China’s rapid economic development has been fueled in large part by a massive migration of rural workers to cities and industrial zones. Young, poorly educated, and highly mobile, these workers conti…

India not only faces evolving threats from Kashmiri militants, but also an increasingly violent Maoist insurgency.

Amid political uncertainty in Bangkok, a violent insurgency continues in the country’s majority Malay Muslim provinces in the south, with no possible settlement in sight.

As the Olympics draw near, critics are attacking Beijing for its policies on the environment, the press, Sudan, and Tibet.

China is dealing with growing signs of social unrest and a budding civil society, but the central government’s power grip leaves little room for democracy.