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Despite rumors of an impending coup, Pakistan looks on course for early elections. But an Imran Khan win would see big changes to ties with the U.S.

Differences over Iran threaten to undermine the progress made on U.S. relations with India. Can New Delhi be persuaded to apply more pressure on Tehran?

Reporters Without Borders has released its latest press freedom list. It was a tough year in Asia for the media.

Kim Jong-nam’s vocal criticism of his brother’s ascension to power in North Korea poses an early challenge to the new leader – and puts China in a tricky position.

The Chinese Communist Party’s placement of regime security over national security interests is typical of autocracies. It’s also very dangerous.

Iran’s supreme leader has built much of his legitimacy around demonizing the United States. So what could he really offer in talks with the U.S.?

Resource-rich Canada and resource-hungry China seem in some ways like natural partners. After a slow start, they just might be.

Will political reforms in Burma lead to a flood of investment from Western companies? No, Burma isn’t Vietnam.

With signs that Burma’s government may be genuinely reforming, long-exiled media organizations are starting to believe the time is right to head home.

China’s rise will see the end of Western domination. But contrary to the suggestion of some alarmist commentators, this doesn’t mean the Western world is finished.

China’s economic growth has been meteoric. But a tough global environment in 2012 could herald several years of severe economic turbulence in China.

The government in Burma appears to be making some progress on human rights. Hillary Clinton should take the chance to press it over the country’s forgotten minority children.