Two headlines: “Conflict-hit Yemen on edge of famine, warns UN” and “North and South Korea Trade Fire Across Border, Seoul Says”. From the Far West to the Far East, Asia is a continent in turmoil. I ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about Asia in the 21st-century world economy. In 1998, I went to Brazil on behalf of IMD to give presentations on China ...

Americans are up to their eyebrows in water, relatively speaking. Other parts of the world aren’t as fortunate. A prominent Indian analyst, Brahma Chellaney, has been sounding the alarm for many years ...

When he was in second grade, my son observed to me that Asia was a “fake continent.” Having considered myself an Asian all my adult life, I was taken aback that day as we studied an atlas together.

Largest Continent in the World: The largest continent in the world is Asia, covering an immense area of about 44.58 million square kilometres (17.2 million sq miles). This makes it not only the ...