by Gae Emilio Leanza Maharashtra, like the rest of “rising” India, is full of contradictions. Home to 111 million, it ranks second only...

“It is our religious duty to kill all Shias… in all of Pakistan, especially Quetta, we will continue our successful jihad against the...

The story of China’s growth has been the story of its workers. Long discussed in regards to China’s meteoric rise, the millions of...

Asked who America’s number one foreign enemy is, which country would you answer? If you follow the news, you’d probably say either North...

No longer can I ignore the imitable elephant in the room. Pyongyang’s various declarations of imminent destruction have become more and...

Last week, I wrote of the various problems that plague several of the BRIC nations, which include troubling and skewed demographics in...

“Families are always rising and falling in America,” Nathaniel Hawthorne observed, and the same is true of nations.  Their economies...

As the sixteenth round of negotiations over the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) closed in Singapore last week, it is time to examine the...

How an election became a contest for Korea’s past as well as its future. by Woojeong Jang On December 19, 2012, South Korea held its...

Women’s rights in India needs a new model for action. by David Adler I used to travel two hours a day on the Delhi metro to go to...

This week, I originally planned to write of a new and recent phenomenon, the assumption of China as the globe’s leading importer of oil,...

In his recent column on the Senkaku/Diaoyu islands dispute between China and Japan, Carter Johnson raises several interesting points. I...

Several weeks ago, I wrote of the resurgence of Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe. I focused on the process by which he plans and hopes...

In Myanmar, change seems to be the new norm. Now officially known as the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, the Southeast Asian nation...

It was a little over five years ago that Shinzo Abe, Japan’s 90th Prime Minister, unceremoniously resigned his post amidst government...

I lived in India for all of my life and I still don’t understand the political climate of my country. Sure it’s a democracy–but how is it...