The Awami League’s Future and the Burden of Its Past
A return to political relevance will depend not only on history, but on accountability As Bangladesh navigates a period of…
Bangladesh and the BRICS Door It Chose Not to Enter
An accounting of an invitation declined, and of the diplomacy that mistook a hat for a principle ★ ★ ★…
Awaiting a fair turn for ousted Bangladesh premier Sheikh Hasina
Even though the press conference by ousted Bangladesh premier Sheikh Hasina in New Delhi emerged a much-hyped event, which was…
The Phoenix Gambit: Sheikh Hasina’s Calculated Bid to Rise from the Ashes of Exile or the Final Act of a Fallen Titan?
There is a particular theatre to South Asian politics that the West often struggles to decode — a theatre in…
Bangladesh’s Strategic Recalibration: The Strategic Logic of Tarique Rahman’s First Foreign Visits
On 21 June 2026, four months after his Bangladesh Nationalist Party secured a commanding two-thirds parliamentary majority, Prime Minister Tarique…
Walking the Border: India’s New Envoy and the Unresolved Contradictions of South Asian Diplomacy
When Dinesh Trivedi stepped across the Benapole Land Port on foot to assume his duties as India’s new High Commissioner…
Bangladesh’s Strategic Awakening in a Multipolar World: A Historic Crossroads
History contains certain moments that appear to contemporary observers as mere diplomatic formalities, yet in the flow of time become…
When History Speaks Across Borders: India’s Tribute to Ziaur Rahman and the Politics of Bangladesh’s Liberation Memory
In South Asian politics, history is rarely confined to the past. It is continuously revisited, reinterpreted, and deployed in contemporary…
Bangladesh on the Tightrope: One Hundred Days of Democratic Governance in a Fractured World
For most newly elected governments, the first hundred days represent a honeymoon period a window of goodwill, bold promises, and…
South Asia’s Frozen Dream: Why SAARC Needs Realism, Not Rhetoric
There is a particular kind of courage required to speak inconvenient truths in the language of diplomacy. When Veena Sikri,…
