As Donald Trump prepares to assume the presidency of the United States again, many questions remain about what his policy towards the Middle East would look like during a second term. With trust in global institutions declining and geopolitical lines fragmenting, the region’s future remains precarious. Since the ouster of Syrian president Bashar al Assad and the […]
The indictment of RAW officer Vikash Yadav for allegedly conspiring to assassinate Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, a prominent Sikh activist based in the United States, has cast a harsh spotlight on India’s covert operations abroad. This incident not only reveals the growing audacity of India’s intelligence apparatus but also highlights the dangerous export of its Hindutva-driven […]
Amid the swift and stunning collapse of Aleppo following an assault led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), which is internationally sanctioned as a terrorist group, it is important to pause and recall that we have been here before. The advance by HTS and Turkish-backed rebels in Syria suggests that Turkey is playing its cards before US president-elect Donald Trump takes office, driven by its existential […]
The student-led movement that led to the final fall of the dictatorial Sheikh Hasina regime on August 5, 2024, led the country to uncertainty, which was felt quite obviously domestically and throughout the South Asian region. By August 8, 2024, Dr. Muhammad Yunus, Nobel laureate and the originator of the concept of microcredit, took the […]
After the October 28, 2023 Surgical Operation to silence the political opposition that led to a Dummy Election on January 7, 2024 in Bangladesh, an uneasy quietness prevailed on the two major fronts: the political opposition in the country which had been campaigning for years for an election under a neutral authority, and the US led West that had […]
Standing on the arch of the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, to commemorate the 59th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, Kamala Harris said she felt compelled to begin her remarks by addressing the deteriorating humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza. “People in Gaza are starving. The conditions are inhumane. And our common humanity compels us to act,” […]
I am still searching for answers. In an article titled “Sheikh Hasina Does in Again in Bangladesh” on January 8, 2024 prolific writer R Chowdhury explained that the longest serving “Lady Hitler” staged the sequel to her trademark electoral fraudulence on January 7. As always, her trusted all-weather sponsor across the border was on board. […]
After the farcical election of January 7, 2024, it can be said that the Hasina-led illegitimate regime of Bangladesh is not “a government of the people, by the people, and for the people.” Rather, it is a puppet regime of India, by India, and for India. One can argue that it is also subservient to China and Russia. In reality, it is overwhelmingly an […]
“Violating human rights is integral to the project of neoliberalism and global hegemony.”—Arundhati Roy In 2018, Indian Home Minister and the ruling Bhartiya Janata Party President Amit Shah termed Bangladeshis (immigrants) as termites that ate up India! But the ground reality is the opposite. Moreover, New Delhi’s insinuation is not lost on the Bangladeshi people; […]
Recent events have led many to believe that the Hasina regime no longer has the moral authority to govern Bangladesh. This belief is held by a large number of Bangladeshis both within the country and abroad. Numerous foreign governments, analysts, and human rights activists also share this view and are calling for the removal of […]