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Venezuela's gold trade faces a new test as Trafigura's bullion remains in storage

Bangladesh, Oct. 2 -- Six months after the United States moved to reopen a channel for Venezuelan gold imports, a major shipment purchased under the new arrangement remains in storage, raising questio... Read More


America's fraud crisis is bigger than politics - it is a governance problem

Bangladesh, Oct. 2 -- Fraud in government-funded programs has become an increasingly visible problem in the United States, raising questions not only about criminal accountability but also about how p... Read More


America's new culture war: Islam, constitutional order and the rise of a conservative coalition

Bangladesh, Oct. 2 -- The formation of the Alliance for Islamic Remigration marks a significant new development in America's increasingly polarized debate over immigration, religion, constitutional go... Read More


Can Narendra Modi turn diplomatic access into a path to peace in Ukraine?

Bangladesh, Oct. 2 -- Russian President Vladimir Putins latest remarks about Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi have placed New Delhis Ukraine diplomacy under a brighter international spotlight. Spea... Read More


Trump's ego is his greatest political asset-and his greatest risk

Bangladesh, Oct. 2 -- It is hardly a little-known fact that Donald J. Trump does not merely possess an ego. He appears to be in a long-term, exclusive and extremely public relationship with it. Few po... Read More


BRICS needs an energy security mechanism before the next crisis

Bangladesh, Oct. 2 -- For much of the Global South, energy security has moved beyond the realm of policy discussion. It has become a question of economic stability, food security and, in some cases, n... Read More


Washingtons Gulf strategy takes shape as Hormuz crisis reshapes Middle East security

Bangladesh, Oct. 2 -- The past week marked an unusually concentrated period of American diplomacy across the Middle East, bringing together Gulf Arab states, regional governments, China and the wider ... Read More


Vance escalates H-1B criticism as Trump administration tightens scrutiny of skilled-worker visas

Bangladesh, Oct. 2 -- Vice President J.D. Vance has intensified his criticism of the US H-1B visa program, arguing that a system originally designed to attract highly specialized talent has been disto... Read More


Amnesty report details Moroccos long-running spyware campaign against civil society

Bangladesh, Oct. 2 -- Amnesty International has published a new report alleging that Moroccan authorities have spent years using sophisticated spyware and other digital surveillance technologies to mo... Read More


The Third Man and the Ruins of Modernity

Bangladesh, Oct. 1 -- Carol Reeds The Third Man, recently screened at the Park Theatre in Jaffrey, New Hampshire, is routinely described as one of the greatest films noirs ever made. It is certainly t... Read More