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Tarique Rahman’s first foreign tour bypasses India. It’s a reset, not a rupture

India is losing its regional primacy as Beijing and Washington move in

The world needs a SHIELD against the next global shock

Malacca Strait could be the next hinge point if Asia isn’t careful

Why Dhaka is watching Bengal elections closely

West Bengal elections, politics and diplomacy: Why India’s foreign policy needs a federal front

How Pakistan outmanoeuvred India in Iran war diplomacy with China’s help

Asia's next economic crisis may come from youth unemployment

A silence that keeps raw Bangladesh’s 1971 wounds

Can a new government finally turn Bangladesh around?

People at the heart of Dhaka-Delhi ties

Here’s what’s at stake for India, China and the US in the Bangladesh elections

Letting the people decide: Why the interim government must step back from referendum campaigning

South Asia’s political crisis is now affecting cricket and culture. That’s a loss that must be repaired

Afghanistan is once again proving that geography is destiny

What do Bangladeshis expect from India? Ahead of elections, both sides must change

Australia’s social media ban offers a path between excess and inaction

COP 30 ends: Amazon to Andaman, climate diplomacy is having a paradigm shift

How Cop30 can advance a new template for South-South climate leadership

The difference between Indira Gandhi and Sheikh Hasina: One said sorry and rose from the ashes

6 steps democracies must take to match China on climate action

Powerless in global conflicts, UN marks grim 80th anniversary

Techno-nationalism is now the critical battlefront in geopolitics

South Asia has a water problem. It cannot avoid it anymore

How Asia’s failure to cooperate is killing its rivers and oceans

Beijing flexes its military might in South Asia and beyond

What the India-Pakistan conflict costs South Asia

Trumpism is waning but leaders still need to address voter frustrations

Albanese's diplomatic skills will be fully tested in his second term

Election 2025: Food for Thought as Aussies Head to the Polls

Trump making fossil fuels great again has global implications

The Rohingya are on the brink of starvation

Bangladesh is drawing closer to Pakistan and China. What should India do?

How not to miss the BIMSTEC opportunity, again

Dhaka’s tortuous pursuit of constitutional reforms

Water and women: The inextricable link that's often overlooked

Open AI access will make a once-exclusive tool empowering for all

Aukus, Quad will have to step up under Trump’s Indo-Pacific stance

How world can ensure AI revolution doesn’t worsen inequality

Trump 2.0 is forcing Asian economies to make hard choices fast

The COP29 Mess: Why We Should Not Be Surprised

Why Bangladesh is not Pakistan

Why blanket bans are not the answer to keeping children safe online

Trump's 'America First' approach may weaken the Quad

COP29 and India: Education in the shadow of the climate crisis

COP29 and Australia: Has the Labor Government Been Walking the Talk on Climate Action?

Asia is emerging as an unlikely champion in race to net zero

As AI takes the world by storm, Asia stands to benefit

How Israeli Occupation of Palestine is Aided by Double Standards

Colonialist past hangs over U.K. return of Chagos Islands to Mauritius

Bangladesh’s uprising offers lessons for Pakistan’s democracy

Australia’s Heatwave and Bushfire: A Case for Tackling Climate Change with Energy Transition

Bangladesh’s student movement and Hasina’s exit: the hard truth and India’s hour of reckoning

Steel industry forging new identity as champion of sustainability

Why Sheikh Hasina had to flee Bangladesh — and the lesson from her ouster

Mutually assured destruction is an outdated nuclear deterrence doctrine

Bangladesh quota protests are a metaphor for discontent

Why Bangladesh’s India-China balancing act is becoming increasingly difficult

Is the world ready to house 10 billion people?

How the third innings of Modi-Hasina partnership can benefit India and Bangladesh

Why India still places a high priority on good ties with Moscow

BIMSTEC imperative for India’s regional ambitions

Can Modi’s third term bring India and Asean closer together?

From Bangladesh to Pakistan, how Modi 3.0 is being received by India’s neighbours

An India-China thaw may be on the horizon if Modi is re-elected

How reskilling Asia’s workforce can secure a more sustainable future

ASEAN and Australia are facing up to need for green cooperation

Amid Israel’s siege, Hamas scores victories beyond the battlefield

Amid Israel’s siege, Hamas scores victories beyond the battlefield

Asia’s ‘forgotten’ refugee crisis

Pakistan’s election results a wake-up call for its power-hungry military

The geopolitics in the Bangladesh election results

Take Dhaka tragedy as a wake-up call: No country is immune from such terror attacks

Nice to Singapore to Dhaka: Joining the dots on terrorism

Why ‘love thy neighbour’ is still great advice for China and India

Cancelled Saarc summit exposes Pakistan’s foreign policy failure, whose root cause is its obsession with India


The power of Bollywood

A wrong turn with the Rohingyas

Speak up for the Rohingyas

ASEAN and the Rohingya Crisis

As Sheikh Hasina gears up to visit India, here’s what’s on the table between India and Bangladesh

A short history of a big deal

China needs diplomatic skills to sell Belt and Road Initiative

As the ASEAN region turns 50, human rights remain a challenge

India’s Narendra Modi charmed with his words, it is now high time for action

A G20 Refugee Agenda

The Singapore-China strategic partnership is worth keeping

The geopolitical landscape of Asia Pacific is changing dramatically. Here’s how

The disaster next door: on the Rohingya issue

The Lady and the Exodus

Bangladesh bears brunt of Myanmar's crackdown on Rohingya

What we’ve achieved and the challenges ahead – 50 years of ASEAN

Reaching out to neighbours

Myanmar must accept the Rohingya Muslims as its own

What we’ve achieved and the challenges ahead – 50 years of ASEAN

2023 was the hottest in 125,000 years. But it won’t be the last

Elections in Bangladesh: Why both India and China are backing Sheikh Hasina

Elections shine a spotlight on Delhi-Dhaka ties

Why India’s Modi looks set for a third term despite economic concerns

Here’s how we can save the planet and keep the economy growing

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