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Shin Nakayama shares his weekly reflections and recommendations
Bangladesh turmoil
Bangladesh struggles to restore normalcy 1 month after leader flees
Caretaker government grapples with border security, flood damage
Semiconductors
India signs chip deal with Singapore during Modi visit
Indian PM meets counterpart Lawrence Wong to bolster supply chain
Opinion
Nepal's gains on gender equality in politics are in peril
Representation of women in key positions is declining, exposing patriarchal norms
Telecommunication
Pakistan installs firewall in censorship drive, hitting businesses
Critics say move curbs freedoms, but government claims national security at risk
The Big Story
Election campaign energizes Sri Lankans weary of economic turmoil
Presidential candidates tap public misgivings about IMF-directed policy changes
Asia Insight
Once neglected, Asian Americans now courted in knife-edge election
Tiny margins in battleground states spotlight voters like Wisconsin's Hmong community
Opinion
Pakistan must enforce constitution to avoid Bangladesh's fate
Nation needs to end hybrid system that leaves room for power struggles
Afghanistan turmoil
Afghan women 'brace for worst' as Taliban tighten morality laws
Ban on women's voices in public blasted as 'intolerable' by U.N. rights chief
Energy
Iran slaps Pakistan with 'final notice' over unfinished gas pipeline
Islamabad could be on the hook for billions of dollars in penalties
Your Week in Asia
Pope in Asia, China-Africa forum, Japan-Australia 2+2
Your weekly lineup of Asia's biggest business and political events
Defense
India adds second nuclear missile submarine, has third on way
New Delhi expands sea-based Indo-Pacific deterrence with eye on China
U.S. elections 2024
Kamala Harris faces challenges in attracting Indian American support
Longtime Democratic voting bloc attracted by Republican tax cuts, small business support
Bangladesh turmoil
Stateless Rohingya put faith in Bangladesh leader Yunus
Refugees hope head of caretaker government resolves stalled repatriation efforts
Terrorism
More than 70 dead after militant attacks in Pakistan's Balochistan
Ethnic insurgents seek secession of resource-rich Balochistan
Politics
India's Modi government pulls key policies, bills after backlash
Weakened BJP withdraws recruitment ad, controversial draft broadcast law
Opinion
U.N. must focus on improving lives of suffering Afghans
Dialogue may persuade Taliban to accept goals within its hard-line ideology
Myanmar Crisis
Rohingya demand end to violence on 7th anniversary of flight from Myanmar
1m-plus in squalid Bangladesh camps have little prospect of returning home
Your Week in Asia
Indonesia-U.S. maneuvers, BHP earnings, Indian economy data
Your weekly lineup of Asia's biggest business and political events
Comment
The downfall of Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh's 'Iron Lady'
Daughter of country's independence hero became an authoritarian ruler
Ukraine war
Modi meets with Zelenskyy in Ukraine weeks after Putin hug
India leader says both sides should sit down together to resolve crisis
Transportation
Pakistan delays China-funded airport opening over security fears
Critics say $246m 'vanity' project risks turning into a white elephant
Politics
Taliban ban women from uncovering their faces or singing in public
Step is part of 'vice and virtue' laws published this week by Afghanistan's rulers
Indo-Pacific
Indo-Pacific nations embrace U.N. exercises to fight maritime crime
China provocations contribute to growing interest in boosting security
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Interview
Japan calls for 'integrated joint exercise' with India
Defense Minister Kihara seeks tighter military relations between two nations