Is Bangladesh the next base for Chinese scam networks?
7 September 2026
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Geopolitical Insights
The politics of fear: From Gaza's paper kites to ‘unsafe’ on campuses
6 September 2026
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Geopolitical Insights
Shanghai Cooperation Organisation at 25: Can China, India and Russia really speak with one voice?
6 September 2026
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Geopolitical Insights
Shared rivers, shared responsibilities: The case for water treaties
5 September 2026
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Geopolitical Insights
Bihar wants Delhi to not renew Ganges treaty. What does it mean for Dhaka?
4 September 2026
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Geopolitical Insights
Bangladesh and the United States: Beyond the tariff bargain
3 September 2026
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Geopolitical Insights
From the Carter Doctrine to the Mecca Pact: A changing Gulf security order
2 September 2026
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Geopolitical Insights
More capability, less autonomy? Bangladesh’s emerging security dilemma
1 September 2026
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Geopolitical Insights
An anti-West network is emerging: How should Bangladesh respond?
30 August 2026
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Geopolitical Insights
The Mecca Pact: Deterrence, Israel, and the new Gulf security equation
30 August 2026
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Geopolitical Insights
Can the Labour Party salvage the UK’s diminishing global relevance?
The Conservative and Labour Party both seem to echo a similar rhetoric when it comes to their foreign policy.
31 January 2024
Making sense of the Pakistan-Iran stand-off
Could Pakistan have done without a kinetic response?
30 January 2024
Iran-Pakistan tensions: Mending fences
Pakistan and Iran have managed to handle a potentially explosive crisis.
30 January 2024
The international contradictions of asymmetrical warfare in Yemen
Understanding Yemen's history allows us to understand the recent strikes by the US and the UK.
30 January 2024
ICJ ruling puts current global order on trial
The main question now is to what extent the ICJ order will create pressure on Israel’s allies.
29 January 2024
Geopolitical implications of the brewing tension in the Red Sea
The historical Shia-Sunni rift gives another dimension to the tension in the Middle East.
26 January 2024
Belligerents or criminals? Terrorism in a world without peaceful redress
Hamas’ terrorism pale in comparison to 23,000 (and counting) Gazans killed by the Israeli military, more than half women and children.
25 January 2024
Bangladesh's right of intervention in the Genocide Convention cases
It is very likely that Bangladesh will not be allowed to intervene.
24 January 2024
The future of India-Maldives relations
The Maldives cannot afford to overlook India entirely.
23 January 2024
‘The US and West must stop their misadventures in the Middle East’
Arab Parliament President Adel Al Asoomi in an exclusive interview with The Daily Star.
22 January 2024
Top 10 Economies to watch in 2024
China is too big to stay weak too long.
18 January 2024
In the eyes of the world, Israel has lost
Bangladesh’s decision to file a declaration of intervention has a distinctive characteristic.
18 January 2024
‘A setback for US-Bangladesh relations’
The Awami League has been playing this game for a long time now.
16 January 2024
What’s next for US policy in Bangladesh?
South Asia Institute Director Michael Kugelman offers his insights
16 January 2024
The implications for China, the West and India
Powerful countries, far and near, have shown active interest in Bangladesh’s election and have been polarised in a rather peculiar fashion
10 January 2024
Bangladesh in geopolitics: Post-election challenges
Bangladesh has to maintain a balanced relationship with all five major centres from a trade point of view.
10 January 2024
The Great Game will continue
The absence of democratic behaviour is no longer hidden under the carpet.
9 January 2024
The plight of the Sudanese deserves our attention
Sudan needs assistance from the international community—and it needs it very quickly.
3 January 2024
The world wrapped in 2023
The biggest victim of this consequential year: democracy, and humanity.
26 December 2023
Christmas in Occupied Palestine: ‘Dreams buried under rubbles’
Archbishop Theodosius Atallah Hanna, Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem discusses the cruel reality in occupied Palestine during Christmas with Ramisa Rob of The Daily Star.
26 December 2023