Asia
The former cricket star wins an election amid widespread allegations of cheating
For its leaders, becoming the world’s newest developed country may not be all good news
The former prime minister’s incarceration will not eradicate his family’s political influence
Thaksin Shinawatra, who wrote the book on South-East Asian populism, ponders its next chapter
Army meddling could put Imran Khan, a former cricket star, in charge of the country
Nawaz Sharif says it is all an army-inspired ploy to prevent his PML-N winning this month’s election
Army meddling could put Imran Khan, a former cricket star, in charge of the country
How not to blow your own trumpetMOST political leaders play up their country’s economic performance. Those on the Cook Islands, a collection of 15
“FOR the first time in our history, fair elections are going to be held,” insisted Fawad Chaudhry, a spokesman for the opposition Pakistan Tehreek
OH, EAST is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet. Perhaps that was true when an Iron Curtain ran down the middle of Europe, and Mao
Out and proud in SingaporeBLACK-and-white photographs in the foyer of an arts cinema are filled with smiling, pouting and laughing faces—young and o
SITTING stony-faced at the back of a business-class cabin on an Etihad flight from London to the Pakistani city of Lahore, Nawaz Sharif waited patient
Happy birthday, Mr PresidentIT WAS in June of 1998 that oil-rich Kazakhstan officially inaugurated its purpose-built capital, Astana. But when the 20t
WHEN Nawaz Sharif recently announced that he would return to Pakistan, not everyone believed him. On July 6th the National Accountability Bureau (NAB)
INDIA’S farmers should be the happiest in the world. For decades governments have showered them with perks including a blanket tax exemption; subsid
ON THE morning of March 20th 1995 your columnist arrived at work to see the pavements outside his office covered with poisoned commuters. Some were un
RELIEF engulfs Thailand. After 17 days, ten of them without food or medicine, 12 Thai boys and their football coach emerged from the Tham Luang cave o
RELIEF engulfs Thailand. After 17 days, ten of them without food or medicine, the last of 12 Thai boys and their football coach emerged from the Tham
LIU XIA, the widow of China’s most renowned dissident of the 21st century, Liu Xiaobo, had been facing the grim prospect of commemorating the death
EARLY on the morning of July 6th reporters began to assemble their tripods outside Avenfield House, a posh apartment block on London’s Park Lane.
