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Starting from President James Monroe in December 1823 till Donald Trump in 2025, policy statements from different American presidents from time to...
In his book, Diplomacy, former US Secretary of State Dr Henry Kissinger writes that diplomacy is the "art of enhancing power." Further, he states,...
What was lacking in the May 7-10 armed conflict with India was strategic communication — something that is responsible for the prevailing stand-off...
Steps taken by the interim government of Dr Mohammad Yunus like banning Awami League, removing the picture of Bangladesh founder Sheikh Mujibur Rehman...
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Lao Tzu An opium-addicted nation that remained under occupation by six foreign powers is now...
Awami League, the majority party in the December 1970 general elections in Pakistan, was banned on March 26, 1971 when President General Yahya Khan...
After failing to win the latest, four-day war with Pakistan, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is acting like a wounded lion whose ego is deeply...
On May 10, strategic restraint pulled India and Pakistan from the brink of an all-out war. First, it was US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and then...
Why is diplomatic statesmanship missing in the case of the prevailing Indo-Pak tension? And how are the two countries bogged down for the last several...
On April 22, several hundred universities, colleges and other centres of learning in the United States issued a joint statement, severely criticising...
On April 15, 1985, a 20-year-old college student Bushra Zaidi was killed by a speeding minibus in Nazimabad neighbourhood of Karachi. Her sister was...
Pakistan became the first post-colonial state to disintegrate - in 1971. However, the wounds from the Dhaka debacle are still in the healing...
From an antagonistic relationship for more than three decades, Moscow and Beijing embarked on mending of fences following the historic visit of the...
Supporters of the Bangladesh chapter of International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) - allegedly patronised by India's RAW and its...
The period between 1960s and late 1970s is referred to as the 'golden era' of Pakistan. But what followed was a progressive decline in literally...
The extraordinary Arab-Muslim summit held in the Saudi capital Riyadh last week issued a joint statement which called for "providing all forms of...
Three months after the ouster of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina from power through a popular movement led by students, political predicament of...
If Kamala Harris beats Donald Trump in the American Presidential Election being held today and occupies the White House, she will become the first...
October 2024 witnessed two major global summits take place, having potential ramifications for the reigning world order. The Shanghai Cooperation...
The American political history will be rewritten, on November 5, 2024, if Donald Trump - a former president twice impeached by the House of...
In line with the Indian Supreme Court verdict several months ago, legislative elections were held in occupied Jammu & Kashmir - in three phases,...
October 7, 2023 is an unforgettable day. It is the day when Hamas attacks inside Israel shattered the myth of Israeli invincibility, followed by...
Explaining the genesis of the 1971 crisis, GW Choudhury, a federal minister in the cabinet of President Yahya Khan, in his book, The Last Days of...
Back-to-back events taking place in the context of Pakistan-Bangladesh relations, in the wake of Sheikh Hasina's fall from power on August 5, have...
The students' movement in Bangladesh culminated into a situation - the regime change - which was unthinkable a year ago. For more than 15 years,...
The ouster of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina from power has brought forth an opportunity for a paradigm shift in the ties between Pakistan and...
In 2010, Hifazat-e-Islam was formed to transform Bangladesh from a secular to an Islamic state. While Jamaat-e-Islami was banned to contest general...
Three weeks after the regime change in Bangladesh, the question of legitimacy for the interim government is getting serious with each passing day....
The dramatic events of August 4 and 5 which led to the collapse of the Government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina plunged Bangladesh into another...
Dramatic events unfolding in Bangladesh over the past week or so led to the ouster of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina from power and her escape to...
The Karakoram Highway (KKH), referred to as the eighth wonder of the world, is no doubt a strategic source of connectivity between Pakistan and...
After years of stability and emergence as a role model in the realm of human and social development, Bangladesh has drifted into a massive wave of...
Celebrating the 75th anniversary of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (Nato) on July 9 in Washington DC sends a clear message that the world...
There is no short cut to becoming a vibrant state. The struggle for success is a long one, which must be led by leaders possessing critical...