Does Bangladesh Need an Indo-Pacific Strategy?

February 22, 2023

COMMODORE KAZI EMDADUL HAQ (Retd) Introduction Bangladesh has become the seat of discourse amidst the great powers’ competition in the Indo-Pacific. Visits by the newly appointed Chinese foreign minister at midnight and high-level US delegations created curiosity among journalists and interlocutors. Social media, Twitter, television, and interlocutors have built up Continue Reading

The Us presidents and the post-cold war security

February 5, 2023

AIR VICE MARSHAL MAHMUD HUSSAIN (Retd) The post-Cold War era has been the most interesting phase in international politics in recent history. No other period has held the balance of power system in so much of ambivalence. The period has two distinct phases. The first phase started with the collapse of the former Soviet Union. […]Continue Reading

ARNA Declaration and our expectations

December 18, 2022

Maj Gen Dr. Md. NAYEEM ASHFAQUE CHOWDHURY (Retd.) After a lot of efforts, the Rohingya community around the world could come to a sole political platform named Arakan Rohingya National Alliance (ARNA) on November 20. It was a much-awaited requirement and decision, which is needed to establish Rohingya’s right of self-determination, to be able to […]Continue Reading

Chin-Kuki-Mizo: Fight is against militants, not against community

December 7, 2022

NAZIFA NAWAR: From the ancient period to the present age, land is the matter of contention between individuals, tribes, and empires. After the treaty of Westphalia in 1648, the concept of ‘sovereignty’ becomes the primary concern for the security of a nation-state. From time to time, separatist movements and militancy pose challenges to the security. […]Continue Reading

CHT Peace Accord at 25: Problems and Ways Forward

December 3, 2022

Maj Gen MOHAMMAD ASHAB UDDIN, NDC, PSC (Retd) The Chittagong Hill Tracts is a naturally beautiful and culturally varied region in Bangladesh’s southeast. It has a total area of 5,093 square miles, one-tenth the size of Bangladesh. The region boasts various hills, protected woods, and the magnificent Kaptai Lake. Thirteen tribes and Bengalis live in […]Continue Reading

A Deep Dive Into Chittagong Hill Tracts, Peace Accord, Achievements and Expectations

December 3, 2022

Maj Gen Dr. Md. NAYEEM ASHFAQUE CHOWDHURY (Retd) The Chittagong Hill Tracts have been home to several ethnic groups and subgroups since ancient times. Known as Corpus Mahal during the Mughal period (1666–1760), it was renamed the Chittagong Hill Tracts during the British period. As the region is hilly and forested, various tribes came and […]Continue Reading

A chain reaction of misery: How Myanmar’s instability will affect the Indo-Pacific and beyond

October 14, 2022

Major General Md Nayeem A Chowdhury The security and stability of Myanmar is substantially affecting not only its neighbours but it is spreading all over the Indo-Pacific and beyond. Our neighbouring Rakhine State’s stability predominantly revolves around the Rohingya crisis. The primary issue of the Rohingya crisis is identity construction, politically used by the Myanmar Continue Reading

Is the opportunity for Rohingya repatriation slipping away?

August 14, 2022

Lt. Gen. Dr. MOHAMMAD MAHFUZUR RAHMAN (LPR) Five years since the 2017 exodus of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar as a result of its military’s horrific persecution, there is no sign of repatriation on the horizon. And as long as the military junta continues to rule, there is hardly any scope for repatriation. This was reflected […]Continue Reading

Government mainstreaming ethnic communities for inclusive development

August 9, 2022

MD. ZAKI FAISAL Bangladesh is a multi-dimensional and multi-communal country. Article 23A of the Constitution of the Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh provides opportunities for the preservation and development of tribal, ethnic minorities, ethnic groups and other characteristic regional cultures and traditions. Ethnic groups or indigenous peoples Continue Reading

‘Please help me retain my mouza land rights’: Sajek daughter makes impassioned plea

August 9, 2022

BETHLEHEM PARI PANGKHUA I am Bethlehem Pari Pangkhua, daughter of late Rual That Pangkhua, who served until death as headman of 171 no Betling Mauza, Sajek, Baghaichari Upazila, Rangamati hill district. We are two brothers and two sisters. As my brothers are not educated, my family asked me to go for the post of headman […]Continue Reading