On Wednesday, the Spanish Prime Minister doubled down on his position to stand against violence, refusing to bow down to Trump’s bullying.

When news broke of Israeli and United States strikes on Iran, panic spread across Gaza almost instantly. Palestinians remembered previous escalations when border crossings were abruptly sealed, triggering shortages that spiraled into famine-like conditions.

he outbreak of the Iran-US-Israel war is a watershed event in the geopolitics and geo-economics of the 21st century. If the war is prolonged, it would have transformative effects on numerous states throughout the world.

A new government in Dhaka must navigate layered expectations at home and abroad. Public sentiment in a Muslim-majority country is closely attuned to developments in the Middle East.

Approximately 20 million barrels of crude oil passed through Hormuz in 2024. Close to 27 percent of all global maritime petroleum trade passed through the strait in the first quarter of 2025. The strait is a critical, narrow chokepoint, with a 33-39 kilometers waterway between Oman and Iran.

Trump told The New York Times that he had “three very good choices” in mind, regarding who could lead Iran. “I won’t be revealing them now. Let’s get the job done first,” he said. Trump also told The Atlantic, that he’s open to talk to Iranian leaders.

If the current government survives in weakened form, reform is unlikely to follow automatically. Studies of regimes under siege show that external pressure often strengthens coercive institutions rather than weakening them.

Unlike previous wars between Iran, US, and Israel, the current one hit the doorstep of seven gulf nations, throwing the entire region into a panic never seen before and it was Iran that dragged the other nations into it.

The negotiation was not diplomacy. It was surveillance, a mechanism to gather targeting intelligence, stall Iranian defensive preparations, and manufacture the appearance of a peaceful last resort.

Commanding Arctic waters and located nearer America than Europe, Greenland carries immense strategic value.

As institutional protections weaken, vulnerability grows. Align too closely and autonomy erodes. Resist alone and retaliation becomes costly. This is precisely why the defense of multilateralism cannot remain a Western project. It must include those who rely on it most.

In the post-July 2024 situation, Bangladesh has been facing several new strategic realities.

US global dominance has never been accidental. It comes from decades of strategy, adaptation, and the careful linking of finance, energy, military power, technology, maritime control and control over global resource flows.

The operation in Venezuela was therefore about more than drugs, oil, or technological prowess.

Trump has claimed that Venezuela stole “our” oil, and that his mission is to win it back.

For Bangladesh, the geopolitical stakes are profound and multifaceted.

The education system in the Rohingya refugee camps has suffered a major setback from the USAID funding cut.

Hosting over one million Rohingya refugees is not a bilateral matter.

While the Myanmar junta escalates its war on ethnic minorities and the world shifts its attention to Ukraine, Gaza, Israel, Syria, and Sudan, Rohingya suffering continues in near-total neglect.

The urgency to move away from fossil fuels and into renewables isn’t just about climate change anymore.