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Confirmation of the death of Taliban’s last unifying figure could set back the peace process in Afghanistan.
Defense cooperation is the cornerstone of the steadily strengthening bilateral U.S.-Indian relationship.
Even if Pakistan succeeds in getting the new Taliban leadership to the table, there will be enough Afghan elements to challenge the terms.
Beijing has begun to see that political stability and moderation in Afghanistan are vital to counter the rise of Islamist extremism and ethnic separatism in its restive far western province, Xinjiang.
Going against the grain of entrenched pacifism in Japan, Abe is making the case that Tokyo should respond to the rapidly unfolding geopolitical changes in the region.
Few analysts pay enough attention to either the phase that came before the Emergency or the phase after. Without this context, no good interpretation can emerge of the way the “political untouchability” of the Jana Sangh before the 1970s was attenuated.
Everyone in government knows that the Indian bureaucracy circa 2015 is not equipped to handle the challenges of India's democracy, economy, and society circa 2015—yet it continues to tinker at the margins.
The next decade in India’s partnership with America could turn out to be even more consequential than the previous one.
The deal revolutionized U.S.-India ties, which progressed so dramatically that it is often easy to forget the recrimination that dominated bilateral encounters since 1974.
In India, the state’s strong involvement in the economy, together with costly elections, has incentivized shadowy links between business, the criminal underworld, and politicians, exacerbating corrupt practices.