Politics

More than 37 archaeological sites in Afghanistan have been destroyed and targeted with “systematic looting” under the Taliban-run government, according to researchers at the University of Chicago. Researchers at the university’s Center…

China’s businesses are struggling and job seekers have trouble finding work, President Xi Jinping acknowledged during his Sunday New Year’s Eve speech. This is the first time Xi has mentioned economic challenges in his annual New Year’s…

Taiwan’s participation in APEC offers a rare chance to break the diplomatic embargo imposed by China.

President Joe Biden will make an extraordinary wartime visit to Israel this week as he seeks to demonstrate staunch support for the country as it works to eliminate Hamas while also pressing for ways to ease humanitarian suffering in Gaza.…

In opposition, Muizzu was part of the “India Out” campaign. Will he take this forward as president?

President Ranil Wickremesinghe has asserted that Sri Lanka’s government does not align itself with either India or China and firmly stands for Sri Lanka’s interests above all else. “Some time back a person asked me whether I am…

he clash between Reaganism and the non-interventionism championed by the rising New Right will have enormous implications for China policy.

The fifteenth BRICS summit being held in Johannesburg from 22-24 August will be the first in-person summit since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2019. South Africa hosted the last in-person summit in 2018. BRICS had an acronymous…

While deeply unpopular in Kashmir, the move resonated in much of India, where the Modi government was cheered by supporters.

The former leader’s presence is part of a longer trend of election “observers” who apply a stamp of approval to flawed electoral processes.