Pakistan

Taliban victory encourages jihadist terrorists in Pakistan and China’s Xinjiang

August 20, 2021 By Steve Sweeney

Groups including ISIS and the East Turkmenistan Islamic Movement in Xinjiang will gain confidence following events in Afghanistan, says Communist Party of Pakistan leader.

Nuclear-armed India and Pakistan move closer to war after Kashmir annexation

August 8, 2019 By Sweta Choudhury

Hindu nationalism is on the rise. The re-election of Narenda Modi and the Kashmir annexation are driving India toward more anti-Muslim hatred.

How long can we keep dodging nuclear war?

March 12, 2019 By Conn Hallinan

In part, it is the conventional power of countries like the U.S. that fuels the drive by smaller nations to acquire nuclear weapons.

U.S. rolls the dice of war in Asia-Pacific

December 6, 2017 By Conn Hallinan

Malabar 17 brought together the U.S., Japanese, and Indian navies to practice shutting down a waterway through which 80 percent of China’s energy supplies travel.

Witness the end of an empire in “Viceroy’s House”

March 3, 2017 By Alan Frank

It's a riveting and deeply disturbing account of the transfer of power from Britain to India in 1947 after 200 years of colonial rule.