Public backing for the demonstrations is bolstered by their propaganda-puncturing uses of social media.

India’s Prime Minister appears set on a renewed mission to woo the neighbours – bar one – into seeing the world his way.

Blackouts and chronic air pollution in a nation with abundant sources of clean energy makes no economic sense.

Coercion rather than conciliation is Beijing’s preferred tactic in South China Sea disputes.

Alone among the Five Eyes, Australia has no explicit protection of journalists in the exercise of search warrants.

Pack your manners with your passport, people!

China previously mirrored the policies of other emerging economies, with the same success – only on a huge scale.

With the Pacific Islands Forum leaders’ summit about to get underway, here are featured stories from across the region.

If history is a guide, the interests of Korean victims, not US strategic goals, must be put first.

Ben Bland and Primrose Riordan discuss the ongoing political unrest in Hong Kong.

The planned dissolution not only creates a regional disturbance, but tips the balance against minority rights.

This modest proposal could help bring stability and security to the Indo-Pacific, without the military fanfare.

There will have to be a negotiation to enable negotiations to resume, and quick, otherwise the US election will intrude.

Missile tests hardly seem to signal Pyongyang’s sincerity but may serve as a distraction tactic for wider aims.

An epidemic, a rights activist, an exiled judge, and lynch mobs have Bangladesh in an uproar.

Trumpian currency intervention is a bigger risk than China weaponising the renminbi.

Assessing the education of girls in India, hiring an apprentice helps, plus links from across the development sector.

Can the US escape a “law of the hammer”, where the deployment of American troops abroad offers a temptation to use them?

From the heights of political power to the depths of violence, Hela province follows a familiar path.

The terminology might have converged, but differing interpretations of how to manage the region still pose a challenge.

Nominating loyalist John Ratcliffe as US intelligence chief will only compound the problem of speaking truth to power.

Why is the world only now hearing about the apparent death of the al-Qaeda scion, and will it hurt the terrorist group?

“Friendship” is a common formula Beijing’s uses describe its Pacific ties – but what does being friends really mean?

Those trying to turn Mack Horton’s spat with Sun Yang into an attack on China have plunged down the wrong lane.