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China sees Myanmar as stepping stone to Indian Ocean, energy security0
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- January 15, 2020
By Laura Zhou | 15 Jan, 2020 | South China Morning Post Chinese President Xi Jinping’s upcoming trip to Myanmar is expected to help Beijing boost its presence in the Indian Ocean, especially if a deal can be finalised on the development of the China-funded Kyaukpyu port. China’s ambassador to Myanmar, Chen Hai, said on
India Backs Away from Southeast Asia Trade Deal0
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- January 15, 2020
By The Lowy Interpreter | 01-14-2020 | The Maritime Executive [By Dr. Mustafa Izzuddin] India’s decision in the final months of last year to withdraw from negotiations for the mega-regional trade agreement known as the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) disappointed the countries of Southeast Asia, which are also members of the Association of Southeast Asian
India-BangladeshBorder Killings0
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- January 14, 2020
January 14, 2020 Death toll rising on the India-Bangladesh border At least 43 Bangladeshi citizens were killed by Indians in 2019, a threefold increase from the previous year By Faisal Mahmud, Dhaka Bangladesh Minister for Foreign affairs AK Momen on Sunday said both Dhaka and New Delhi want “zero deaths” along the two countries’ borders.
Myanmar continues to make mistakes of the past0
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- January 14, 2020
By Maung Zarni 14 January 2020 January 4 marked the 72nd anniversary of Myanmar’s independence from Britain. The civil war in which the country – a patchwork of diverse ethnic regions, with mutually incomprehensible languages, unerasable regional identities and distinct political histories – was born has come a full circle. It is noteworthy that modern
An open letter to the citizens of India: India doesn’t need CAA, NPR, NRC0
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- January 14, 2020
Dhaka Tribune | January 13th, 2020 Supporters attend a mass rally by Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee to protest against the new citizenship law in Siliguri on January 3, 2020 AFP Protests are being staged in different parts of India against the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019 (CAA), which was passed in the Indian
Would love see Bangladeshi immigrants create next unicorn in India: Microsoft CEO Nadella0
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- January 14, 2020
The Daily Star | January 14, 2020 Would love see Bangladeshi immigrants create next unicorn in India: Microsoft CEO Nadella Satya Nadella. Microsoft’s Indian-origin CEO Satya Nadella has joined the chorus against the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in India, saying what is happening is “just bad” and he would love to see a Bangladeshi
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Bangladesh: Sheikh Mujib’s Stance on “Independent Bangladesh”: Sensational Revelation!1
- Commentary, Featured
- August 24, 2019
By R. Chowdhury 24 August 2019 (This is an updated version of the previously published one) Little is known about the 1971 jail life of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in Pakistan. It remained shrouded in mystery amidst various rumors and narratives. But Raja Anar Khan, who served Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in the jails in Pakistan in
Unending journey of Kashmir solution : Musharraf and Zardari0
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- August 24, 2019
Dr. Rajkumar Singh 24 August 2019 In the history of Kashmir dispute, the year 2008 is important for various reasons. It witnessed the successful assembly election in the State of Jammu and Kashmir, change of guard in Pakistan but above all – the worst terror attack on 26 November 2008 in which Mumbai , the
Prospects of forming an economic zone in South Asia and beyond0
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- August 24, 2019
by N N TARUN CHAKRAVORTY 24 August 2019 There is a two-way causal relationship between international trade and economic growth i.e. trade stimulates growth and growth also leads to cross-border trade. The concept of regionalism in case of international trade came up and has been advocated by scholars not only for a greater utilization of
India’s NFU Card0
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- August 24, 2019
By Haris Bilal Malik 24 August 2019 The Nuclearization of South-Asia in 1998 marked considerable changes in the regional security dynamics. This also had a considerable impact on regional and extra-regional politics, the security environment of South Asia and the global nuclear order. Since then, India has gone through gradual shifts in its nuclear doctrinal
India’s Quest to dominate the Indian Ocean0
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- August 24, 2019
by Syeda Saiqa Bukhari August 24, 2019 The Indian Ocean Region (IOR) is widely regarded as the hub of global economic and strategic activities for several reasons. For instance, it provides the predominant outlet for oil from the Persian Gulf to various destinations across the globe. More than 80 percent of global oil trade passes
No way home, no way out for Rohingya refugees0
- Commentary, Issue 30 – Fall 2019
- August 23, 2019
By Bertil Lintner, Chiang Mai August 23, 2019 Failed repatriation try signals a permanent and increasingly destabilizing refugee population in Bangladesh By Bertil Lintner, Chiang Mai Over 3,000 Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh were supposed to return to Myanmar on August 22, a repatriation that was supposed to mark the beginning of a process to resettle
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With little leverage to impede Bangladesh’s authoritarianism, US policy towards the country will continue to be primarily transactional
With little leverage to impede Bangladesh’s authoritarianism, US policy towards the country will continue to be primarily transactional. Biden-Bangladesh: Back to square one William B Milam January 21, 2021 A picture of Joe Biden as Democratic candidate taken in February 2020. He was inaugurated as US President on January 20th 2021. Photo: Julien Kouame/Alamy When
Post-Trump World: Is Democracy Dying in America As Well?
by Taj Hashmi 22 January 2021 We know it’s fashionable to hypothesize that democracy is “dying” in the post-Cold War world. It’s true not only for some of the postcolonial democracies in the Third World and some “new democracies” Eastern Europe, but of late, seemingly, it’s also true about the United States. I
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