Was 2008 the year China triumphed over the West?
Historians are likely to look back at the financial crash as the turning point in the balance of power
Erdogan’s game: why Turkey has turned against the West
The Turkish president carefully plays Russia against Europe and the US to channel Turkey’s needs
The truth about Burma’s ‘imprisoned princess’
It’s as ignorant to demonize Aung San Suu Kyi as it was to idolize her
The depraved rule of Thailand’s Caligula king
Protesters are risking it all to take on the monarchy
Hirohito, the war criminal who got away
Seventy-five years on, Japan still can’t come to terms with its past
Sea change: China has its sights on the Bay of Bengal
Beijing’s struggle for supremacy with India won’t be about land
