The tragedy in Myanmar will not stop, the junta rules a hollow state, the rebels hold territory but don’t have a future vision moving forward. Only China wins here, having never needed to fight at all.
Kim is no longer the supplicant figure of earlier years. He bargains now. He postures. He makes patrons come to him.
If the former advisers genuinely believe that a small and influential circle bypassed established processes, then they should go beyond hints and partial disclosures. They should provide a complete account of how decisions were made, who made them, and why the broader advisory council accepted that arrangement.
The clearest sign of gimmickry behind the so-called mission to control Bangladeshi immigrants is that the government has appointed a non-demographer to head an exercise on demographic change.
It has been exactly a month since the BJP emerged the winner in the Bengal assembly elections. Some changes are more visible than others.
Sovereignty is not maintained by lines drawn on a map or by seats held at the United Nations. It is maintained by the absolute certainty that if you attack the forces of the state, the state will break you.
The protection of life and liberty is a core constitutional and operational mandate of the Home Minister in Bangladesh. He directs key security forces, including the Border Guards Bangladesh, to ensure the physical safety and security of citizens.
The NCP risks sliding into oblivion and losing its uniqueness by merging into the shadow of larger political interests. It must now undertake serious soul-searching about the long-term costs and benefits of its strategy.
The Chinese leaders learned it well, as was evident in his call to Mr. Trump in the opening remarks of Chinese Premier Mr. Xi Jinping, who urged him to avoid falling into the Thucydides trap and embrace peace for global prosperity. But at the close of the talk, the disturbing global concerns may be: is there a second Kissinger, or a President like Nixon, to achieve the same?
Societies often come to believe that electoral victories are all that is needed to save democracy, when in fact they end up undermining constitutional democracy through their electoral triumphs.
Bangladesh's geographical location -- standing at the intersection of South Asia, Southeast Asia, and vital maritime trade routes -- grants it immense strategic value. Washington understands this reality fully.
Pakistan may be relevant. But relevance is not neutrality, and it is not trustworthiness. Any diplomatic process in which Pakistan seeks a decisive role should be treated with strict limits, hard verification, and deep skepticism.
In this environment, terms like “deep state conspiracy,” “foreign funding,” etc provide a ready‑made vocabulary for dismissing the July uprising as manufactured rather than acknowledging the real anger that drove it.
A nation fighting for its survival generates a depth of will that a nation fighting for its credibility simply cannot match.
The Farakka Long march of 1976 was ultimately a march for dignity, justice, and survival. Even after five decades, its meaning has not faded. Rather, it has become more urgent than ever before. Because when rivers survive, nations survive too.
But the Strait of Hormuz never read your book. It does not care about Hegel. It does not care about the "universalization of liberal democracy." It cares about the presence of a warship within 500 kilometers of its shores -- and it has learned to fire a missile that can make that warship regret its existence.
