Central Asia is no longer perceived solely as an object of great power rivalry; on the contrary, the region is emerging as an important and self-sufficient actor, putting forward its own initiatives ...

Asia’s politics are marked by extraordinary diversity, with forms of governance ranging from liberal democracies to authoritarian regimes. Economic success has not always brought about democratic ...

Pope Francis has always been fascinated with Asia, as seen in his extensive travels there. Asia is significant to the pope as it holds two-thirds of the world's population and includes four of the ...

A Unified Payment Interface (UPI) bar code is displayed on a market stall in India. Such payment systems are becoming increasingly interconnected as Asia's cross-border payments develop. In April, ...

The Atlantic Council, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank, held its inaugural U.S.-Central Asia Forum on June 5 to discuss the future of Washington’s strategy toward the region. Meanwhile, Washington ...

This article was submitted as part of the Global Voices Climate Justice fellowship, which pairs journalists from Sinophone and Global Majority countries to investigate the effects of Chinese ...

At his first general audience after the September visit to Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste, and Singapore, Pope Francis thanked God for his trip to Asia, which he said was his dream as a ...