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China’s Growing Role in Revamping Middle Eastern Politics
Napoleon Bonaparte once said, "Let China sleep, for when she wakes, she will shake the world." This statement seems pertinent today. China has awakened...
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...
What Does EU’s Growing Engagement With India, Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan Mean for South Asia?
India and the EU are hosting the Global Gateway Conference in Meghalaya from June 1-2, 2023. The two-day event brings together Bhutan, Bangladesh, and...
What’s the Way Forward for the West in Ukraine?
The result of Moscow's horrific war in Ukraine will be determined not only by weaponry, tactics, and fighting spirit, but also by the passage...
Bangladesh’s Decision to Pay the Russian Debt for Rooppur in Yuan: Pros and Cons
The importance of nuclear power plants in developing countries such as Bangladesh cannot be underestimated. This has prompted Bangladesh to embark on a nuclear...
Pakistan’s Crowd Moment
May 9 was a momentous day with lots of firsts, at least in the perennially docile Punjab; and the State's response has been, at...
All Eyes on Turkey’s Elections
On Sunday, Turkish voters will participate in a second round of voting that will determine whether President Recep Tayyip Erdogan remains in power. This...
Diplomatic Divergence: G7’s Self-Serving Agenda Versus Arab League’s Pursuit of Stability
Two time zones, two distinct summits. The distance between two cities is 8,119 km, yet they reside on the same continent—Asia. However, their contexts...
Kazakhstan Makes Clear That Integration Within the Eurasian Economic Union is Strictly About Economy
This week, Russia hosted a summit of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), an economic union which comprises Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and the Kyrgyz...
The Role of Mercenaries in Modern Warfare
The concept of mercenaries is not a new phenomenon, instead it dates back to the ancient history of warfare. However, with the Treaty of...
U.S. Visa Curbs on Bangladesh: Counting Chickens Before They Hatch
Since the United States imposed unilateral sanctions on Bangladesh’s elite security force -- the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and some of its former and...
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Middle East and Africa
China’s Growing Role in Revamping Middle Eastern Politics
Napoleon Bonaparte once said, "Let China sleep, for when...
Indo-Pacific
Bangladesh’s Pragmatic Foreign Policy: Viewing the Indo-Pacific Outlook in a Broader Context
On April 24, 2023, Bangladesh formally unveiled its ‘Indo-Pacific...
South Asia
Role of Indian State Governments in Furthering India-UAE Ties?
In recent years, state governments have become key players...
Human Rights
The Irony of Becoming What You Once Hated
Resistance is a 2020 biographical drama film based on...
Economy
What Does EU’s Growing Engagement With India, Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan Mean for South Asia?
India and the EU are hosting the Global Gateway...
