Medieval Bengal’s links to the Straits world, a narrow stretch of water connecting to Southeast Asia and beyond, are ...

Punkah' is a colonial-era anglicisation of the Hindustani term pankha, which referred to handheld fans. Punkah-pullers were ...

Punkah refers to a large, rope-pulled, swinging fan hung from the ceiling that became a staple for the British to withstand ...

This piece is part of a series of articles covering the medieval and early modern great powers of each of Asia’s regions: ...

Can Central Asian states continue their multi-vector diplomacy, or will they be forced to choose between the U.S. and China?

Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan and South Korea have been called the "Asian Tigers." With economic growth sometimes as high as ...