Myanmar’s Kachin State: The new geopolitical flashpoint in China’s backyard
The timing could hardly be worse for China. Beijing has spent billions building oil and gas pipelines from Myanmar’s ports to mitigate the risk of shipping through the Malacca Strait.
21 September 2025, 05:00 AM
21 September 2025, 05:00 AM
The 'six tigers' that drive China's AI geopolitics
China's four dragons—Alibaba, Tencent, Baidu, and ByteDance—play a vital role in nurturing the AI startup ecosystem.
19 August 2025, 07:40 AM
19 August 2025, 07:40 AM
How the Liangzhu model is challenging Silicon Valley’s AI dominance
The Liangzhu model benefits from coordinated support from both large corporations and the government.
29 July 2025, 05:00 AM
29 July 2025, 05:00 AM
How Iran's authoritarian rule became its greatest vulnerability
The regime's brutality towards its people has created a reservoir of resentment that foreign powers can exploit.
18 July 2025, 07:00 AM
18 July 2025, 07:00 AM
Operation Rising Lion and its wider fallout in Israel-Iran conflict
The operation revealed Israel’s strategic shift from traditional methods to a new era of advanced, tech-based intelligence warfare.
2 July 2025, 05:00 AM
2 July 2025, 05:00 AM
Not your average BMW: Decoding Dhaka's rickshaw kings
The true kings of Dhaka's roads aren't the buses, cars, or traditional rickshaws—they're the battery-powered rickshaws.
19 May 2025, 10:30 AM
19 May 2025, 10:30 AM
China’s bold move to bypass Western tech dominance
Washington’s continued restrictions on exporting chip technology to Beijing may soon prove futile.
13 April 2025, 06:00 AM
13 April 2025, 06:00 AM
Dhaka's traffic through a visitor's eyes
Slowness aside, what baffled her most was the complete unpredictability of Dhaka's vehicular movement.
6 April 2025, 07:00 AM
6 April 2025, 07:00 AM
Dear marketing gurus, don’t take consumers for idiots
Increasingly, making false claims and presenting distorted facts have become a trend to increase sales.
9 September 2023, 03:00 AM
The Moon is hot again, but why?
After so many years, why has the Moon landing become so cool again? The simple answer is: water.
5 September 2023, 06:00 AM
Corporate corruption, greenwashing, and responsibility evasion
A look at the long-term harm of the McKinsey Syndrome on society.
17 August 2023, 13:30 PM
What could be behind Yellen's dovish gesture in Beijing?
Her ‘From Washington with Love’ message to China is intriguing.
15 July 2023, 14:00 PM
The mystery of Nord Stream undersea pipeline blast
Who did it, and why is it relevant in the ongoing LNG war?
16 June 2023, 15:22 PM
Artificial intelligence is still far from being ‘intelligent’
Why does Big Tech want an immediate 6-month pause on any further development?
13 June 2023, 13:00 PM
Ushering AI in Bangladesh
Bangladesh stands at the threshold of a paradigm shift in technological development as it is poised to change gear into a faster mode of economic development, and realising its vision of becoming a developed nation by 2041.
4 June 2023, 02:00 AM
The bloody legacy of Henry Kissinger
Kissinger remains an influential thinker in geopolitics who has deeply shaped US foreign policy but his legacy is indeed bloody.
29 May 2023, 11:17 AM
Strong message from Beijing to Washington, Moscow
Was the timing of the recent China and the five Central Asian countries’ summit (C5) a mere coincidence? It took place almost simultaneously with the G7 event in Hiroshima, making similar headlines all over.
25 May 2023, 14:00 PM
F16s to Ukraine, Hiroshima, and the mockery of G7 leaders
It’s not at all surprising that G7 has taken a tougher stance on Russia and decided to supply Ukraine with more equipment and money.
23 May 2023, 02:00 AM
Digital literacy is key to building a Smart Bangladesh
It can prepare us for the nation’s present and future needs
23 February 2023, 14:00 PM
It’s AI powered slaughterbots, not ChatGPT, that should worry us
All of humanity is at stake when a computer can autonomously decide to delete you.
22 February 2023, 09:21 AM
Chronicles of the Ukraine war: When might it end?
The Ukraine war is shaped by Russia’s historical desire to become a Eurasian power.
30 December 2022, 16:00 PM
US' myopic tactics vs China's long-term strategy
Riyadh is no longer locked in a monogamous marriage to Washington.
22 December 2022, 13:00 PM
How can the land of Hafez, Sa’di, and Rumi be so cruel?
The absolutist, merciless state contradicts Iran’s deep roots in Sufism.
8 December 2022, 12:11 PM
China and the US must escape both Thucydides and Kindleberger traps
Beijing believes it is their destiny to lead the world by 2049, the Communist Revolution’s 100th anniversary, as set out in Xi Jinping’s long-term vision.
20 November 2022, 15:19 PM
Superpower rivalry in the knowledge economy: Is the balance of power shifting?
Of the world’s 114 smartest factories that deploy cutting edge Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) technologies, China owns a whopping 42.
30 October 2022, 11:12 AM
Is space the final frontier of superpower rivalry?
Will it be possible for Washington to stall Beijing’s progress in space technology?
21 October 2022, 11:27 AM
Kennan’s 1946 ‘Long Telegram’ from Moscow: Is it relevant for Beijing?
The China containment policy has taken deep roots following Kennan’s anti-Soviet postulations.
2 October 2022, 12:33 PM
China unlikely to make a rash move over Taiwan
Neither the US nor China would prefer a war just now because Taiwan’s semiconductor industry, essential for both, will be among the first casualties of a conflict.
16 September 2022, 14:00 PM