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Asia's Fragile Corners
Conflict and fragile governance present enormous challenges for development and security in Asia. In places where violence is widespread and government ceases to function, the pace of development falls dramatically and conditions can...
Sri Lanka: Post-Civil War Police Reform and Public Security
The bloody, 25-year armed conflict in Sri Lanka is over, but in small, hardscrabble towns like Pussellawa – a high-altitude hamlet in central Sri Lanka – a legacy of rigid, aggressive, inherited policing tactics is...
Celebrating Women of Asia
Millions of women in Asia are on the rise - taking advantage of expanding economic and educational opportunities, political participation, increasing rights and influence within their societies. At the same time, others remain...
Books to Bangladesh
In Bangladesh's ancient capital, along the banks of the Meghna River, two groups of formerly nomadic people have settled. They have survived for decades without electricity, basic services, or access to schools. One made home here on...
Bat-Erdene - Books for Asia Mongolia
A slideshow about The Asia Foundation's Books for Asia program, featuring Bat-Erdene of Mongolia.
Yang - Books for Asia China
A slideshow about The Asia Foundation's Books for Asia program, featuring Yang of China.
Samina - Books for Asia Pakistan
A slideshow about The Asia Foundation's Books for Asia program, featuring Samina of Pakistan.
Pranorn - Books for Asia Thailand
A slideshow about The Asia Foundation's Books for Asia program, featuring Pranorn of Thailand.