Politics

In Deng Xiaoping’s time, China’s objective was to ensure that the country’s economic rise did not trigger resentment from other nations, Zakaria says in The Washington Post

Biographer Panneerselvan says that the Tamil Nadu leader’s interventions were not partisan but “refined and nuanced”

Prime Minister K.P.Sharma Oli has always wanted it so as to end a fractious stalemate and get a clear mandate

Re-elected Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has to cater to the “aspirational classes” which are now substantially with Modi

Neither Prime Minister Oli nor his opponents seem capable of forming a workable coalition to avoid fresh polls

A leader who kindled great hopes has grievously wounded democracy, says The Kathmandu Post in an editorial

Bangladesh’s foreign minister congratulated Ms Banerjee for upholding religious harmony and collective brotherhood

Islam Is seen as a shield against Western and non-Islamic influences in a globalized world

"Modi leads India out of a lockdown and into a Covid apocalypse," declared a recent headline in the UK Sunday Times

The Maldives' political history has been shaped by intense factionalism and Islamic radicalism