Asia

By lowering its sights and concentrating on order, the international community has helped to stabilize Tajikistan. The same cheap, simple approach could work in Afghanistan, too.

With the cancellation of Afghanistan's runoff election, Washington is left with Hamid Karzai as its partner in Kabul. How did Karzai come to power in the first place, and what might that say about his ability to rule?

By exposing them to the truth about their impoverishment and about the prosperity of their South Korean cousins, the United States can encourage North Koreans to change the regime in Pyongyang.

The DPJ’s rise to power is a historic opportunity for Japan to revise the constitution, loosen the bureaucracy’s grip on policymaking, redistribute income, and improve relations with the rest of Asia. But the road will be long and tortuous.