Geopolitical Monitor - Region: South Asia

September 2nd, 2010 (Geopoliticalmonitor.com) - Ten election workers have been killed by a NATO airstrike in Afghanistan on the eve of a visit by Secretary of Defense Robert Gates.

As they ponder ways to develop Mongolia’s abundant natural resources, political leaders in Ulaanbaatar are opting for more expensive infrastructure options in order to bolster the country’s sovereignty.

General Petraeus’ announcement that won’t necessarily honor a 2011 pullout date for NATO forces in Afghanistan is aimed at re-taking the initiative on negotiations with the Taliban.

In a controversial decision by Cambodia’s Prime Minister, multinational corporations and other local enterprises will now be able to hire the country’s royal armed forces.

Severe flooding in Pakistan has created a dangerous situation for the already-beleaguered civilian government in Islamabad.

August 5th, 2010 (Geopoliticalmonitor.com) - Yesterday, newly appointed General David Petraeus issued his first new directive in the Afghan campaign stressing the need to avoid civilian casualties. Is it realistic to expect that the tactics that did so much to reduce violence in Iraq will be similarly effective in Afghanistan?

July 29th (Geopoliticalmonitor.com) - David Cameron is in India heading up the “largest trade delegation in living memory,” but is it all merely politicking?

This weekend’s massive leak of classified information on the war in Afghanistan will probably come to be seen as the leak that broke the war’s back.

Political friction over economic issues between the US and China has faded for the time being, but its sources remain and may reappear at any time.

Two months after Thailand's army routed the anti-government redshirt protest movement from central Bangkok, 16 provinces including Bangkok remain under emergency law, as the now-dormant redshirt movement goes underground.