Indian voters are rewarding politicians for good economic performance—a new and encouraging sign that Indian democracy is maturing.
The continuing violence in Bangladesh and the political cloud over the general elections scheduled for January are of great consequence for the entire subcontinent.
Raghuram Rajan, the governor of the Reserve Bank of India, has to decide whether to keep interest rates constant or raise them.
In recent years, sentiments for reviving cross-border connections with Pakistan have intensified on the Indian side of Punjab and have strong bipartisan support.
2014 will be a year of transition in South Asia. National elections in Afghanistan, India, and Bangladesh will affect both regional stability and international security.
In a region where democracy has been uneven, the successful completion of another election in India, especially one in which voter turnout achieved record highs, is cause for celebration.
A comprehensive approach to the Middle East should also allow Delhi to recast the anti-Western framework that has long guided India’s regional policy.
As early as the 1920s, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel showed ambivalent attitudes vis-à-vis the Muslim minority in Gujarat and India at large
The jihadist insurgency will continue to cause problems for Pakistan’s new Chief of Army Staff, General Raheel Sharif.
After an arduous diplomatic process to define the terms of a future international presence in Afghanistan, President Karzai balked at the last second.