-
Dec 5, 2024 | 
thediplomat.com | Khandakar Tahmid Rejwan
The toppling of Bangladesh’s former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in a popular mass uprising has changed the strategic, political, and social dynamics of South Asia’s second-largest economy. Given the country’s pacifist foreign policy motto, it often gets overlooked that Bangladesh has the third most powerful armed forces in the region, only behind nuclear-armed India and Pakistan. Thus, Bangladesh is militarily the most powerful non-nuclear weapons state in South Asia.
-
Dec 2, 2024 | 
internationalaffairs.org.au | Khandakar Tahmid Rejwan
Bangladesh’s interim government, under Dr Muhammad Yunus, faces a pivotal moment to reshape its Myanmar policy amid evolving dynamics in Rakhine.
-
Oct 17, 2024 | 
thediplomat.com | Khandakar Tahmid Rejwan |Scott N. Romaniuk
The ousting of Bangladesh’s longest-reigning prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, is one of the most significant political developments in the country’s post-independence history. Bangladesh has already experienced major internal and external aftershocks as a result of her downfall. Dhaka’s foreign partners have yet to adequately appraise the situation, given the establishment of the new interim government just a month ago.
-
Oct 17, 2024 | 
tribunecontentagency.com | Khandakar Tahmid Rejwan |Scott N. Romaniuk
The ousting of Bangladesh’s longest-reigning prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, is one of the most significant political developments in the country’s post-independence history. Bangladesh has already experienced major internal and external aftershocks as a result of her downfall. Dhaka’s foreign partners have yet to adequately appraise the situation, given the establishment of the new interim government just a month ago.
-
Sep 20, 2024 | 
jamestown.org | Khandakar Tahmid Rejwan
Executive Summary:The fall of Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of Bangladesh, in August has presented an opportunity for Beijing to strengthen ties with the more pro-China Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh (JIB). China aims to solidify its influence in Bangladesh, particularly as it competes with India for regional dominance.
-
Sep 13, 2024 | 
eastasiaforum.org | Khandakar Tahmid Rejwan
Sheikh Hasina’s resignation as Bangladesh’s longest-serving prime minister and exile to India in the face of a revolutionary mass uprising against her has raised widespread speculation about the trajectory of Dhaka’s relations with New Delhi. Her rule was marked by warm relations with India, which included several critical strategic alignments that benefitted New Delhi’s security and geopolitical interests. The Bangladesh–India relationship will be under review by the new regime in Dhaka.
-
Sep 9, 2024 | 
aspistrategist.org.au | Khandakar Tahmid Rejwan
The Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) needs modernisation. This time, rather than arming itself via Russia and China again, it should look west. The deposing of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina presents an opportunity for a …
-
Aug 30, 2024 | 
asiatimes.com | Khandakar Tahmid Rejwan
This article first appeared on Pacific Forum and is republished with permission. Read the original here. Recently, reports about the poor quality of Chinese-imported arms and weapons have been on the rise among the Armed Forces of Bangladesh. These issues pose serious threats to military readiness and are detrimental to the national security of Bangladesh.
-
Aug 28, 2024 | 
southasianvoices.org | Neil DeVotta |Khandakar Tahmid Rejwan |Anuradha Oinam |Stanzin Lhaskyabs
Sri Lanka is scheduled for its next presidential election between September and October 2024. Its previous presidential poll in November 2019 saw Gotabaya Rajapaksa easily elected. Yet massive anti-government protests related to inflation and scarcity forced President Rajapaksa to flee the country in July 2022. This was after Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa — his brother who was president from 2005 to 2015 — had fled two months before.
-
Jul 25, 2024 | 
southasianvoices.org | Anuradha Oinam |Stanzin Lhaskyabs |Khandakar Tahmid Rejwan |Ashraf Nehal
On June 9, 2024, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his newly elected Union Council of Ministers took their oaths in New Delhi, violence erupted in Manipur’s Jiribam district. Homes were burned, and many people were displaced. The Manipur conflict, which marked its first anniversary in May 2024, continues unabated. A high-level meeting led by Home Minister Amit Shah on June 17, 2024, highlights the ongoing security crisis in the region.
