投稿者: Editorial
Narendra Modi’s austerity appeals reveal how war, energy insecurity and dollar pressures expose the fragility of globalisationThe Indian prime minister’s call for sacrifice last week marks a fundamental shift. He urged the country’s 1.4 billion pe…
Five years of brutal conflict have made the army more determined to crush opposition, and others more convinced they must resistChina promoted elections in Myanmar, while those fighting for democracy boycotted them. That tells you everything about the …
Europe’s India and Vietnam deals signal a historic shift away from coercion towards cooperation that respects developing countries’ sovereignty For the European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, the EU’s trade pact with India was the “mother …
A lucrative sector is spreading fast as criminal enterprises force abused and trafficked workers to cheat othersA Chinese court last month sentenced 11 people to death over their roles in a illegal scam empire along the border with Myanmar. But it won’…
The White House wanted India to bow. Instead, Narendra Modi flew to China, shook Xi Jinping’s hand and left Washington sidelined Donald Trump’s imperial tendencies see the US president wield tariffs and sanctions in the expectation that America will re…
The British government’s secret scheme to bring those at risk to the UK has dominated headlines, but, worldwide, many times more are losing protectionThe British public discovered only very belatedly that an enormous accidental data breach by an offici…
After drone strikes, nuclear jitters and a ceasefire, the latest fighting between India and Pakistan reveals how peace dies by routine “The arms race between India and Pakistan poses perhaps the most probable prospect for future use of weapons of mass …
Both sides believe they are treading carefully, but without intercession the military clash following the murder of Hindu tourists in Kashmir could escalateThe familiarity of military confrontation between India and Pakistan is no cause for reassurance…
International donors will need to work with the country’s fragmented local administrations as well as its military rulersRestrictions on the press and internet imposed by the military junta that rules Myanmar mean that information about the powerful ea…
The junta’s brutality has failed to secure victory in the civil war, but is devastating the countryMyanmar’s coup must have looked like an easy win to the generals, given their long record of crushing dissent. Their grudging experiment with limited dem…
Women have been stripped of their freedom, dignity and livelihoods. The international community must heed their demandsWomen barely feature in Hollywoodgate, the chilling and remarkable documentary on the Taliban currently showing in selected cinemas. …
The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, fled this week amid mass unrest. This is a chance to replace autocracy with real civil and political rightsA “second liberation day”. That is how Muhammad Yunus, Nobel peace laureate, hailed the moment when Bangladesh…
The prime minister assumed he would sweep back to power in a landslide. Voters have wisely chosen otherwiseNemesis has followed swift on the heels of Narendra Modi’s hubris. He is set to be the first Indian prime minister to serve a third ter…