A Hindu devotee dressed as a deity, in preparations to celebrate Hanuman Jayanti, the birthday of the Hindu monkey-god Hanuman, in New Delhi, India on April 15, 2014. (Sajjad Hussain/AFP/Getty Images)
A regular, sustained exchange of ideas and values would signal to Afghan youth that this time, the U.S. isn't about to forget them.
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Bangladeshi revelers march during a rally in celebration of the Bengali New Year, or Pohela Boishakh, in Dhaka, Bangladesh on April 14, 2014. (Munir Uz Zaman/AFP/Getty Images)
How the "Great Game," the 19th-century imperial rivalry between Great Britain and Russia, may have touched on the legendary Tibetan Buddhist monastery.
Marshall Bouton, Interim Director of the Asia Society Policy Institute, talks with WNYC's Brian Lehrer about India's shift from "politics of scarcity" to "politics of aspiration."
A sunrise over long tail boats paints the sky purple in Koh Lipe, Thailand on April 1, 2014. (Bambi Corro III/Flickr)
Amb. William J. Burns said maintaining a focus on Asia will be “the great test for American diplomacy across the Asia-Pacific through the rest of the Obama Administration.”
The former U.S. Secretary of State offers observations on matters as diverse as the U.S. "pivot" to Asia, China's past and present leaders, and why he doesn't use social media.
Whether true or not, a U.S. rebalance toward the Asian region “was perceived first as a military type engagement to contain certain other countries in Asia that were growing,” said experts at Asia Society in New York on Tuesday.