Bangladesh Strengthening Defence Relations with China, Pakistan, Türkiye and the United States
Reading Time: 5 minutesIn the shifting sands of geopolitics, Bangladesh has sought to strike a delicate balance between the competing interests of global and regional powers. As a nation that lies at the crossroads of South and Southeast Asia, with the Bay of Bengal serving as a maritime artery of strategic significance, Bangladesh Continue Reading
Bangladesh–Pakistan Military Engagement Enters New Phase
Reading Time: 2 minutesBangladesh–Pakistan military ties are taking a tangible step forward with the departure of a ten-member Bangladesh Army delegation to Islamabad on 16 August. Led by Quarter Master General Lieutenant General Faizur Rahman, the team will remain in Pakistan until 24 August under the invitation of the Defence Wing of the Continue Reading
India’s Factory of Fabrications: The Fake Bangladesh–Pakistan Story
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe latest invention from sections of the Indian press, claiming a Pakistan–Bangladesh “air force pact” aimed at cross-border operations against India, belongs less in a newsroom and more in a pulp spy novel. News18’s breathless report, passed off as an “intelligence leak”, is a concoction of fantasy, propaganda and wilful Continue Reading
Awami League’s Faustian Bargain with India
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe tragedy of Bangladesh today lies in the fact that those who claim to guard its sovereignty are the very ones undermining it from within. Sheikh Hasina and her Awami League have, for years, acted less as leaders of a sovereign republic and more as subservient functionaries executing the prescriptions Continue Reading
India’s Geopolitical Catch-22 and the Emerging Opportunities for Bangladesh
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe latest tariff clash between Washington and New Delhi exposes a dilemma India can no longer evade. For more than two years, India has been the single largest beneficiary of discounted Russian oil, cushioning inflationary shocks while sustaining rapid industrial growth. But in doing so, India has tethered itself more Continue Reading