Asia
No longer showing up
America is losing South-East Asia to China
President Joe Biden will not attend this year’s East Asia Summit
Putting the AI in Mumbai
India has a unique opportunity to lead in AI
Its development will be unlike China’s or America’s
Hurtful politics
Japan’s new prime minister, Ishiba Shigeru, is a popular gadfly
But will he able to govern effectively?
Japan’s new leader
Ishiba Shigeru will become Japan’s next prime minister
The maverick won his fifth bid for leadership of the ruling party
Tailored solutions
How India can compete in labour-intensive manufacturing
Lessons from a superstar exporter
Banyan
Who will become Japan’s next prime minister?
The three leading candidates offer very different visions
All change
An upset in Sri Lanka propels an outsider into power
The new president leads a party with Marxist roots
Not waving but plodding
China and Australia are beefing up their Pacific policing
In the competition to police the waves, who will win?
No country for women’s rights
The Taliban is removing every shred of freedom from women
Three years after America’s withdrawal, the situation is grim
Banyan
The private sector won’t save America’s Indo-Pacific policy
More needs to be done to repair the economic relationship with South-East Asia
Cramming culture
Private tutoring is booming across poorer parts of Asia
Governments are struggling to keep up with an educational arms race