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The Age of Strategic Hedging
INTERNATIONAL politics in the twentieth century was shaped by the choices of great powers. Empires grew and collapsed; superpowers waged war; alliances rose and broke up.…
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Trump’s Trade Revolution and Bangladesh’s Export Future
For decades, the entire global trading system was based on a rather simple premise: economics was expected eventually to prevail over politics. Countries would specialise in…
Analysis
Stop ‘Greater Israel’ to Make Peace
On June 14, the United States and Iran agreed to a framework to end their war. The Strait of Hormuz is to reopen, the bombing of…
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Mankind Must Not Sacrifice Human Dignity at The Altar of AI
On May 19, Standard Chartered CEO Bill Winters announced cuts of more than 15 percent across the bank’s roughly 52,000 support staff by 2030, replacing them…
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Violence Against Women
Not all men, but the man. This phrase has long circulated on social media whenever violence against women – such as honour killings, acid attacks, and…
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The New Oil Fields: Why Data Centres are Becoming Strategic Assets
For more than a century, oil determined the global balance of power. Nations with vast hydrocarbon reserves wielded strategic influence, while major powers designed foreign policies…
Analysis
What Is to Be Done? The Opposition’s Last Chance to Stop India’s Rightward Tilt
The recent defeats of regional parties cannot but have emboldened the rampaging right-wing to conclude that the time has come to make the final push towards…
Analysis
Bangladesh’s Myanmar Challenge is No Longer Only About the Rohingya
For nearly a decade, Bangladesh’s policy on Myanmar has revolved around a single question: how to manage more than 1 million Rohingya refugees who fled the…
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Bangladesh’s Record Budget and the Illusion of Fiscal Strength
Budgets often arrive wrapped in numbers, projections and political language. But their real meaning is found elsewhere: in the price of essentials, the quality of public…
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Where is The Money?
THE proposed budget for the 2026–27 financial year is impressive by almost any numerical measures. At Tk 9.38 trillion, it is the largest budget in Bangladesh’s…