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Indian voters ought to think hard about giving Narendra Modi another popular mandateThe world’s largest elections begin this weekend in India, amid claims that the race to lead the country has already been won. If Narendra Modi were to secure a third t…
Read MoreThe country’s economic, political and security crises are deepening. They won’t be solved by a backstage fixIf anyone had a scintilla of doubt about what lay behind the multiple convictions of Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan, their timing w…
Read MoreThe inauguration of the temple erased divisions between politics and religion in a theoretically secular stateMonday’s inauguration of the new Ram Mandir in Ayodhya by India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, was a moment decades in the making. Yet it al…
Read MoreAn autocratic crackdown saw the main opposition party boycott the poll, rendering the victory hollow for the current prime ministerSheikh Hasina Wazed has brought the best of times and the worst of times to Bangladesh. In her 15 years of consecuti…
Read MoreA new exhibition of intricate paintings opens up a wider debate about who gets to see them and howTowards the end of last year, Rishi Sunak went to a small amount of trouble to get a large degree of attention. The prime minister blew off a meeting with…
Read MoreEthnic armed groups have scored remarkable successes in the last month. But the army will not cede power easilyWhen Myanmar’s military launched a coup almost three years ago, snatching back the limited portion of control they had ceded to elected civil…
Read MoreWhatever the truth about the murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, the row shows that building relationships with New Delhi won’t be easyCanada made waves when it recently announced an inquiry into potential foreign election interference. Its tanking relatio…
Read MoreAs the world grows more fractured, developing countries are looking for new coalitions to stay out of a possible cold warThe last decade of annual summits held by Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (Brics) has rarely merited much attention b…
Read MoreWhile a country of 250 million people grapples with multiple crises, the political struggle over Imran Khan’s future continuesThe multiple crises facing Pakistan are not merely daunting, but immense. Six million more people have been plunged into pover…
Read MoreThe confrontation between the country’s most popular politician, Imran Khan, and the generals threatens to paralyse the stateThe standoff between Imran Khan, Pakistan’s former prime minister, and the country’s military is yet another sign that the poli…
Read MoreDeteriorating relations between Washington and Beijing imperil contact between citizens, but also make it more importantRicher and more complex stories lie behind dominant narratives, as the British Museum’s fascinating new exhibition, China’s Hidden C…
Read MoreMore than five years after hundreds of thousands fled Myanmar, conditions in Bangladesh are deterioratingThe hungry and desperate are now much more so. Last month, the rations to Rohingya living in the world’s largest refugee camp – Cox’s Bazar, Bangla…
Read MoreFamilies are in desperate straits, the security situation is worsening – but the Taliban’s priority is punishing half the populationThe Taliban’s relentless campaign against women is not only a matter of rights, but of survival. It is not only cruel an…
Read MoreDespite the Tatmadaw’s increasing viciousness, it appears unable to suppress resistanceIn February 2021, Myanmar’s army ended its decade-long, grudging tolerance of limited democracy by launching a coup, detaining Aung San Suu Kyi and other elected civ…
Read MoreMelting glaciers and torrential rains are wrecking lives. Western governments must step up their responseThe harm and distress caused by floods in Pakistan are difficult – if not impossible – to quantify, as a crisis of vast proportions keeps unfolding…
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