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The Contemporary South Asia podcast extends the mission of the journal by providing a forum for critical engagement with the social, political, economic, and cultural transformations shaping the region today. Drawing on cutting-edge scholarship published in the journal, each episode features conversations with researchers, practitioners, and commentators whose work illuminates the complexities of South Asian societies within global and historical contexts. Topics range from state formation, migration, and development to gender, environment, and cultural production. Through these dialogues, the...

Listeners of this book will gain a clear understanding of what makes the Japanese, and their society, tick.

Declan Walsh is one of the New York Times's most distinguished international correspondents. His electrifying portrait of Pakistan over a tumultuous decade captures the sweep of this strange, wondrous, and benighted country through the dramatic lives of nine fascinating individuals. On assignment as the country careened between crises, Walsh traveled from the raucous port of Karachi to the salons of Lahore, and from Baluchistan to the mountains of Waziristan. He met a diverse cast of extraordinary Pakistanis....

The United States and China are engaged in a broad-gauged and global competition for power. While this competition ranges across the entire world, it is centered in Asia. In this book, David Shambaugh focuses on the critical sub-region of Southeast Asia. The United States and China constantly vie for position and influence across this enormously significant area - and the outcome of this contest will do much to determine whether Asia leaves the American orbit after seven decades and falls into a new Chinese sphere of influence.