Bihar wants Delhi to not renew Ganges treaty. What does it mean for Dhaka?
4 September 2026
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Geopolitical Insights
Bangladesh and the United States: Beyond the tariff bargain
3 September 2026
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Geopolitical Insights
From the Carter Doctrine to the Mecca Pact: A changing Gulf security order
2 September 2026
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Geopolitical Insights
More capability, less autonomy? Bangladesh’s emerging security dilemma
1 September 2026
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Geopolitical Insights
An anti-West network is emerging: How should Bangladesh respond?
30 August 2026
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Geopolitical Insights
The Mecca Pact: Deterrence, Israel, and the new Gulf security equation
30 August 2026
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Geopolitical Insights
What Nepal’s flood devastation means for Bangladesh, India and China
28 August 2026
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Geopolitical Insights
Five reasons why Bangladesh shouldn’t join the Mecca Pact
27 August 2026
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Geopolitical Insights
Why Gaza peace deals keep falling apart
27 August 2026
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Geopolitical Insights
Rohingya genocide: Will the ICJ verdict bring justice?
25 August 2026
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Geopolitical Insights
The stakes are too high for the world to fail Palestine
Realising the stakes of the failure to address the current Gaza genocide, millions of people have been coming to the streets to protest.
20 June 2024
Death of Bangladeshi youths in the US: When violence hits home
The police killings of Win Rozario and Sayed Faisal, Bangladeshi American youth, have put the role of law enforcers under great scrutiny.
16 June 2024
Trump, now a felon, presents huge political challenge
Say what you will about former US President Donald Trump, but give him his due.
6 June 2024
India’s election opens the door to the past
India witnessed a tumultuous time between May 1996 and October 1999 when coalition governments came and left in quick succession.
5 June 2024
Rafah on fire: Is the cult of the US and Israel above international law?
The world is now slowly opening its eyes to the genocide in Gaza, coming to terms with the need for Israel's accountability.
29 May 2024
All eyes on Rafah: Where are the red lines?
The videos emerging from Rafah show how far the world and humanity has rotted in the past eight months.
28 May 2024
Biden-Netanyahu standoff complicates the Gaza conflict
The Israeli prime minister believes he can face off with the US president.
22 May 2024
We are not just bystanders in the colonial space
The optics of visible solidarity for Palestine is important because it shows that the world is witnessing and recording this blatant act of outright dehumanisation.
21 May 2024
Who was Raisi and what does his death mean?
Given the turbulent state of the Middle East at the moment, the repercussions of Raisi’s death could have effects in not only Iran but also the wider region.
21 May 2024
'What's happening in Gaza is not a religious crisis'
Rabbi Alissa Wise, founder of Rabbis for Ceasefire, talks about Jewish solidarity with Gaza in an exclusive interview with The Daily Star.
15 May 2024
Fear and loathing surrounding India’s election
After the first phase of voting, Modi seems to have changed his campaign strategy, focusing more on firing up BJP's Hindu base.
15 May 2024
Pro-Palestine protests: Student demands for divestment are not new
These demands are built on a decades-long foundation constructed by an international solidarity movement in support of Palestinian liberation.
8 May 2024
Israel's Rafah invasion, rejection of the Hamas ceasefire deal, and US role
Hamas wants a permanent ceasefire, while Israel wants a temporary truce.
7 May 2024
Horrors of the Gaza genocide: Through a survivor’s eyes
This is an eye-witness account, the story of a Palestinian in Gaza, a human being, a 24-year-old medical student, his real human life of love and loss, and a human testimony of war crimes perpetrated by the Israeli government and the military in the deadliest campaign of bombings and mass killings in recent history.
2 May 2024
Israel’s diversionary attack on Iran has set off a new security crisis in West Asia
Netanyahu is unlikely to favour such a ceasefire since his unpopularity would lead to his overthrow, the revival of criminal cases against him, and his possible incarceration.
24 April 2024
Decolonising academia beyond the metaphor
Decolonial pedagogy and thinking is a fundamental part of the movement for imagining an alternative future.
24 April 2024
US aid to Israel: Twenty-three billion dollars to slaughter women and children
The US has decided to generously reward Israel $1 billion per thousand women and children that Israel has killed in the Gaza Strip.
23 April 2024
How a war in the Middle East could impact South Asia
The impact of a widening of the Gaza war would be especially severe for South Asian nations
17 April 2024
Israel-Iran: Hell on earth
The US’ need for a highly measured, or even lack of response from Israel cannot be overstated.
17 April 2024
Iran’s attacks on Israel: Bark, not bite
If Iran had truly intended to cause serious damage, then it would have done so.
15 April 2024