Syria

Recent events – like those in Syria – show increasing coordination among some of the world’s most dangerous states.

China’s Syria veto at the Security Council was no surprise. Richard Weitz looks at what Beijing might still be willing to do.

Meir Javedanfar looks at how Western sanctions on Iran are enabling violence in Syria to continue.

Tom Engelhardt on the lessons Washington can’t draw from the failure of the military option

If there is to be a lasting diplomatic solution to the Syria crisis it will need to involve China, Iran and Russia.

The groups circling for if the Assad regime falls are no solution to the country’s problems. The U.S. and EU should steer clear, Indian Decade contributor Madhav Nalapat writes from Syria.

Two decades of engagement have gone nowhere with North Korea. It’s time to take steps to undermine the foundations of the regime itself.

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?

Asia’s democracies have remained embarrassingly quiet over the atrocities being committed in Syria. If Asia wants to be taken seriously, it needs to step up.

Despite some of the recent bluster and bloodshed over Iran and Syria, developments this month suggest that there may be light at the end of the tunnel.

Syria is widely believed to have chemical weapons. But the U.S. will need to tread carefully to secure them.

Despite international attention focusing on Iran, close ally Syria likely already has a WMD option.