Indo-Pacific
Philippines-US Relations and the China Factor
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr’s visit to US, April 11-13, 2024, and the first trilateral summit between leaders of Japan, US and Philippines has...
US-China Rivalry and ASEAN’s Fine Balancing Act
In recent years, Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries have emphatically underscored the point -- on umpteen occasions -- that they would...
India’s Pivot to Climate Diplomacy in the Indo-Pacific
Climate change is a very real threat to security in the Indo-Pacific region, with estimates placing 89 million people at risk of being displaced...
US-China Relations: Blinken’s Visit to China Signals Fragile Peace Amidst Growing Tensions
It is not Munich 1938 but US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's first visit to China on Sunday does have a whiff of "peace...
Blinken’s Visit to China: What does It mean?
Blinken's trip to China has been anticipated for a while after the initial attempt for a visit in February which was abruptly postponed due...
IPEF: Rethinking Conventional Economic Flows With a Focus on Supply Chains
Saturday saw the announcement of a significant breakthrough and consensus in the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) deliberations launched last May in Tokyo. This ambitious...
Bangladesh’s Pragmatic Foreign Policy: Viewing the Indo-Pacific Outlook in a Broader Context
On April 24, 2023, Bangladesh formally unveiled its ‘Indo-Pacific Outlook’, a foreign policy document of great strategic significance. Taking into account the fact that...
Bangladesh-Japan Strategic Partnership Through the Lens of Geopolitics
The most talked-about diplomatic developments recently have been the new bilateral ties that Bangladesh and Japan formed on April 26, 2023, in Tokyo, Japan's...
Bangladesh’s Indo-Pacific Outlook: Tilting, Rebalancing, or Else?
Ever since the United States refocused its strategic pivot to the Asia-Pacific region in 2011, the region has increasingly become the global "center of...
The 6th Indian Ocean Conference in Dhaka 2023: Can Bangladesh Lead for Collective Prosperity in Future?
On May 12–13, Dhaka hosted the sixth annual Indian Ocean Conference, an event that typically brings together government officials, diplomats, and think tanks from...
The China-Russia Partnership: A Strategic Headache for the United States
Napoleon Bonaparte, a prominent figure in the history of Europe and a great French Monarch, writes that “there are two forces that unite men:...
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Be Careful What You Wish For: Multi-Polarity Advocates Will Yearn For Pax-Americana
The need for national leaderships to rally towards countering...
Europe
Armenia–Azerbaijan: A Chance to End the Cycle of Conflict
Every war and conflict experience pivotal moments that bring...
Technology
Atomic Tides: The Future of Freshwater from the Fusion of Nuclear Power and the Ocean’s Depths
In the intricate ballet of civilization's survival and technological...
Europe
Strategic Ambiguity of Macron’s Call for Troops in Ukraine: What Is Behind?
Macron’s call for the NATO troops in Ukraine shook...
Middle East and Africa
How the Anti-West Axis Leverages Western Guilt
The United States’ wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have...
