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NEW DELHI, India--Exactly nine days before a giant mushroom cloud rose above the great plains of Lop Nur, signalling China’s arrival as a nuclear power, officials in the Pentagon issued a terse warning: “They are now ready to test.” In the spring of 1964, United States U2 spy-planes had begun operating secret missions—never acknowledged by India—from the Intelligence Bureau’s station at Charbatia, in Odisha. Flying at over 21,000 metres, well out of reach of air-defence systems, the U2s provided the US with a god’s-eye view of China’s most treasured secrets.

HONG KONG, China--Indian politics has yet again embarked on the path of communal polarization, this time on the issue of the hijab, a veil worn by Muslim women.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia--The International Labour Organization (ILO) estimates that 24.9 million people around the world are victims of forced labour. Many are forced to work to pay off the debts they incurred to get their jobs. 

NEW YORK, U.S.--Are economic relations and trade effective tools with which Western democracies could persuade totalitarian states to introduce reforms that could lead to democratisation?

WASHINGTON, U.S.--The alarm bells are sounding.

WASHINGTON, U.S.--The alarm bells are sounding.