The new world of geoeconomics: From comparative advantage to coercive advantage
21 July 2026, 00:10 AM
Geopolitical Insights
BIG-B and Bangladesh's road to Southeast Asia
20 July 2026, 00:01 AM
Geopolitical Insights
China–Bangladesh Community: Bandwagoning, soft alignment, or rhetoric?
19 July 2026, 00:10 AM
Geopolitical Insights
The global refugee crisis and Bangladesh's Rohingya challenge
18 July 2026, 13:40 PM
Geopolitical Insights
Rohingya deaths in landslides call for a reckoning with systemic failures
11 July 2026, 11:00 AM
Views
For Rohingya camps, measles control requires tailored interventions
7 April 2026, 09:00 AM
Opinion
How the education vacuum is fuelling crimes in Rohingya camps
10 December 2025, 07:00 AM
Views
When the Rohingya crisis becomes an opportunity for some
11 August 2025, 07:00 AM
Views
Rohingya crisis: Refugees without a country, a world without excuse
25 September 2025, 20:40 PM
Views
Trump’s new Hormuz gamble: Will Iran back down?
15 July 2026, 18:26 PM
Geopolitical Insights
Can the Labour Party salvage the UK’s diminishing global relevance?
The Conservative and Labour Party both seem to echo a similar rhetoric when it comes to their foreign policy.
31 January 2024, 04:00 AM
Making sense of the Pakistan-Iran stand-off
Could Pakistan have done without a kinetic response?
30 January 2024, 11:00 AM
Iran-Pakistan tensions: Mending fences
Pakistan and Iran have managed to handle a potentially explosive crisis.
30 January 2024, 09:00 AM
The international contradictions of asymmetrical warfare in Yemen
Understanding Yemen's history allows us to understand the recent strikes by the US and the UK.
30 January 2024, 03:00 AM
ICJ ruling puts current global order on trial
The main question now is to what extent the ICJ order will create pressure on Israel’s allies.
29 January 2024, 13:00 PM
Geopolitical implications of the brewing tension in the Red Sea
The historical Shia-Sunni rift gives another dimension to the tension in the Middle East.
26 January 2024, 05:00 AM
Belligerents or criminals? Terrorism in a world without peaceful redress
Hamas’ terrorism pale in comparison to 23,000 (and counting) Gazans killed by the Israeli military, more than half women and children.
25 January 2024, 10:00 AM
Bangladesh's right of intervention in the Genocide Convention cases
It is very likely that Bangladesh will not be allowed to intervene.
24 January 2024, 14:00 PM
The future of India-Maldives relations
The Maldives cannot afford to overlook India entirely.
23 January 2024, 01:00 AM
‘The US and West must stop their misadventures in the Middle East’
Arab Parliament President Adel Al Asoomi in an exclusive interview with The Daily Star.
22 January 2024, 15:30 PM
Top 10 Economies to watch in 2024
China is too big to stay weak too long.
18 January 2024, 10:00 AM
In the eyes of the world, Israel has lost
Bangladesh’s decision to file a declaration of intervention has a distinctive characteristic.
18 January 2024, 01:00 AM
‘A setback for US-Bangladesh relations’
The Awami League has been playing this game for a long time now.
16 January 2024, 03:00 AM
What’s next for US policy in Bangladesh?
South Asia Institute Director Michael Kugelman offers his insights
16 January 2024, 01:00 AM
The implications for China, the West and India
Powerful countries, far and near, have shown active interest in Bangladesh’s election and have been polarised in a rather peculiar fashion
10 January 2024, 03:00 AM
Bangladesh in geopolitics: Post-election challenges
Bangladesh has to maintain a balanced relationship with all five major centres from a trade point of view.
10 January 2024, 01:00 AM
The Great Game will continue
The absence of democratic behaviour is no longer hidden under the carpet.
9 January 2024, 13:00 PM
The plight of the Sudanese deserves our attention
Sudan needs assistance from the international community—and it needs it very quickly.
3 January 2024, 07:34 AM
The world wrapped in 2023
The biggest victim of this consequential year: democracy, and humanity.
26 December 2023, 06:00 AM
Christmas in Occupied Palestine: ‘Dreams buried under rubbles’
Archbishop Theodosius Atallah Hanna, Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem discusses the cruel reality in occupied Palestine during Christmas with Ramisa Rob of The Daily Star.
26 December 2023, 03:00 AM