In Afghanistan, in Kashmir, and elsewhere, a long-standing battle for influence is raging between India's primary espionage agency, the shadowy Research and Analysis Wing, and Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI).

China has grown into a trading giant, but recent concerns over the safety of Chinese food and drugs have increased worries that China's production may have outpaced the country's policing capacity.

A look at the current U.S. financial regulatory framework, delineating the different agencies tasked with monitoring U.S. financial institutions and their respective roles.

Amid political uncertainty in Bangkok, a violent insurgency continues in the country's majority Malay Muslim provinces in the south, with no possible settlement in sight.

A look into Pakistan's institutions, civil society, and the various players less known.

U.S. political conventions offer the parties a place to unite around presidential candidates and a vision for foreign and domestic policy.

As China's economy keeps growing, so do its contributions to global warming and other environmental problems.

A profile of the Muslim separatist group based in the Xinjiang province in northwest China.

The United Nations has frequently cited East Timor as a model nation-building project. But new unrest in the tiny Asian state indicates that the international community has again failed to show the stamina to guide a nation toward genuine stability.

The International Criminal Court has sparked controversy with its case selection and pursuit of justice in Uganda and Sudan.

Angola, Africa's top oil producer, is flush with money. Yet wealth remains concentrated in the hands of a very few, leaving the bulk of the population in poverty.

A profile of terrorism in the Philippines.

Pakistan is key to success in U.S.-led  counterterrorism efforts, with its tribal areas serving as terrorist havens. But covert U.S. military actions inside Pakistan put the future of the U.S.-Pakistan military alliance in jeopardy.

Religion's place in the Iranian political system has long been debated among scholars, but a president who blurs the line has refocused attention on the topic

As the Olympics draw near, critics are attacking Beijing for its policies on the environment, the press, Sudan, and Tibet.

Trade between China and the Gulf Cooperation Council has spiked in recent years, with potentially broad economic and geopolitical consequences.

Whether to engage heads of rogue states, a perennial foreign policy dilemma, has emerged in the 2008 U.S. presidential campaign.

A profile of Egyptian Islamic Jihad, a militant Islamist group that is fully merged with al-Qaeda.

A profile of Jamaat al-Islamiyya.

In a time of rising global food prices, Africa produces a fraction of the world's crops. What can be done to foster a Green Revolution in Africa?