Asia

Home to a sixth of the world’s population and the third largest economy, India is certainly not a force to be ignored. With a GDP beyond the size of…

The administration wants to “pivot east” - to move away from Europe and the Middle East and more towards Japan, South Korea, and especially China - given…

With all the talk of how immigration reform will affect our neighbors to the South, we look at how it might affect immigrants to the United States from…

Jeffrey Alford is an adventurous sort. He left his Wyoming home in the late 1970's with very little money and began traveling in Asia. He funded his…

With its step-by-step return to Asia, the U.S. is looking for ways to send a message to China without picking a fight. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is visiting the region, emphasizing that the U.S. is back but with a much lighter touch. In Vietnam, he's hoping to build stronger defense ties.

Australia today announced that it is relaxing political sanctions against the country formerly known as Burma. The US and England will soon follow…

The wall of silence in Indonesia surrounding one of the 20th century's worst atrocities is beginning to fall apart. A forthcoming report estimates that in the mid-1960s, the Indonesian military killed up to 1 million suspected communists, and places blame squarely on former military dictator Suharto.