It will also be to the benefit of the South-East Asian countries to draw Australia much closer economically and politically, as they try to infuse greater substance into the claim of ASEAN centrality ...

Lithuania Poland Romania Estonia Federated States of Micronesia The map below lists these 10 countries, illustrating countries with shrinking populations in blue, and those with growing ...

The United States recently completed the transfer of 10 former Coast Guard ships to four Asian countries, including two involved in territorial disputes with China, a Newsweek map shows.

Both countries have appreciable minorities, such as Sikhs, Christians, Jains, Ahmadiyyas and Buddhists. So, what role might people of faith play in establishing a lasting peace in South Asia?

For decades, policymakers and scholars have been trained in the West and elsewhere to think of the countries of the Indian subcontinent as part of a coherent region: South Asia. Home to around a ...

This Pew Research Center analysis focuses on how adults in Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka view other countries in South Asia. This analysis draws on nationally representative surveys of 7,124 adults ...

Whether the nations of South Asia will be able to forestall the now-paused tariffs and even remove the remaining 10 percent levy through negotiations with the Trump administration remains uncertain.

WASHINGTON, April 23, 2025—Amid increasing uncertainty in the global economy, South Asia’s growth prospects have weakened, with projections downgraded in most countries in the region. Stepping up ...

Kazakhstan was also hit by a tariff of 27 percent, while all the other countries in Central Asia, and the Caucasus, were slapped with a 10 percent rate. But according to a Kazakh Trade Ministry ...

President Trump signed a proclamation barring travelers and immigrants from 12 countries and restricting entry for nationals from another seven.

A major redrawing of the map of the South China Sea began when Xi Jinping came to power in 2012. In the subsequent three years China built seven new bases in the Spratly Islands, three of them ...