KHINE MAUNG The former US ambassador to Myanmar said ethnic Arakanese and others in Myanmar see the self-identifying Rohingyas desire for recognised ethnicity in the country and the current militant activity in their name as a separatist agenda by other means that many in the West fail to understand. Derek Mitchell, who served as US…
Read moreMOHAMED BIN ALI The prevention of the contemporary wave of Islamist extremism and violence requires a response that does not end with mere enforcement laws. In fact, in many instances this problem persists or thrives in spite of ever stricter enforcement laws. This is due to the nature of the problem that affects the hearts,…
Read moreSTUTI AICH Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has warned those in her country who support Pakistan but at least one daily owned by her adviser and business tycoon Salman Rahman has carried a full day Pakistan Day advert on March 23. Rahman whose wields much power and believed to be responsible for ousting Tarrana Halim…
Read moreSTUTI AICH As Dhaka moves up the global per–capita–income hierarchy and shuns the tag of a Least Developed Country (LDC), it’s time for a new free trade agreement between India and Bangladesh which means that India’s trade concessions that are based on the previous status will become void in three years. Bangladesh’s commerce minister Tofail…
Read moreLOOKEAST REPORT India and Pakistan have been locked in a rat race of nuclear arms since the two countries openly conducted nuclear weapons tests within days of one another in May 1998.Time and again tensions in the South Asian regions have escalated due to their rocket and missile programs. On a day when India successfully…
Read moreLOOKEAST REPORT Myanmar’s defacto leader Aung San Suu Kyi has succeeded in getting her close friend Win Myint positioned as the country’s new president after the NLD lawmakers in the lower house overwhelmingly voted for him on Friday. The 66-year- old has now become the overwhelming favourite to take over the role when he resigned from his…
Read moreFRANCESCO SISCI The true history of the liberal systems that are now the political hallmarks of the West actually started off with a massive concentration of power. In the 17th and 18th centuries, England and France first massed all the power in the hands of a top leader, Oliver Cromwell or Louis XIV, taking it away from…
Read moreJASMEET WAHRAICH The UN Human Rights Council adopted a resolution on Myanmar on Friday with 35 states voting in favour 5 against and 10 abstaining in the 47 member body. The resolution maintains and strengthens existing human rights mechanisms on Myanmar which is a positive development. However, despite the dire situation on the ground, the…
Read moreSTUTI AICH The crucial project of construction of around 317 kilometers of “border roads” on the hilly terrains of India and Myanmar along the southeastern terrains of Bangladesh has finally been approved by The National Economic Council Executive Committee (ECNEC). Planning minister AHM Mustafa Kamal told newsmen that the decision of the construction of the…
Read moreLOOKEAST REPORT The BrahMos supersonic cruise missile developed by India with Russian technology has been successfully tested with an indigenous ‘seeker’ at Rajasthan’s Pokhran test range, in a development that could boost the country’s conventional and counter-terrorism capabilities dramatically. The BrahMos will enhance the country’s capability to hit enemy targets at a range of up to…
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