women with state-sanctioned violence.
Co-Founder of Fact-Checking Website Arrested in India
By Sudha Ramachandran
Mohammed Zubair’s work, which was critical of the government and outed peddlers of fake news, seems to have ruffled feathers.
Pakistani Court Sentences Militant Linked to 2008 Mumbai Attacks
By Munir Ahmed and Asim Tanveer
Sajid Mir's sentencing could be part of part of Pakistan’s efforts to get off the grey list of the Financial Action Task Force.
Can Pakistan Weaken the Growing India-Taliban Outreach?
By Umair Jamal
Islamabad is reported to have asked its missions in Afghanistan to highlight ideological and political contradictions between India and the Taliban.
Rohingya Refugee Children Face Uncertainty in India
By Mehran Firdous
In refugee camps in Jammu, children avoid going out to study or play as they fear being attacked by right-wing groups or detained by police.
Destruction Everywhere, Help Scarce After Afghanistan Quake
By Ebrahim Noroozi and Rahim Faiez
In Afghanistan, those who were barely scraping by have lost everything to the recent earthquake.
India’s History Wars Heat Up
By Muheet Ul Islam and Pirzada Shakir
The Babri Mosque ruling galvanized a new wave of legal attacks, with Hindu nationalist groups claiming hundreds of mosques built by Muslims emperors centuries ago were temples in ancient India.
Indian Experts Want New Delhi to Buy Fewer Arms From Russia (and Everyone Else, Too)
By Krzysztof Iwanek
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine strengthened many Indian experts’ views on the need for self-reliance in defense production.