The regional responses will matter far more than Western influence.

Diversifying partners offers a path to autonomy.

India will maintain its policy of autonomy while sharing concerns with the United States over China’s rise.

A fresh leader has remade the opposition and hopes to galvanise local discontent.

The outlook is anything but reassuring.

And getting far more than change in return.

The International Court of Justice has been asked to clarify responsibility for meaningful efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

International organisations are often instruments for consolidating state power rather than agents of transformation, and ASEAN is no exception.

Indians worried about interference by “the foreign hand” in their affairs might have over-estimated their adversaries.