China’s new dam on the Brahmaputra a threat to Bangladesh, India
By Saleem Samad China is secretly building the world’s biggest dam over the mighty Brahmaputra
Year: 2024
Myanmar’s rebel offensive poses challenges for India
In its fight against a number of ethnic rebel outfits, the Myanmarese army has lost huge swathes of territory. And India has much to worry over the latest spurt in fighting.
Pakistan Elections – What to Expect?
Sharif’s party won the most seats by a single party in Thursday’s election, but supporters of imprisoned Khan, who ran as independents instead of as a single bloc after his party was barred from the polls, won the most seats overall.
Russia denies “disruption” in supplies of S-400 missile systems
India and Russia had concluded a deal for the supply of S-400 Triumf missile system in October 2018., for a sum amounting to $5.43 billion dollars
Impact on commodities due to chaos in the Red Sea
According to shipping data provider AXSMarine, the number of tankers in the Suez canal fell over 50% in the week starting Jan. 15 compared to the previous week.
Trump juggernaut setting the tone in US presidential elections
The projected return of Trump to the White House has serious implications for US domestic politics as also for the US leadership (or lack of it) in world affairs.
Who should be blamed for meddling in Bangladesh?
The election sans opposition parties in the battle of the ballots. The principal opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) boycotted the election along with other smaller opposition after 10,000 leaders and members were jailed
Breaking the Binary: Arguing for a Third Alternative in Bangladesh
By Subir Bhaumik The Chinese strategic calculus Since 2010, Chinese influence is growing in Bangladesh.
Globalisation and its impact on Human Dignity
While globalisation is known for heralding faster cross-border movement of capital and people thus expanding their exposure and opportunities, these movements have become increasingly securitised, radicalised, gendered and sexualised.