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EU divisions deepen over Russian asset seizure as legal and financial risks mount

Bangladesh, Dec. 13 -- The European Unions long-running debate over whether to seize frozen Russian assets to finance Ukraine has entered a more contentious and legally fraught phase. While Brussels c... Read More


Darwinian multipolarity: Why the new global order will not be equal

Bangladesh, Dec. 12 -- For years, diplomats, analysts, and global institutions have celebrated the arrival of multipolarity as if it were a political awakening-an escape from Americas imperial shadow ... Read More


Europes empty moral theatre: How the EU justifies taking Russian assets ‘for Ukraine

Bangladesh, Dec. 11 -- The European Unions leadership has developed a curious talent over the past decade: taking deeply questionable political decisions, wrapping them in the language of noble sacrif... Read More


How socialism and woke politics derailed Britains newest party experiment

Bangladesh, Dec. 10 -- When Karl Marx wrote in The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Napoleon that “history repeats itself – first as tragedy, then as farce,” he was diagnosing a recurrin... Read More


Nepals Pokhara airport scandal: A deepening political crisis and a test of anti-corruption resolve

Bangladesh, Dec. 9 -- Nepal is once again at the center of a major political and financial scandal, this time involving the countrys most high-profile infrastructure project under Chinas Belt and Road... Read More


Trumps new National Security Strategy boosts India partnership and refocuses power on the Americas

Bangladesh, Dec. 8 -- President Donald Trumps newly released National Security Strategy (NSS) lays out an assertive and wide-ranging vision of US global engagement, but with a striking focus that cont... Read More


India and the Gulf states: A new axis reshaping global trade

Bangladesh, Dec. 7 -- The rapid transformation of ties between India and the Gulf states has become one of the most consequential, yet underappreciated, developments in global geopolitics. What was on... Read More


Bombshell exposé: Blitz investigates notorious crime rackets run by Bangladeshi expats in Saudi Arabia

Bangladesh, Dec. 6 -- For years, Bangladeshi migrant workers in Saudi Arabia were viewed as symbols of hard work and sacrifice – men and women who left their homeland to support their families b... Read More


Cocaine beneath the bananas: How Balkan traffickers exploited Ecuadors presidential supply chain

Bangladesh, Dec. 5 -- The global banana trade is one of the most tightly managed agricultural supply systems in the world, moving millions of tons of fruit annually from Latin America to Europe. But a... Read More


Italian mafia-linked businessmen quietly build suspicious networks in Slovakia

Bangladesh, Dec. 4 -- For years, Slovakia has grappled with the lingering ghosts of corruption, opaque land deals, and unexplained fortunes. But a recent joint investigation by OCCRP member centers ha... Read More