A court ruling against colonial exploitation could threaten a strategic U.S. military base in the Indian Ocean. Indigenous advocates say it's about time.
Regions / India
India’s democracy is at grave risk if the government allows the rule by mobs to undermine the rule of law.
If nuclear war comes, it will happen because of a calculation or miscalculation by India or Pakistan.
The world’s major nuclear powers are treaty-bound to move towards disarmament. The India-Pakistan clash underscores the need to get moving.
Colonial-era "criminal defamation laws" in countries like India are being wielded against women who hold abusers accountable. But women aren’t standing down.
The far right is on the rise from North America to Europe to Asia. Each case is different, but they share key similarities — and require similar responses.
The U.S. isn't the only country where women are lining up to burn down the (frat) house.
Alliances and rivalries are reshuffling as Asian countries try to make sense of the Trump administration's belligerent and erratic foreign policy.
It's about propping up "besieged majorities" in multiethnic countries.
It's scary to think of Donald Trump or Kim Jung-un with a nuclear button. Scarier are all the nameless functionaries with the same.