The Diplomat

The controversial comment was made on the eve of ruling party chief Ravi Lamichhanes visit to India.

Today, Bhutans development model faces pressures that may overwhelm the deliberate gradualism that has long defined its approach.

The RSFs score for India is significant not for the number itself, but for what that ranking reflects about deeper structural trends affecting journalism, media ownership, and democratic accountability.

Clean technology has become embedded within a wider geopolitical contest over industrial leadership, technological sovereignty, and influence in the world, especially in the Global South.

The attack, which coincided with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharifs visit to China, was aimed at sending China a message that its investments in Balochistan are not safe.

Moscow's deepening relations with the Taliban hint at growing doubts about Pakistan as a counterterrorism partner.

Balendra Shah, who assumed office just two months ago, does as he pleases, with little regard for constitutional norms, parliamentary procedures or diplomatic niceties.

The security provisions in recent agreements with the Taliban may reflect intent, but the more immediate benefit on the Russian side appears to be addressing the labor shortage.

Imported inflation, fragile manufacturing, and unequal burdens complicate textbook arguments supporting unrestricted currency depreciation across India.

True integration, it appears, will remain elusive until New Delhi stops treating Kashmir as a security variable to be managed.

When the Andhra government cannot sustain existing welfare systems, why is it promising financial incentives to couples to have three or four children?

The current warmth in Bangladesh-Pakistan bilateral relations is less a product of mutual trust and more a function of geopolitical calculations.