What role can Bangladesh play in securing peace in South Asia?
Bangladesh, to maintain its sovereignty and strategic flexibility, must judiciously blend neutrality and balanced alliances without succumbing to dependency.
The Asian View
When protest turns into a mob
The right to protest comes with a responsibility: to ensure that the means do not contradict the moral intent.
The problem is what fuels dynasties
An anti-dynasty law will just trim dynasty trees, but it will not prevent them from growing different branches. Political dynasties can be uprooted by preventing them from…
Media and war
In the middle of all the noise, there has been some serious and nuanced commentary.
Inflation in Japan fires up populism, erodes political stability
Not only rice but most daily commodities have increased in price, which has diminished the popularity of the Japanese government.
Bangladesh’s strategic tightrope in Rakhine
Bangladesh's dilemma mirrors that of many small states: act as a responsible global citizen while avoiding entanglement in others' conflicts.
Post-Pahalgam divergence in foreign policy
Nepal must diplomatically address India’s expectations if their ties are to grow stronger.
When voters defy the surveys
What these elections may have revealed is a voter segment determined to prove the surveys wrong—deliberate, reactive voters who cast their ballots not as protest but as…
India, Myanmar, and the weight of regional instability on Bangladesh
Bangladesh finds it difficult to remain emotionally neutral or indifferent to its neighbours armed confrontations.
Comparing Seoul and Tokyo
Despite the differences, both cities are becoming increasingly multicultural as their foreign-born populations rise.