Libya

India’s decision to abstain in a U.N. vote over Libya this time last year has hurt the country’s moral standing. Why vote against democracy?

China’s failure to support the rebels in Libya could hurt its investment prospects there. Time for a rethink?

China’s failure to support the rebels in Libya could hurt its investment prospects there. Time for a rethink?

Chinese private security companies are seeing an opportunity as the U.S. withdraws troops from Iraq and Afghanistan. But plenty of complications await them.

With little in the way of force projection, China’s dependence on natural resources in unstable parts of the world could undercut its economic ambitions. There are limits to freeriding.

Muammar Gaddafi was a brutal dictator. That doesn’t mean that it was right to intervene in Libya.

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has been killed by rebel forces. The next government has a huge task ahead.

India’s decision to abstain from a UN Security Council vote on sanctions against Syria was classic self-interest.

Asian nations need to be grappling with the lessons of the Libyan civil war. How will they respond if conflict erupts in their backyard?

Chinese policymakers are often assumed to be the archetypal practitioners of realpolitik. But their coddling of dictators is counter-productive.

Chinese policy over Libya and Sudan suggests a possible shift in its non-interference doctrine. What’s happening?

China’s denials that it OK’d state firms to sell arms to Muammar Gaddafi’s regime are believable but still troubling.