Analysis
China, Russia Stumble on Vaccine ‘Soft Power’
As governments enthusiastically import their vaccines, the public shies away Having developed the world’s first vaccines against Covid-19, both China and Russia have made vaccine diplomacy…
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Concerns over China’s inroads in Bangladesh
Bangladesh now is a geo-strategic force to be reckoned with, but India may be dropping the ball Bangladesh does not sit astride the global sea lanes…
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Does the Belt and Road Have a Future in Taliban-Ruled Afghanistan?
The Taliban will welcome the hard infrastructure elements of the BRI. The “soft” components are a different story. When the United States and its allies began…
Analysis
Four Scenarios of Afghanistan Under the Taliban
After capturing Kabul at lightning speed—surprising analysts and security experts alike—the Taliban are now poised to assume leadership once again in Afghanistan. A day after declaring…
Analysis
The Taliban’s Careful Cheerleaders: Pakistan’s Statements on the Fall of Kabul
Islamabad has always secretly supported the Taliban. Now it is laying the ground to do so openly. As the tragedy of the Taliban onslaught in Afghanistan…
Analysis
Inroads for China in a Taliban-led Afghanistan?
With the US in retreat and the Taliban seizing control of Kabul, it looks like Afghanistan and the region will see major security and geopolitical shifts.…
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Covid-19, A Cause for Mental Health Concerns Among Youths
Emotional wellness issues among students are viewed as a general challenge to their overall wellbeing and the advent of Covid-19 has introduced a new range of…
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Three Concerns About Taliban 2.0
The Taliban has returned to power in Afghanistan. The spectacular fall of the US-backed government has caught everyone by surprise, although for years it was conventional…
Analysis
গণমাধ্যমের শত্রুমিত্র
“I have never seen such crisis in the media industry of Bangladesh in my lifetime,” said by Nayeemul Islam Khan on a webinar organized by the…
Analysis
Biden Was Right
In 2017, I arrived at Kabul’s Hamid Karzai Airport as part of a congressional staff delegation. Even though the U.S. embassy stood a mere four miles…
Analysis
COVID Vaccine Boosters: The Most Important Questions
Concerns over waning immunity and SARS-CoV-2 variants have convinced some countries to deploy extra vaccine doses — but it’s not clear to scientists whether most people…
Analysis
IPCC Issued A ‘Code Red’ Alert, But is Anyone Listening?
Human-induced climate change is ravaging our planet and every country, including Bangladesh, is struggling to deal with its impacts As the world battles record-shattering heat waves,…