Friday, November 7, 2025

COMMENTARY

New Dawn for Politics in New York: What Zohran Mamdani’s Victory Can Teach the World

Dr. Serajul I. Bhuiyan - 0
Victory Beyond Ballots Zohran Mamdani’s election as the winner of the mayoral race of 2025 in New York City sent ripples of joy and meaning...
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“November 7, 1975 — A Day of Reckoning

Ashraf ud Doula - 0
November 7, 1975, a day that evokes memories of sadness, rejuvenation, and ecstasy — a turning point that changed the course of a nation. The...
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Evangelicals to the rescue

James M. Dorsey - 0
Evangelicals to the rescue. That may seem an oxymoron in the case of Gaza and Palestine. Yet, the ground is shifting under a core, traditionally...
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The Mirage of Strength, the Reality of Instability

Saniya Khan - 0
India’s recent political and military maneuvers reflect a troubling convergence of internal manipulation and external militarization. From the last-minute reshuffling of hundreds of bureaucratic...
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Changing Geopolitical Configurations and Imperative of Energy Security

Dr. Manoj Kumar Mishra - 0
The imperative of energy security is becoming more critical to a country’s foreign policy. Prolonged wars in Europe and Asia and great powers' intervention...
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Dynasty Politics and Meritocracy: The Twin Threats to Democracy

Bhabani Shankar Nayak - 0
On 31st of October, 2025, erudite scholar and seasoned insider of international diplomacy and Indian politics, Dr. Shashi Tharoor, wrote an opinion piece titled...
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Two peas in a pod

James M. Dorsey - 0
Donald Trump and Binyamin Netanyahu are two peas in a pod. They both crave others’ land. They are ethno-nationalists with a particular dislike for Muslims. They blur...
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Misreporting Grooming Gangs: Why Facts Must Trump Prejudice

Dr. Smit Gupta - 0
On 23 October 2025, The Telegraph published an article by Hardeep Singh titled “The Grooming Gangs Rapists Are Mainly Pakistani Muslims, Not ‘Asian’.” The...
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A New Chapter in India’s Strategic Posture

Samantha Azizi - 0
India’s recent military statements and nuclear readiness declarations mark a disturbing shift in South Asia’s security calculus. General Anil Chauhan’s comments on “radiological preparedness”...
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Exile, Echo & The Indian Stage: Sheikh Hasina’s Media Offensive & The Battle for Bangladesh’s Political Soul

Dr. Serajul I. Bhuiyan - 0
Voice from Exile Exile, in the political soap opera that is South Asia's politics of uncertainty, is not meek; it is its opposite. When...
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BLOG

At Mamdani victory party, a broad coalition of faith communities cheers Muslim mayor-elect

Religion News Service - 0
NEW YORK (RNS) — From prominent Muslim community leaders to members of Jews for Zohran, Hindus for Zohran and Shias for Zohran, the campaign’s...
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India’s Bihar goes to the polls in contest seen as key to 2026 elections

Nikkei Asia Review - 0
Rahul Gandhi of the Indian National Congress, right, has slammed Bihar's Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, center, as being remote-controlled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's...
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As talks collapse, BPDB now set to face Adani in int’l arbitration

The Business Standard. - 0
Shazzad Hossen Bangladesh is preparing to face an international arbitration as India's Adani Power Limited moves against the Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) over disputes...
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Bangladesh’s accession to the UN Water Convention has a ripple effect that could cause problems with India

The Conversation - 0
Pintu Kumar Mahla When Bangladesh became the first country in South Asia to join the U.N.’s Water Convention earlier this year, it was presented as a win-win. Signing up...
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Another India-US Defence Agreement, Same Old Obstacles

The Wire India - 0
A military mock drill in India. Photo: Ministry of Defence <https://data.gov.in/sites/default/files/Gazette_Notification_OGDL.pdf>, via Wikimedia Commons Despite the fanfare of headlines and exuberant television debates surrounding the recent...
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The myth of “soft- liners” in Myanmar’s military governments

The Lowy Institute - 0
ANDREW SELTH In the lead-up to the ASEAN Summit in Malaysia last week, there were calls for ASEAN to pay greater attention to Myanmar’s long-running polycrisis. Implicit...
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Pakistan eyes 2026 launch for 1st Chinese submarine in $5bn arms deal

Nikkei Asia Review - 0
A nuclear-powered Type 094A Jin-class ballistic missile submarine of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy navigates during a military display in the South China...
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Afghan Women, Girls ‘Bear Brunt’ Of Earthquake Amid Taliban Restrictions

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty - 0
A massive earthquake this week that killed more than 1,400 people in Afghanistan has left women, already struggling under the strict rules of the...
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India’s distressed farmers limit Modi’s leeway in Trump trade talks

Nikkei Asia Review - 0
SOUMYAJIT SAHA KADWALI BUZURG, India -- Anjabai slogged through ankle-deep mud, trying to salvage as many soybean plants as she could from creeping rot and...
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Pakistan Says Peace Talks With Afghan Taliban Fail To Find ‘Workable Solution’

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty - 0
Negotiations for a lasting truce between Afghanistan and Pakistan have broken down, Pakistani Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said on October 29 after four days...
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