Zarina Banu

Can a bunch of fresh-faced stu­dents with smart­phones play a part in shap­ing Chi­na’s fu­ture?

Wait­ing for the Um­brel­la Rev­o­lu­tion’s next move.

Hong Kong is a sideshow in Bei­jing’s main act: se­cur­ing its sta­tus as a ris­ing su­per­pow­er.

The In­done­sian Con­sti­tu­tion­al Court up­holds elec­tion re­sults, se­cur­ing Jokowi’s pres­i­den­cy.

Jokowi Wido­do’s vic­to­ry in the pres­i­den­tial elec­tions bodes well for In­done­sia’s de­mo­c­ra­t­ic fu­ture.

Thai­land’s mil­i­tary coup is democ­ra­cy at the bar­rel of a gun.

Thai elites need to re­think their grasp on in­sti­tu­tion­al or­der amid shift in po­lit­i­cal loy­al­ties.

The next rocky chap­ter in the bat­tle for Thai­land’s soul is un­der way.

An eco­nom­ic re­nais­sance for South Asia’s ‘finest is­land’ hinges on a vi­sion­ary green tourist pol­i­cy.

Hong Kong must up­date its refugee pol­i­cy to match grow­ing im­age as an in­ter­na­tion­al city.