Pakistan

The Indian Army is undertaking its first strategic transformation in more than two decades. And it has its sights firmly on China.

Hu Jintao and Barack Obama have announced a new joint nuclear centre. Is this a major breakthrough?

Hamid Karzai’s decision to postpone the inauguration of the new parliament deepens what was already a political crisis, argues Robert Dreyfuss.

The assassination of Salman Taseer is a dark reminder of the fanaticism Pakistan faces. How should India respond?

In this second in a series of interviews looking back on 2010, we speak with analyst Haider Mullick about developments in Pakistan.

Indian officials have been reluctant to answer some of the hard questions over tense relations with China.

Does Dmitry Medvedev’s visit to India and the signing of a raft of business and defence deals indicate warmer ties?

Bangladesh, India and Pakistan are all big contributors to UN missions. But there’s more to it than just international goodwill.

Despite the deadly attack in Varanasi, the Indian Mujahideen is clearly a much degraded terrorist force.

The best chance for success would be for Obama to call a ceasefire, followed by all-inclusive talks. Political concerns mean he won’t.

‘Cablegate’ gives a glimpse of just how high tensions were between India and Pakistan after the 2008 Mumbai attacks.

Pakistan is in crisis. Overcoming this will mean completely rethinking long-held assumptions about what the country is meant to be.