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<title>Counterpoint &#45; Mustafa Kamal Rusho</title>
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<title>The Mecca Pact Dilemma</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The ultimate test should be simple: Does membership enhance Bangladesh&#039;s security, economic interests and diplomatic leverage while preserving its freedom to make independent decisions? If the answer is yes, the pact deserves serious consideration. If it threatens strategic autonomy, caution should prevail. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 16:30:34 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Mustafa Kamal Rusho</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The Mecca Pact, Foreign policy</media:keywords>
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<title>From Economic Giant to Global Leader</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The defining question is no longer whether China has become a global power, but whether its model of development and statecraft will shape the rules of the international order in the decades ahead. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 14:52:40 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Mustafa Kamal Rusho</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>US-China, Geopolitics</media:keywords>
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<title>South Asia&amp;apos;s Strategic Moment</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ History has placed South Asia and the Indian Ocean Region at the centre of 21st-century global transformation. The region&#039;s future lies not in choosing between competing powers but in pursuing inclusive modernization, strengthening regional partnerships and leveraging the unique strengths of individual nations ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 13:07:01 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Mustafa Kamal Rusho</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>South Asia, Bangladesh</media:keywords>
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<title>Europe&amp;apos;s Defence Dilemma in an Era of American Retrenchment</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ A more self-reliant Europe could also stimulate greater defence-industrial cooperation, increased arms exports, and new opportunities for technological and industrial partnerships with smaller states. It may ultimately contribute to a more multipolar international security environment in which European powers exercise greater strategic influence. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 11:39:19 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Mustafa Kamal Rusho</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Europe, NATO</media:keywords>
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<title>The Strategic Risks of the Iran Conflict</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ For the first time in decades, the United States risks strategic isolation within its own alliance network. If the United States is perceived as an unreliable negotiating partner, future mediation efforts -- both in the Middle East and beyond -- may suffer. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 12:32:39 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Mustafa Kamal Rusho</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Trump, Tehran, United States, Israel, Hormuz</media:keywords>
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<title>Trump’s Second&#45;Term Foreign Policy and the Remaking of Global Order</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The question now is not only how America will wield its power, but how the rest of the world will respond to a superpower increasingly guided by transactional interests rather than shared norms. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2026 18:15:26 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Mustafa Kamal Rusho</dc:creator>
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<title>Behind the Russia–Ukraine War and the Illusion of a Fragile Truce</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ In Ukraine, time is measured in survival. In Moscow, it is measured in leverage. In the West, it is increasingly measured in patience. And therein lies the most dangerous imbalance of all. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2025 17:58:37 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Mustafa Kamal Rusho</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Ukraine, Russia, EU</media:keywords>
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<title>Peace Is Still an Illusion For Palestine</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Without accountability, restraint, and a genuine recommitment to Palestinian sovereignty, the truce will remain a mirage -- and peace a far cry ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2025 11:01:44 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Mustafa Kamal Rusho</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Israel, Palestine</media:keywords>
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<title>Generation Unbound: Message From Kathmandu</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Across Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and far beyond, the message is clear: no one is above accountability. Corruption carries a heavy cost. Leaders who imagine a country belongs to a privileged circle will find themselves confronted by a generation unwilling to be silenced. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2025 14:38:10 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Mustafa Kamal Rusho</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Nepal. July Uprising</media:keywords>
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