Originally published in the April 2008 issue of Liberty Magazine, this piece discusses Benazir Bhutto, Pakistan’s political culture, dynastic politics, corruption, institutional weakness, and the Western romanticization of political figures from the developing world.

Originally published in the March 2008 issue of Liberty Magazine, this reflection discusses honor among thieves, public morality, corruption, loyalty, and the instability that follows when moral standards collapse.

Originally published in the January–February 2008 issue of Liberty Magazine, this piece discusses the recurring cycle of public outrage, political posturing, media amplification, and the failure of societies to turn anger into real reform.

In this December 2007 Liberty Magazine reflection, I question romantic Western views of Myanmar’s unrest and whether democracy alone can create a freer society.

In this November 2007 Liberty Magazine reflection, I contrast India’s open brutality with the Western state’s softer, humanitarian disguise.

In this Fraser Institute article, I examine globalisation in India and why economic opening alone may not overcome the country’s deeper institutional constraints.

In this March 2007 Liberty Magazine article, I argue that oppressive governments arise from deeper cultural habits of coercion, hierarchy, and collectivism.

In the second of two dispatches from India, I examine the Bhopal compensation system, state corruption, economic growth, Kashmir, and terrorism.

In the first of two dispatches from India, I examine Bhopal, speculative property and stock prices, persistent poverty, and the deeper weaknesses beneath India’s supposed economic boom.

Writing from Bhopal, I examine India’s declining infrastructure, speculative property and stock markets, persistent poverty, and the emergence of a more rights-conscious entrepreneurial class.