Opinion

Past years’ foreign-policy principle of Bangladesh, “Friendship to all, malice to none”, is being tested in the increasingly complex geopolitical landscape. Between South Asia and the Bay of Bengal, Dhaka has significant economic and security ties with India, China and the United States, which have varying opportunities and challenges. The issue is gaining steep momentum as the competition among the …

The 81st United Nations General Assembly opened on September 8, 2026, with the theme Restoring Trust, Managing Transformation: A United Nations That Delivers for All. The session, which is being chaired by Bangladesh’s Foreign Minister Khalilur Rahman, is attended by several experts and diplomats from around the globe. The debate is around whether multilateralism is possible in the current context …

Pakistan is going into a new era in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation engagement. Islamabad will take over from the Chairmanship of SCO Council of Heads of State in September 2026 and will host the 2027 summit presenting an opportunity for connectivity and economic cooperation. The meeting of the Council of Heads of Government with the member states of the Shanghai …

India and Russia had for decades a relationship built around the Defence agreements and orders based solely on the sale of military equipment, indigenous planes, tanks, ships, missiles and air defence systems flowing through the hands of the Russian suppliers to the Indian forces.  India is now pushing the cooperation towards joint research, co-development, domestic manufacturing and maintenance of the …

The nascent U.S.-Denmark-Greenland security deal will be more than just a defense pact. It was announced on September 18, 2026, aimed at beefing up security in the Arctic and North Atlantic and providing greater military access to Greenland for the U.S. The agreement is likely to be signed at the United Nations General Assembly. View this post on Instagram A …

ASEAN’s involvement with the BRICS is chipping away at one of the most salient points of Southeast Asian foreign policy – the need to maintain “space for diplomacy” with rivals. In January 2025 Indonesia formally entered the BRICS and in this same year Malaysia and Thailand were confirmed as partner countries, and in June 2025, Vietnam was added. The draw …

Japan is not always simply placing a new life inside an old shell. Japan is changing the nature of its naval approach, if you will, via the conversion of her Kaga sister ships and JSD Sinpo’s newly built JS Kaju and JS Izumo into STOVL capable vessels.  The vessels are being modified to house the F-35B short-takeoff and vertical-landing fighters, …

The world has perhaps not completely jumbled up the vision of nuclear war. What seems to be fading is the omnipresent reminder of that fear. As renewed arsenals build up, arms control is becoming more fragile and military technologies more complicated, so are nuclear risk levels, but the danger of nuclear devices tends to be less focus of media attention …

India’s dealings with China are moving into the security face-off – economic face-off arena. However, New Delhi has insisted that border tensions should not automatically be accompanied by a total economic break from the neighbours, but should be based on a policy where national security is equally the first principle, and ease of trade as the second. This is a …

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi renewed ties of “Special and Privileged Strategic Partnership” during the two-nation meeting at the sidelines of the 18th BRICS Summit held here. How the two cities relate is to get energy, increase trade, build connectivity and reserve room for having more than one partner in the world. View this post …