Pakistan's new government: An older and wiser Nawaz Sharif?

An end to the military confrontation would open the door to large-scale Indian investment in Pakistan.

3D guns: Here comes the future

This provides us with a useful wake-up call about the huge economic and security implications of this powerful new technology.

Israel takes sides

If it comes to an all-out struggle, Israel knows which side it wants to win in the Syrian war and in a Sunni-Shia war looming in the eastern Arab world.

Drones and Guantanamo

Is war in our genes?

Unpacking the work of controversial American anthropologist Napoleon Chagnon.

A rather small weapon of mass destruction

What qualifies as one? Nerve gas or a nuclear bomb, sure. But a pressure cooker?

Chemical fantasies in Syria

There won't be any foreign military intervention, and the Syrian civil war won't end any time soon.

The battle for Burma

Why has opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi been so quiet about the ongoing violence against Muslims in the country?

Parkinson’s Law expanded

There is a lot of media space available nowadays, and a striking shortage of truly terrifying international threats, so the few modest ones that do exist are magnified to fill the scary news quota.

Somalia’s comeback?

The world’s only fully ‘failed state’ may finally be starting to return to normality.