Young people at the pro-monarchy rally did not profess a desire for the monarchy but complained against Nepal’s main political parties, says the journalist
The Trump administration’s foreign-aid freeze, tariffs and deportations threaten the United States’ established position and popular goodwill across Southasia, and China stands ready to step further in
Bhutan’s Nepali-speaking diaspora, created by the expulsion of the Lhotshampa in the 1990s, can help the country’s tottering economy, the researcher says – if the Bhutan government were ready to reach out
Muhammad Yunus’ interim government needs to implement reforms to resurrect institutions that Sheikh Hasina had all but dismantled, starting with law and order and banking, says economist and political commentator Jyoti Rahman
Pakistan cannot meaningfully fight economic distress and mass unemployment unless its resources are freed from control by the highest echelons of its military, bureaucracy and the political class
After decades as a political flop, Wickremesinghe engineered a nascent economic recovery and quietly depleted the once-mighty Rajapaksas. Has his presidency, for all its flaws, given Sri Lanka a chance at something better?
Veteran journalist and Afghanistan analyst Kate Clark explains how Afghan people have been living under the Taliban’s ultra-conservative rule while grappling with global isolation and a crumbling economy
Political scientist Ali Riaz details how the Sheikh Hasina government has displayed absolute disregard for the lives of its citizens, causing the political ground to shift in Bangladesh
Bangladesh’s quota protests have spiralled into national unrest because of long-standing public disaffection with Hasina and her Awami League over the economy, corruption and autocratic behaviour
Not learning from the past, Islamabad is unleashing a new military operation against Baloch insurgency and Islamist extremism, continuing a vicious cycle of violence instead of addressing Baloch grievances through constitutional means
Mass protests and seething local resentment show that Islamabad continues to control and exploit the nominally autonomous region it calls Azad Kashmir, or “Free Kashmir”
Nepal is on the frontlines of the climate crisis but lags behind in negotiating for international resources and technological support for adaptation, leaving its communities especially vulnerable
