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Nigerias Hormuz crisis exposes deep fault lines in national energy security

Bangladesh, May 9 -- For decades, Nigeria has occupied a paradoxical place in the global energy system. Despite being Africas largest oil producer and possessing enormous hydrocarbon wealth, the count... Read More


Europes biggest cocaine bust: Spanish forces seize 30 tons in high-seas raid off West Africa

Bangladesh, May 8 -- Spanish authorities have carried out what officials are calling one of the largest anti-drug operations in European history after intercepting a freighter carrying more than 30 to... Read More


‘Operation Sindoor and the enduring logic of the India-Russia defense partnership

Bangladesh, May 7 -- The terrorist massacre at Baisaran meadow near Pahalgam in April 2025 was not merely another episode in the long history of violence in Kashmir. It was a calculated strike against... Read More


Oil markets after OPEC: Fragmentation, Hormuz risk, and Asias energy shift

Bangladesh, May 6 -- When Brent crude briefly surged past $120 a barrel amid renewed tensions around the Strait of Hormuz and the United Arab Emirates decision to exit OPEC, the market reaction reveal... Read More


The machinery of modern war: Narratives, power, and the cost of manufactured consent

Bangladesh, May 2 -- The conduct of modern war is no longer limited to battlefields, troop movements, or military strength. It begins much earlier, in the realm of perception, where narratives are sha... Read More


Trump promises imminent release of “very interesting” UFO files as public curiosity surges

Bangladesh, May 1 -- The debate over unidentified flying objects-now more commonly referred to as unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP)-is once again gaining momentum after comments from Donald Trump, w... Read More


Money cannot buy control: Why the UKs migration strategy needs rethinking

Bangladesh, April 29 -- The decision by the United Kingdom to provide £660 million to France in return for stronger border enforcement may appear to be a decisive step in controlling migration ac... Read More


NATO reconsiders summit strategy amid Trump-era tensions and political theater

Bangladesh, April 28 -- The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is facing renewed internal debate over the purpose and frequency of its high-profile summits, as concerns grow that political spec... Read More


Myanmars “peace talks” are strategic deception, not a path to peace

Bangladesh, April 27 -- The optics are deceptively simple: a military government extends an offer of peace talks, and its opponents refuse. On paper, the narrative appears balanced, even reasonable. B... Read More


Shadows of the past: Turkey, Iran, and an unfinished investigation

Bangladesh, April 26 -- More than a decade after a major counterterrorism investigation in Turkey was abruptly halted, one of its central figures has resurfaced in a development that is drawing renewe... Read More