Strategic Analysis: Rebutting US Claims of Potential PLA Basing in Bangladesh
Reading Time: 3 minutesIn its 2024 Annual Report to Congress on Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China (PRC), the United States Department of Defense (DoD) included Bangladesh among a list of nations the PRC has “probably considered” for hosting People’s Liberation Army (PLA) military logistics facilities. The report stated: Continue Reading
Forging Strategic Depth: The Case for a Mutual Defence Pact Between Bangladesh, Türkiye, China, and Pakistan
Reading Time: 4 minutesAs global power dynamics increasingly shift towards multipolarity, Bangladesh—poised at a pivotal juncture in South Asia—must reassess its security architecture in the face of mounting strategic uncertainty. Recent hostility from India, coupled with regional instability across its eastern and western frontiers, has compelled Dhaka to consider more robust forms of Continue Reading
Bangladesh Army Inducting SH-15 Self-Propelled Howitzers
Reading Time: 3 minutesIn a significant move to bolster its artillery capabilities, the Bangladesh Army is evaluating the procurement of truck-mounted 155 mm self-propelled howitzers from China North Industries Group Corporation Limited (NORINCO), one of China’s premier state-owned defence enterprises supplying advanced systems to the People’s Liberation Army (PLA). A seven-member Bangladesh Army Continue Reading
Bangladesh Army Chief to Visit China in June to Advance Strategic Defence Acquisitions
Reading Time: 3 minutesGeneral Waker-Uz-Zaman, Chief of Army Staff of the Bangladesh Army, is scheduled to undertake an official visit to the People’s Republic of China in June, as part of Dhaka’s broader efforts to deepen defence ties with its principal strategic partner and supplier of military hardware. The visit is expected to Continue Reading
Humanitarian Corridor for Repatriation of Rohingyas to Myanmar: The Simplified Facts
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe Rohingya crisis, arising from systemic persecution and violence against the Rohingya Muslim minority in Myanmar’s Rakhine State, has evolved into one of the most acute humanitarian emergencies in South Asia. Since August 2017, an estimated 700,000 Rohingya have fled mass atrocities perpetrated by Myanmar’s military, seeking refuge primarily in Continue Reading