Saudi–Pakistan Pact and Bangladesh’s Strategic Choices
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe announcement of a new defence pact between Saudi Arabia and Pakistan has sent ripples through both the Middle East and South Asia. More than a bilateral understanding, it is a signal of how security in these two regions is converging. Both sides describe the pact as a commitment to Continue Reading
Bangladesh’s Potential Role in a Non-NATO Peacekeeping Mission in Ukraine
Reading Time: 5 minutesIntroduction The ongoing conflict in Ukraine has prompted international discussions around a possible peacekeeping mission to monitor a demilitarised buffer zone. Reports indicate that countries including Bangladesh and Saudi Arabia are being considered for participation in such a force, as part of a U.S.-backed proposal aimed at de-escalating the conflict. Continue Reading
Bangladesh–Pakistan Army Cooperation: Confronting the Common Indian Threat
Reading Time: 3 minutesFor over half a century, India has sought to consolidate dominance in South Asia through coercion, pressure, and selective intervention. Its military doctrine has consistently cast Pakistan as the principal adversary while treating Bangladesh as a peripheral buffer to be kept under strategic influence. Today, as India pursues an ambitious Continue Reading
Bangladesh Army Chief’s China Visit Signals Deeper Defence Industrial Ties
Reading Time: 4 minutesBangladesh Army Chief General Waker-uz-Zaman, SBP, OSP, SGP, psc, has returned from a week-long official visit to China, where he held a series of high-level meetings with senior military officials and defence industry leaders. The visit underscored Dhaka’s intent to deepen its long-standing defence cooperation with Beijing, particularly in the Continue Reading
Turning a Page—Bangladesh, Pakistan, and the Opportunity of Reconciliation
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe shadow of history often shapes the contours of contemporary geopolitics, and for Bangladesh and Pakistan, few historical events cast as long a shadow as the war of 1971. Fifty-four years on, the scars of that conflict remain etched in collective memory. Yet, in the complexity of South Asian geopolitics Continue Reading