QDR supports expanded role for India; China's influence grows in Nepal at Tibetans expense; India launches major offensive against Maosists; Embracing the drone in Afghanistan

YEMEN INCHES TOWARD PEACE; WITH AN EYE ON IRAN, ISRAELI UNVEILS NEW DRONE; U.S. REAFFIRMS CENTRAL ASIA TIES; AKP STEPS UP BATTLE AGAINST MILITARY IN TURKEY

India bolsters anti-China defense in Northeast; Vietnam parrying Chinese moves in South China Sea

Change is afoot in Pakistan. Evidence was on display in early February, with the capture of the Afghan Taliban’s number two commander, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, in a joint operation by the CIA and Pakistani intelligence. The arrest of Baradar, who had been operating with relative impunity in Pakistan for years, was met with elation in Washington, where officials have been fruitlessly pressing the Pakistanis to crack down on the Afghan Taliban since 2001.

India, China struggle for influence in neighborhood; Russia-China trade drops precipitously in 2009

SORE WINNERS IN SRI LANKA; INDIA WARMS TO TALKS WITH THE TALIBAN; BOMB BLAST IN PUNE BREAKS INDIAN PEACE; INDIAS BM PROGRAM RAISES EYEBROWS IN ASIA

A step forward for South Stream;
Russia's emptying schools

WAZIRISTAN WON, BUT NO MORE FOR NOW; INDIA TRIPLES ITS ORDER FOR RUSSIAN MIGS...; ... AND URGES DOMESTIC FIRMS TO ENTER ARMS MARKET; PAKISTAN GETS ITS DRONES

China bucks the trend: Chinese language on the rise in U.S.; No Sino-Indian army exercises in 2010

India bolsters anti-China defenses in northeast; Vietnam parrying Chinese moves in South China Sea