Makkah Pact: The geopolitics beyond Islamic solidarity
17 September 2026
The Makkah Pact extends beyond Islamic solidarity, reshaping regional alliances, deterrence calculations, and the geopolitics of a changing Middle East.
17 September 2026
Debunking the Rohingya crisis, Bangladesh’s role, and the ASEAN Summit
21 May 2025
External forces now shape Myanmar-Bangladesh dynamic in relation to the Rohingya crisis.
21 May 2025
Lessons from history: Will Trump’s tariffs shake up world leadership?
26 April 2025
Bangladesh’s cardinal lesson is to do what the US did in 1934.
26 April 2025
Geopolitics in the age of Trump: Have we been here before?
22 January 2025
Will the 21st century move towards a world war like the 20th century?
22 January 2025
Bangladesh at UNGA 2024: Glitter, gold, and ground reality
2 October 2024
Bangladesh desperately needed global attention to reap gold out of this moment of change.
2 October 2024
Are the Rohingya facing an ‘endgame’?
11 September 2024
Did Bangladesh over-stir its pot?
11 September 2024
What the Rana Plaza tragedy means in 2024
24 April 2024
Let’s visit this discussion on three levels of analysis on the local, national, and global scenarios and impacts.
24 April 2024
To catch a pirate
19 March 2024
Today’s piracy further feeds upon those flows including petroleum and the growing numbers of African/Asian countries involved. Control is now imperative.
19 March 2024
Britain's un-Commonwealth
The British Commonw-ealth Heads of Government Meeting (BCHOGM) unfolding in London this week faces some underlying questions: What is it that binds 53 disparate members? How does it blend into 21st Century international relations? Why is it important?
20 April 2018
Digital Bangladesh as a gatekeeper?
Just as Vision 2021, regional connectivity, and seaport startups increasingly enter public parlance today as independent dynamics, how they converge domestically also reflect global tendencies. At stake are domestic infrastructure building, external financial resources, and the rivalry baggage in connecting both.
22 February 2017