Some politicians and pundits have declared India a "natural ally," an emergent "great power" fated to be at the vanguard of the twenty-first century. But as India rises, it faces daunting obstacles: Can the country's antiquated infrastructure power economic development? Will the national bureaucracy shed its legendary inefficiencies and mitigate...

In the past decade, Southeast Asia has faced a series of crises: the Asian financial crisis, Islamic and separatist terrorism, continued instability in recently democratized states, the erratic security behavior of the military junta in Burma, and the 2004 tsunami disaster. Despite Southeast Asia's progress toward democratization and economic development...

There's a lot that the United States can do when it comes to Pakistan, but none of it can be done quickly. Nor can it be done without facing, as Admiral Mike Mullen did at last, the truth about the Pakistani Army.

Disproportionately more international terrorists hail from Pakistan than from any other place on earth.Why has radical Islam become so entrenched in this supposedly secular Muslim state?

Is a program aimed at empowering women in science hurting the industry?

We may acknowledge that current threats are asymmetrical, but how should we best respond to this type of threat?

Will distancing ourselves from Israel increase national security?

What are the roles of the public and private sectors in fostering economic growth? Technological advance? Sectoral and regional development?