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Long Journey Back to Heaven
The Diplomat's Pakistan correspondent, Mustafa Qadri, meets refugees from the conflict in Pakistan's Swat Valley and finds anger, trepidation and hope as they return home after this summer's counter-Taliban military offensive.
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Sri Lanka – The New Great Game
The defeat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in May brought an end to Sri Lanka's civil war. But the conflict also shed light on a bitter geopolitical struggle taking place against the backdrop of the declining influence of the West and the emerging influence of India and China. Sergei DeSilva-Ranasinghe explores the implications of Sri Lanka's evolving foreign policy.
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Meeting Pakistan’s Other Insurgents
The Baloch homeland, which straddles the borders of Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan, is a forgotten battleground in one of the world's hotspots. Karlos Zurutuza meets the insurgents fighting for this divided region.
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Asia’s Basket Case
Bangladesh has endured a turbulent past, and faces a far from settled future, argues Tanveer Ahmed.
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NATO’s Afghan Lifeline
Mustafa Qadri investigates one of the main NATO supply routes from Karachi to Chaman on the Pakistan-Afghan border.
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The Bhutan Inssurgencies
The cliff-perched fortresses that dot Bhutan's mountainous perimeter serve as a testimony to a longstanding effort to keep out foreigners.
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Jihad: The Struggle Continues
When 10 gunmen terrorised central Mumbai for three days last November, effectively holding an emerging great power to ransom, elements from within Pakistan were immediately suspected.
