Richard Gregson

Oct 5, 2024 | asianaffairs.co.uk | Yvonne Gill |Richard Gregson |Tanya Vatsa

The head of Bangladesh’s interim government, Muhammad Yunus, has called for a fast-tracked third-country resettlement of Rohingya Muslims living in the country, as a new wave of refugees flees mounting violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state.

Oct 4, 2024 | asianaffairs.co.uk | Yvonne Gill |Richard Gregson |Tanya Vatsa

Regional challenges facing Bangladesh’s interim government and the need for a reset in Dhaka’s relations with neighbours such as New Delhi and Western powers were among the themes discussed at The Democracy Forum’s September panel debate, held in the wake of the country’s violent domestic upheaval and the resignation of Sheikh Hasina, triggering a crisis that has significant implications for both Bangladesh and the wider region.

Oct 4, 2024 | asianaffairs.co.uk | Neville de Silva |Yvonne Gill |Richard Gregson

Dancing with many partners Former Netherlands’ prime minister Mark Rutte takes the helm of the world’s most formidable military alliance

Oct 4, 2024 | asianaffairs.co.uk | Yvonne Gill |Richard Gregson |Tanya Vatsa |Neville de Silva

Yvonne Gill evaluates the tough challenges Iran’s new moderate president faces as he attempts to steer a course that will satisfy the Iranian people, the country’s hardliners, and foreign powers Even as he struck a conciliatory note in his first address to the UN General Assembly, Iran’s new moderate President Masoud Pezeshkian was jolted by the fresh airstrikes carried out by Israel in Dahieh, Hezbollah’s stronghold in the Lebanese capital. The bombings, like the ones targeting leaders of...

Oct 4, 2024 | asianaffairs.co.uk | Richard Gregson |Yvonne Gill |Tanya Vatsa |Neville de Silva

In light of his party’s previous antipathy towards India and affinity with China,  Richard Gregson ponders how Sri Lanka’s first Marxist president will manage the relationships Few people realised back in February that an unassuming Sri Lankan politician then visiting India on an official invitation would, mere months later, make history as the island nation’s first Marxist president.