Iran’s China moment? From isolation to regional hegemony
18 September 2026
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Geopolitical Insights
Makkah Pact: The geopolitics beyond Islamic solidarity
17 September 2026
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Geopolitical Insights
Myanmar’s deteriorating crisis and the political future of the Rohingya
16 September 2026
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Geopolitical Insights
Bangladesh between India and China: The dilemma of defence diversification
15 September 2026
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Geopolitical Insights
What Bangladesh should ask before joining the Makkah Pact
13 September 2026
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Geopolitical Insights
Nepal’s difficult passage: Political change meets ecological crisis
13 September 2026
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Geopolitical Insights
BRICS at 20: Why the New Delhi Summit matters to the Global South
12 September 2026
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Geopolitical Insights
From Balfour to sanctions: Why the UK’s ban on Israeli settlement trade matters
11 September 2026
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Geopolitical Insights
Ganges Water Treaty: A new bargain or a new dispute?
10 September 2026
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Geopolitical Insights
Bangladesh and the Mecca Pact: The national security questions we are missing
9 September 2026
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Geopolitical Insights
Historical parallels: Bangladesh’s genocide in 1971 to Gaza
Despite the magnitude of the genocide, global recognition and acknowledgment of Bangladesh's struggle for independence have been inadequate.
26 March 2024
'The Liberation War became a centre of big power rivalry'
Veteran diplomat M Humayun Kabir discusses the geopolitical history of Bangladesh's Liberation War in an exlcusive interview.
26 March 2024
To catch a pirate
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
CAA and its effects on Indian secularism and regional stability
The Act, clearly, is a step in the wrong direction.
19 March 2024
Reject competition, embrace collaboration
There is untapped potential for Bangladesh to leverage Vietnam's strengths and accelerate its economic development.
12 March 2024
The paradoxes of US aid in Gaza
The world has been more interested in providing humanitarian aid rather than stopping the war
12 March 2024
Mexico’s historic 2024 election campaign enters the final stretch
It's almost certain that a woman will be elected president for the first time in Mexico.
9 March 2024
Economics is irredeemably sexist
Economics has an intractable “women problem.”
8 March 2024
Why China won’t fight the Houthis
The current turmoil in the Middle East is not bad news for China.
5 March 2024
Will the US and UK's support for Israel backfire?
There are growing signs of substantial public disaffection in these two nations which have been conspicuous in refusing to take Israel to task for its slaughter.
5 March 2024
Backing Israel’s genocide: Not just the US
The recent development has been seen as a distinct escalation of India’s support for Israel.
4 March 2024
Why war is not good for the US economy
In recent years, the Pentagon budget has approached its highest level since World War II: $886 billion and counting.
2 March 2024
Could this be the year of Japan’s first female Prime Minister?
In Japan, a country with a conspicuous gender gap, a political breakthrough could happen this year.
1 March 2024
Why would Aaron Bushnell do something this extreme?
The fire that killed Airman Bushnell was simply the collateral damage of the ongoing conflagration in Palestine
29 February 2024
Comparing external debt burdens: Sri Lanka and middle-income countries
Sri Lanka’s rising debt levels may pose challenges
28 February 2024
A devastating act of reason
US airman dies after setting self on fire outside an Israeli embassy
27 February 2024
A dangerous moment for US hegemony
If the US has been letting Israel subvert its policies for decades, what has changed since October 7, 2023 that will allow it now to stand up to Israel’s bullying?
27 February 2024
Blood, oil, and sand: The US' colonisation of Iraq
What are US troops doing in Iraq in the first place? And do they have a right to be there?
20 February 2024
‘Russia has my blood’
Alexei Navalny in an interview with Dozhd TV in October 2020, two months after he was poisoned with a Novichok nerve agent.
20 February 2024
Gaza, guns, and capitalism
The US government cannot go against gun factory owners.
13 February 2024