Myanmar’s military junta made sure the country’s first elections in twenty years will favor the regime, but the polls still offer prospects for independent, civilian voices to emerge, says CFR’s Josh…

The long-reigning Thai king’s tacit support of military coups over the last decade undercuts his past image as a force for stability. 

The World Health Assembly in Geneva this week needs to do more to define a workable mission for the struggling World Health Organization.

Saudi Arabia’s intervention in Yemen marks a more assertive foreign policy that is less inclined to rely on the United States and could intensify the sectarian rift with Iran across the region, write…