Asia

Slavery in India

India’s rapid economic growth over the past few decades has lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty.  In 1993 an estimated 45 percent of its more than 870 million people lived in poverty. 

Asia

Sharif and the Future of Pakistan

In April of 2016, 11 million documents were leaked to the public revealing many illicit links between political and business leaders around the world.  The documents became known as the Panama Papers after the Panamanian

Asia

The Dimming Light of Aung San Suu Kyi

When Secretary of State Hillary Clinton first met Aung San Suu Kyi in 2011 she described her as exhibiting “qualities I had glimpsed before in other former political prisoners, including Nelson Mandela and Václav Havel.