Geopolitical Insights

Is Bangladesh the next base for Chinese scam networks?

Jannatul Naym Pieal

7 September 2026 • Geopolitical Insights

The politics of fear: From Gaza's paper kites to ‘unsafe’ on campuses

Jamal Kanj

6 September 2026 • Geopolitical Insights

Shanghai Cooperation Organisation at 25: Can China, India and Russia really speak with one voice?

Stefan Wolff

6 September 2026 • Geopolitical Insights

Shared rivers, shared responsibilities: The case for water treaties

Jivesh Jha Bishnu Chandra Nepali

5 September 2026 • Geopolitical Insights

Bihar wants Delhi to not renew Ganges treaty. What does it mean for Dhaka?

Jannatul Naym Pieal

4 September 2026 • Geopolitical Insights

Bangladesh and the United States: Beyond the tariff bargain

M Kabir Hassan

3 September 2026 • Geopolitical Insights

From the Carter Doctrine to the Mecca Pact: A changing Gulf security order

Asif Bin Ali

2 September 2026 • Geopolitical Insights

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More capability, less autonomy? Bangladesh’s emerging security dilemma

Mohd Amdadul Haque

1 September 2026 • Geopolitical Insights

An anti-West network is emerging: How should Bangladesh respond?

Zillur Rahman

30 August 2026 • Geopolitical Insights

The Mecca Pact: Deterrence, Israel, and the new Gulf security equation

Tariq Karim

30 August 2026 • Geopolitical Insights

Why war is not good for the US economy

In recent years, the Pentagon budget has approached its highest level since World War II: $886 billion and counting.

2 March 2024

Could this be the year of Japan’s first female Prime Minister?

In Japan, a country with a conspicuous gender gap, a political breakthrough could happen this year.

1 March 2024

People leave notes and flowers during a vigil for US Air Force active-duty airman Aaron Bushnell outside the Israeli Embassy on February 26, 2024 in Washington, DC.

Why would Aaron Bushnell do something this extreme?

The fire that killed Airman Bushnell was simply the collateral damage of the ongoing conflagration in Palestine

29 February 2024

Comparing external debt burdens: Sri Lanka and middle-income countries

Sri Lanka’s rising debt levels may pose challenges

28 February 2024

A devastating act of reason

US airman dies after setting self on fire outside an Israeli embassy

27 February 2024

US President Joe Biden during a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Tel Aviv on October 18, 2023. PHOTO: REUTERS

A dangerous moment for US hegemony

If the US has been letting Israel subvert its policies for decades, what has changed since October 7, 2023 that will allow it now to stand up to Israel’s bullying?

27 February 2024

Blood, oil, and sand: The US' colonisation of Iraq

What are US troops doing in Iraq in the first place? And do they have a right to be there?

20 February 2024

‘Russia has my blood’

Alexei Navalny in an interview with Dozhd TV in October 2020, two months after he was poisoned with a Novichok nerve agent.

20 February 2024

Gaza, guns, and capitalism

The US government cannot go against gun factory owners.

13 February 2024

Putin’s interview and the West’s extraordinary outrage

The media’s job to interview geopolitical adversaries.

13 February 2024

The colour of war?

Today’s Red Sea skirmishes raise multifaceted concerns, which range from the war in Gaza widening and awakening old wounds, to geopolitical frontlines being rewritten by shifting chokepoints.

13 February 2024