Subir Bhaumik

1 week ago | eurasiareview.com | Subir Bhaumik

China’s interventionist footprint has expanded shsrply in Myanmar, where the ruling military junta has lost control over more and more areas in a festering civil war. This holds significance for India, specially because the US has shown some interest in creating a supply corridor connecting Bangladesh’s southeast to Myanmar’s Rakhine State, possibly to support ethnic rebel groups battling the military junta.

2 weeks ago | eurasiareview.com | Subir Bhaumik

US President Donald Trump is seen as a deal maker and perhaps sees himself as one. Bangladesh’s interim government chief adviser Muhammad Yunus, a businessperson like Trump, may be walking the same track. In London to receive the ‘Harmony’ award, the Nobel laureate has scheduled a meeting with BNP’s acting chairperson Tarique Rahman on June 13.

3 weeks ago | eurasiareview.com | Subir Bhaumik

For the first time in the ongoing Myanmar civil war, Chinese security personnel have joined Burmese troops to defend an  oil refinery on Maday Island off the deep sea port of Kyaukphyu in the Rakhine State.   The refinery area is believed to be under mortar attack by the Arakan Army but it was not yet clear whether the Chinese guards were involved in direct fighting with the Arakan Army rebels.

3 weeks ago | karnataka.thefederal.com | Subir Bhaumik

3 weeks ago | thefederal.com | Subir Bhaumik

For quite a while, China has been trying to project itself as the reliable mainstay of a global order, taking advantage of US President Donald Trump’s disruptive agenda that has rattled friends and foes alike. In late May, Beijing took the first bold step in piloting the creation of a global forum that will promote mediation to resolve bitter disputes that have degenerated into bloody conflicts or may do so.