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How US-made .50-caliber rounds became a force multiplier for Mexican drug syndicates

Bangladesh, Feb. 9 -- For more than a decade, Mexicos war against powerful drug cartels has been defined by imbalance. On one side stand state and municipal police forces – often underfunded, po... Read More


Kenya–China zero-tariff deal signals a strategic shift in Africas global trade alignment

Bangladesh, Feb. 9 -- Kenyas newly signed preliminary bilateral trade agreement with China, granting zero-duty market access to 98.2 percent of Kenyan exports, marks more than a commercial breakthroug... Read More


Hong Kong court sentences media tycoon Jimmy Lai to 20 years in prison under national security law

Bangladesh, Feb. 9 -- A Hong Kong court on February 9 sentenced pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai to 20 years in prison under the citys sweeping national security law, delivering one of the harshes... Read More


Joys reckless inheritance and his manufactured chaos for the Awami League

Bangladesh, Feb. 8 -- There is a recurring lesson in political history, one that parties learn too late and nations pay for dearly: dynasties rot faster than institutions. When power becomes inheritan... Read More


Trumps Middle East strategy and the return of great power realism

Bangladesh, Feb. 8 -- Theres something almost quaintly anachronistic about trying to pin down Donald Trumps foreign policy in formal strategy documents. Its like attempting to capture lightning in a b... Read More


Why the East has lessons the West forgot

Bangladesh, Feb. 8 -- Europe, the continent that once assumed peace was permanent, prosperity automatic, and American protection eternal now finds itself exposed—strategically, economically, psy... Read More


Democrats need a concrete governing agenda

Bangladesh, Feb. 8 -- Since Trump reassumed the presidency, the rank and file of the Democrats have been busy criticizing, for good reason, Trumps unhinged exercise of power. Given Trumps onslaught on... Read More


Ukrainian Parliament may soon lack the minimum quorum to continue functioning

Bangladesh, Feb. 8 -- Apparently, the political crisis in Ukraine is becoming intolerable for a large part of the local politicians. In a recent statement, a Ukrainian Member of Parliament (MP) stated... Read More


US-controlled ATACMS deployed near Chinas mainland

Bangladesh, Feb. 8 -- Mere days after the US-backed government in Taipei launched the so-called Joint Firepower Coordination Center (JFCC), defined as “an enhanced firepower coordination effort ... Read More


Cloning babies, Ukraine labs, and Epstein

Bangladesh, Feb. 8 -- Among the many revelations brought by the Epstein files recently released, one has been overlooked, if not almost entirely ignored. Buried amid many sordid sex-trafficking messag... Read More