Bangladesh, May 4 -- The announcement that Bangladesh has agreed in principle to allow a ‘Humanitarian Corridor into Myanmars Rakhine State under UN supervision should evoke more than polite nods from international observers. It ought to trigger a serious debate about the unintended consequences of well-meaning interventions, especially when geography, geopolitics, and internal instability intersect so precariously.

Bangladesh, long a reluctant host to over a million Rohingya refugees fleeing Myanmars military persecution, now finds itself in the eye of yet another humanitarian cyclone. This time, however, it risks shifting from passive recipient to active conduit. And that transition—however noble it might appear—carri...