Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about Asia's economic, trade and policy matters. Instead of 193 countries in the world (the number of UN member nations), ...

Whether space-time exists should neither be controversial nor even conceptually challenging, given the definitions of “space-time,” “events” and “instants.” The idea that space-time exists is no more ...

If you have been keeping an eye on LPL Financial Holdings (LPLA), there is plenty to unpack after the company's recent disclosures. LPL Financial reported meaningful growth in both brokerage and ...

Re “Reprisals Go Around, and May Come Around” (news analysis, front page, Sept. 30): Conservatives are said to warn of the possibility that a future Democratic president might use the actions of our ...

Lindsey Halligan nevertheless plans to ask a grand jury to indict, sources say. After a two-month investigation, federal prosecutors in Virginia were unable to gather sufficient evidence to support ...

President Trump is targeting the antifa movement, labeling it a “domestic terrorist organization,” even though no such designation exists under U.S. law. The move comes less than two weeks after ...

Russia supplies roughly 40% of the world’s enriched uranium, leaving the EU and other nations dependent despite efforts to diversify. Global uranium demand is projected to rise nearly 75% by 2040, but ...

International Booker Prize-winning writer Banu Mushtaq, who inaugurated Mysuru Dasara on September 22, called the festival a symbol of Karnataka’s collective culture. The famous 11-day Dasara ...

On a hot Friday morning in September, dozens of Israelis turned up at Gaza’s border fence – not as soldiers, but as dissenters. Their demand: an end to the siege they say is being carried out in their ...

In a pointed response to Congress MP Shashi Tharoor’s recent comments questioning the Indian-American diaspora’s "silence" on issues affecting India-US ties, including tariffs and H-1B visa fees, ...