Kawsar Uddin Mahmud

Approximately 20 million barrels of crude oil passed through Hormuz in 2024. Close to 27 percent of all global maritime petroleum trade passed through the strait in the first quarter of 2025. The strait is a critical, narrow chokepoint, with a 33-39 kilometers waterway between Oman and Iran.

Trump’s strategy has devolved into a pattern of contradictions and disengagement.

Trump's second presidency is challenging the future of the liberal international order.

After decades of centralised military control, the AA has shifted Rakhine’s power dynamics, emerging as the de facto authority.

The Bay of Bengal holds a great strategic value as about half of the world's container traffic passes through this region, and its seaports handle around one-third of world trade.