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Why Diplomatic Engagement with Kabul has not Addressed Pakistan's Security Issues

Diplomatic relations with the Taliban regime in Afghanistan have been an important topic of discussion.......

India: a middle power, more or less?

India’s External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar recently asserted(Opens in new window) that India is not.......

Fatah-2: Strengthening Pakistan’s Conventional Deterrence

Pakistan’s successful test of the Fatah-2 extended-range missile marks another step in the country’s efforts.......

Ameer Zaman

India’s Quest for Political Alternative Beyond the BJP and Congress

The crisis in contemporary India is a crisis manufactured by the political duopoly of the.......

Bhabani Nayak

Misreading Bengal's Peasant Politics

In their essay, “How Fazlul Huq's Krishak Praja Party Reshaped Peasant Politics in Bengal,” Mehrab.......

Dr. Habib Siddiqui

Sri Lanka’s Anti-Corruption Crusade: The Rajapaksa Dynasty Faces an Unprecedented Reckoning

An examination of Sri Lanka’s efforts to dismantle political impunity, the corruption allegations confronting the.......

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Afghanistan’s Governance Crisis: Power Without Inclusion

Since returning to power in August 2021, the Taliban have established effective territorial control over.......

Samantha Azizi

Is Academic Freedom at Risk in Bangladesh’s Private Universities?

Over the past three decades, private universities have transformed higher education in Bangladesh. They have.......

N N Tarun Chakravorty

What Is Happening in Myanmar?

Since the 2021 coup, Myanmar’s civil war has escalated into its most violent phase in.......

Kay Young Young

How the US aid is Significant for in the Political sphere?

On January 24, 2025, Representative Rashida Tlaib, a Democratic Congresswoman from Michigan, called for conditioning....

Dr. Smit Gupta

The Arena in 2025

A new game has begun in Bangladesh — the game of killing people. It’s just.......

Sapto Mitra

A New Trade Chapter Between Pakistan and the Taliban

In a low-key but significant development, Pakistan and the Taliban regime of Afghanistan have signed.......

Amina Jabbar

SDSWhy Gradualism Can Help in Gaza

As Western and international leaders take stock of the cease-fire agreement between Israel and Hamas.......

Current Foreign Policy of India: Compulsions and Constraints

While navigating through compulsions and constraints on way to the current foreign policy of India,.......

Sudhanshu Roy

Bangladesh’s Second Liberation and the Birth of a New Democratic Imagination

On July 17, 2025, the afternoon, South Plaza in Bangladesh’s National Parliament was turned into.......

Dr. Serajul I. Bhuiyan

The trial of Sheikh Hasina

Bangladesh Verdict Verdict: Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal-1 has yesterday (17 November 2025) sentenced deposed Prime.......

Ghulam M. Suhrawardi

Climate Justice and Power: Why Pakistan Cannot Wait for the World to Act

As global power dynamics continue to shift, Che Guevara’s 1964 address to the UN General.......

Dr Abdul Waheed Bhutto

Hindutva’s Deepening Footprint in India’s Military Structures

India has long projected itself as a secular republic whose constitutional framework guarantees equality, religious.......

Saima Afzal

How a Captured Fourth Estate Damages Democracy and Bangladesh–India Relations

There was a point when the Indian press earned the respect of the South Asian.......

Dr. Serajul I. Bhuiyan

Unpacking the Underlying Drivers of Pakistan-Afghanistan Friction

Recent remarks about the relationship between the Pakistan and Afghanistan by Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid brought into.......