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
How Bangladesh can balance ties with India and Pakistan
Bangladesh’s new government must carefully balance India and Pakistan ties to safeguard economic interests and strategic autonomy.
6 May 2026, 14:38 PM
Why Bangladesh and China need new connectivity routes
How Malacca Strait vulnerabilities, China–Myanmar corridors, and Bangladesh’s trade ambitions reshape regional connectivity and strategic choices.
5 May 2026, 15:31 PM
Language, empire, and the illusion of historical inevitability
A quip about language reveals deeper histories of empire, translation, and the myth of linguistic inevitability
5 May 2026, 13:41 PM
Here’s what China is learning from the US war in Iran
China is closely studying the US-Iran war, extracting strategic, economic, and technological lessons with far-reaching global implications.
4 May 2026, 13:03 PM
Why Bangladesh doesn’t need to pick sides for energy security
As Hormuz tensions persist, Bangladesh faces an urgent test of energy security, diplomacy, and strategic autonomy choices.
3 May 2026, 00:00 AM
Bangladesh–US trade deal and the test of strategic autonomy
Bangladesh’s evolving trade talks with the US signal a shift where economics and geopolitics increasingly overlap now.
3 May 2026, 00:00 AM
Reading Hafez in the Hormuz crisis
Amid escalating tensions in Hormuz, a poetic lens through Hafez reveals history, politics, and uneasy regional ambitions.
29 April 2026, 14:15 PM
The Islamabad paradox: What middle powers can learn from Pakistan
When analysing the commentary around the US-Iran-Israel war, what has mostly been ignored is: why is it Pakistan that has emerged as the key mediator in the most consequential war that’s impacted the world?
27 April 2026, 00:00 AM
Why the Iran-Israel-US war will not stop with ceasefires
After US President Trump abruptly announced an extension of the ceasefire between Iran and the US, indirect negotiations through Pakistan seemed to be on the table.
27 April 2026, 00:00 AM
A history of assassination attempts on US leaders
Former US President Donald Trump survived an assassination attempt at a Pennsylvania rally. A look at the history of attacks on American leaders.
26 April 2026, 17:48 PM
The electrostate and its limits: China’s rise in a hydrocarbon world
Global power transitions from the age of oil to electrons, defining a dual world order of entanglement.
25 April 2026, 14:52 PM
The Hormuz shock and the cost of India-Pakistan isolation
Surging energy costs and the Hormuz crisis demand urgent India-Pakistan economic integration to bypass vulnerable global maritime chokepoints.
23 April 2026, 13:22 PM
The fog over US-Iran peace talks
Donald Trump’s erratic diplomacy and naval blockades jeopardise Pakistan’s mediation efforts to prevent another catastrophic regional conflict.
22 April 2026, 16:03 PM
How Trump’s tariffs have failed the US economy
Trump's 2025 tariffs inflated prices and slowed growth, showing that slogans cannot override economic reality.
21 April 2026, 09:30 AM
However it ends, the Iran war will change the world
Global economic devastation, diplomatic isolation for Israel, and shifting regional security alliances signal a fragmenting international order.
20 April 2026, 14:49 PM
Myanmar’s recent election and what it means for Bangladesh
Between late December 2025 and late January 2026, Myanmar held its first general election since the military junta, officially the State Administration Council (SAC), seized power in its February 2021 coup.
19 April 2026, 00:00 AM
How the US naval blockade can accelerate multipolar global order
Contrary to analyses by some Western media, the US naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz might achieve the precise opposite of its stated aims of submission of the Iranian regime, by empowering Tehran as a defiant power, and accelerating the very multipolar realignment Washington has long sought to contain.
19 April 2026, 00:00 AM
Why Trump’s ‘Jesus moment’ ended in deletion
Trump faces conservative backlash after attacking the Pope and sharing a blasphemous AI image amid apocalyptic omens.
18 April 2026, 13:45 PM
Nearly 900 Rohingya refugees dead, missing in shipwrecks in 2025: UN
Rohingyas undertake perilous sea journeys every year in search of better living conditions
17 April 2026, 16:44 PM
How Iran sustained its military capacity amid US–Israeli attacks
Beyond missiles, Iran’s buried architecture at Qeshm Island transforms the Strait of Hormuz into a subterranean battlespace.
16 April 2026, 13:01 PM