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Assassination plot clouds India’s intelligence ambitions

On 29 May, a US court is set to sentence Indian national Nikhil Gupta to.......

Strategic Partnerships in a Shifting Security Landscape

The recent defence dialogue between Kuwait and Pakistan looks normal at the surface, yet a.......

Ayesha Rafiq

The Air War in West Asia: Lessons for Pakistan

The U.S. and Israeli attack against Iran starting on February 28, 2026, aimed to degrade.......

Women Serving Inside a Culture of Fear

Recent rape allegations against a senior Indian Air Force officer in Srinagar have once again.......

Amina Jabbar

Gujarat: Muslim Man Dies After Alleged Custodial Torture, Family Demands Investigation

The death of a 64-year-old Muslim man in Ahmedabad on May 20, after he was.......

India’s Secularism Under Siege: When Political Culture Overrides Constitutional Promises

India is proud of being a democracy based on the constitution, and this is due.......

Dr. Serajul I. Bhuiyan

China–Pakistan Axis and the Remaking of South Asia

The China-Pakistan axis is no longer a bilateral relationship alone; it is becoming a central.......

Dr. Mahfuz Parvez

The Cockroach Movement

When India's Chief Justice Surya Kant compared unemployed young people to cockroaches last week, he.......

Nimra Khalil

The BJP Win in West Bengal : Perspectives of a Concerned Bangladesh

Recently in the elections in West Bengal, India, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) , the.......

Mohiuddin Zaman

Bangladesh: BNP’s Retreat from Democratic Reform Commitments

Bangladesh finds itself at one of the most pivotal political junctures in its history since.......

Ghulam M. Suhrawardi

West Bengal's Voter List Crisis and the Battle for Democratic Credibility

The political atmosphere in the Indian state of West Bengal has entered one of its.......

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Bangladesh’s Economic Crossroads: Reform, Accountability, and the Search for Political Credibility

Bangladesh is at an economic and political crossroads. Despite remarkable progress over the last twenty.......

Ghulam M. Suhrawardi

Trump’s War on Iran and Rising Cost of Living in Bangladesh

Bangladesh’s point-to-point inflation rose to 9.04% in April 2026 from 8.71% in March, driven by.......

Muhammad Mahmood

Bangladesh's Hill Tracts, National Security, and the Shadow of Regional Power Politics

The security and political history of Bangladesh's Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) remains one of the.......

Ghulam M. Suhrawardi

The Man Who Refused Hegemony: Shaheed Ziaur Rahman and South Asia’s Sovereignty Doctrine

As Bangladesh marks May 30, 2026, the 45th death anniversary of Shaheed Ziaur Rahman—the nation.......

Dr. Serajul I. Bhuiyan

Fire from Within

In the evening of May 24, 2026, an assault on Taliban logistics vehicles was launched.......

Farwa Imtiaz

Bengal at a Crossroads: BJP's Aggressive Politics, Anti-Muslim Rhetoric, and the Future of India–Bangladesh Relations

Politics in Bengal has changed drastically with the emergence of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).......

Ghulam M. Suhrawardi

Eurasia Rising: India, Pakistan, and the Reordering of the Global Strategic Landscape

The geopolitical landscape of the twenty-first century is changing radically. Foundations of post–Cold War stability,.......

Ghulam M. Suhrawardi

Ziaur Rahman, Khaleda Zia, and Muhammad Yunus: Architects of Sovereign Bangladesh Against Regional Power Politics

The post-liberation history of Bangladesh has been characterized not only by internal political struggle but.......

Dr. Serajul I. Bhuiyan

Is Pakistan Right on the Indus Waters Treaty?

On May 20, 2026, the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague upheld its.......

Sardar Sheheryar Khan