1. Afghan Parliamentary Elections

    Central Asia Politics Afghanistan

    Nine years after 9/11, frustration and uncertainty prevail in Afghanistan, as the country prepares for its parliamentary elections on Saturday. Karlos Zurutuza reports.

  2. The Road to Normalcy

    Politics South Asia Sri Lanka

    The defeat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam last May has breathed new life into the democratic process for once marginalised groups in Tamil politics, says Sergei DeSilva-Ranasinghe. And, as Sri Lankans prepare to head to the polls, he says a new optimism is emerging that their society can be rebuilt.

  3. An Interview with Juan Cole

    Central Asia Security Afghanistan

    The Diplomat speaks with leading Afghanistan commentator Juan Cole, author of the Informed Comment blog, about the recent election, the abandoned run-off and the future of US forces in the country.

  4. Tehran Ignites

    Central Asia Politics North Korea

    In June, Austin Mackell was in Iran for The Diplomat to get a sense of modern life inside the Islamic Republic; to talk politics, religion, love, sex, drugs and rock'n'roll with the social networking-savvy, Western-influenced members of generation next who hadn't even been born when the 1979 revolution took place, yet whose lives remain indelibly shaped by it. On the night of June 12, that story changed into something far darker. This is it.

  5. Interview with Anwar Ibrahim

    Politics Southeast Asia Malaysia

    Let’s start by talking about the current situation in Malaysia. In a recent interview you described it as being almost [...]

  6. No Power to the People

    Central Asia Society Iran

    Lack of leadership makes a fully fledged revolution unlikely in Iran The Diplomat speaks with Ilan Berman, Vice President for Policy at the American Foreign Policy Council and author of 'Tehran Rising: Iran's Challenge to the United States' about Iran's disputed presidential election.

  7. John Key interview

    Oceania Politics New Zealand

    In the same week that the US voted for change in November last year, so, too, did New Zealand. The [...]