South Asia

Should Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif take populist steps like reducing energy prices, Pakistan could go down the same route as Sri Lanka.

China’s willingness to partner with the Taliban undermines American efforts to influence the extremist group’s behavior through pressure campaigns and sanctions.

Khan has not provided any evidence that Americans toppled his government; meanwhile, the Pakistan opposition has been agitating for a no-confidence vote for months.

But protestors are unimpressed. They want the ruling Rajapaksa clan to go.

Nepal is heading into its second round of local elections under its 2015 constitution. How have local governments fared in their inaugural session?

That will not be easy as the president enjoys enormous powers and cannot be impeached easily.

The U.S. spent over $8 billion in a failed effort to stop the Afghan drug trade. Will the Taliban’s DIY effort carry the day?

Sri Lankans for the past months have been enduring shortages of fuel, food, and other essentials and daily power outages.

Facing Sri Lanka's worst economic crisis, the Rajapaksa family's appeals to national security and Sinhala Buddhist nationalism may no longer be enough to keep them in power.

Following Imran Khan’s ouster amid public accusations of a U.S. conspiracy, how will the new government approach the relationship?

The leaderless nature of the protests was part of the attraction for many Sri Lankans. But leaders need to emerge if the movement is going to succeed in bringing about political change.

Abandoned by his former patrons, the military, the erstwhile prime minister is back on the streets to mobilize his supporters and push for early elections.