World Affairs: Asia
Lead Feature
Outlook stormy for Obama
The inclusion in Obama's team of so many figures from the past heralds the continuation of the policies of the past, some of which, even among Bushites, were seen to be stupid
In asia
When enough is enough
- By Soumya Bhattacharya
- 11 December
Life in the teeming city is blighted by fear and anxiety. Even the latest Hindi blockbusters are playing to near-empty cinemas
When writing saves lives
- By Mahendra Kusuma Wardhana
- 09 December
Mahendra Kusuma Wardhana - a former prisoner of conscience - has a personal experience of how much difference Amnesty letter writing campaigns can make
Mumbai massacre
- By Soumya Bhattacharya
- 04 December
India has suffered what many are calling its 9/11. Here one of the country's leading journalists introduces our nine-page analysis of the attacks, their aftermath and their implications for Britain and the world. We are hurt and angry, writes Soumya Bhattacharya, but even in our darkest hour we remain defiant. Plus read Richard Watson on how radicalised young men from over here continue to export terror
Feature
Landmine ban failing
The recent Oslo convention banning landmines marks an important step forward, but it also illustrates the limits of international law
More in asia
The India that is not and never was
- By Sholto Byrnes
- 04 December 2008
Open your eyes, Dave
- By Fatima Bhutto
- 04 December 2008
Becoming a pariah state
- By Richard Watson
- 04 December 2008
Mumbai: the soft city
- By Catriona Luke
- 04 December 2008
Who's behind the Thai protests?
- By Sholto Byrnes
- 27 November 2008
'Everything is in ruins'
- By Viv Groskop
- 20 November 2008
South Ossetia: the plaything of Russia - or Georgia?
- By Tim Whewell
- 20 November 2008
