Period poverty is one of the biggest problems endured by women in India today, with 23 million girls dropping out of school ...

With numerous dams built on the Brahmaputra, Irrawaddy, and Mekong rivers, China is able to store or divert water in a way that might lead to the drying out of vast territories downstream.

A leader in exile. Children forced into cultural assimilation. A barrage of failed protests. For more than 50 years, China, a global superpower with a population over 400 times that of Tibet, has ...

Canadian Finance Minister Bill Morneau spoke with the HIR about Canada's future fiscal outlook and reflected on the policies passed during his tenure.

Two hundred and fifty thousand workers under the Kafala system in Lebanon are currently struggling to survive in an exploitative system.

The dynamics between China and Russia remain important to watch. Will Russia be able to counteract the power imbalances between the two countries to have more control in their relationship? Will ...

For decades, Latin America has remained a hub for the illicit drug market and a target of international efforts to eradicate the production of cocaine and marijuana. Many scholars attribute the surge ...

Everything dies — baby, that’s a fact. And, if the world cannot manage the current race to superhuman artificial intelligence between great powers, everything may die much sooner than expected. Beyond ...

Nepal has had a long history of rulers using Hindutva to further their political ends. As Nepal strives to solidify its newfound democracy, it must reckon with its historical struggle between Hindutva ...

Dr. Pasang Yangjee Sherpa, an anthropologist at the University of Washington, is one of the leading voices in the field of climate change in South Asia.

On September 11, 1980, General Augusto Pinochet, head of the authoritarian military junta that staged a coup d’état in Chile, arranged a national plebiscite to ratify a new constitution. The ...

Australia is currently in the midst of deep political debate—Australia’s citizens are set to vote in a significant referendum near the end of 2023 to determine whether the constitution will be amended ...