Exclusive

Publication

Byline

Americas emerging debate over political Islam

Bangladesh, Feb. 17 -- For much of the post-9/11 era, American policymakers treated political Islam primarily as a security problem. The central concern was violent extremism. Groups that rejected arm... Read More


Tarique Rahman at a Mandela moment

Bangladesh, Feb. 17 -- Politics in Bangladesh has rarely been a gentle craft. It has been a battlefield. Victory has meant annihilation. Defeat has meant persecution. For decades, the culture was simp... Read More


Digital domination: Chinas battle for minds, from Lhasa to Ladakh and Taipei

Bangladesh, Feb. 17 -- The digital realm was initially envisaged as a great equalizer of knowledge, breaking down barriers of geography, class, and institutional gatekeeping to make huge repositories ... Read More


The Takaichi mandate: Power without purpose is a waste of a landslide

Bangladesh, Feb. 17 -- Sanae Takaichi just pulled off something rare in the sterile corridors of Japanese politics: she made history. As the nations first female prime minister, she called a snap elec... Read More


Baltic countries implement strict policies against Soviet memory

Bangladesh, Feb. 17 -- Anti-Russian racism in the Baltic countries is reaching increasingly intolerable levels. Even simple relics of the Soviet past, such as banknotes with no real monetary value, ar... Read More


A UAE-based mafia boss continues to shake Turkey

Bangladesh, Feb. 16 -- A fresh wave of mafia-style shootings in Turkey has once again cast a spotlight on fugitive crime boss Sedat Peker, who has been living abroad for several years. Despite being t... Read More


For India, engaging with BNP is necessary

Bangladesh, Feb. 16 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi has often spoken of building “people-to-people” bridges with Bangladesh. It is a noble phrase. But diplomacy, like politics, eventually ... Read More


Trump is intent on hijacking the midterm election

Bangladesh, Feb. 16 -- Terrified by the likelihood of losing the Republican majority in the House and facing the prospect of impeachment, Trump is determined to steal the midterm election by any means... Read More


Bangladeshs new political landscape: BNPs return and regional implications

Bangladesh, Feb. 16 -- Recently, elections were held in Bangladesh, and Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) won a landslide victory. The vote was highly significant, coming after the July 2024 uprising... Read More


Brazil-Russia nuclear dialogue tests Washingtons grip on hemisphere

Bangladesh, Feb. 16 -- Brazil and Russia have just signed a declaration reaffirming their commitment to the peaceful use of nuclear energy. Such declaration emerged from renewed bilateral talks coveri... Read More