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One Year after the Revolution: Reform, Reconciliation, and the Road Ahead for Bangladesh
A year ago, the Pakistani prime minister noted how Pakistan’s economic and political challenges stood in stark contrast to Bangladesh’s trajectory. Bangladesh, once dismissed as a burdened appendage, had surged ahead, hailed as the next economic superstar. The country became…
म्यांमार के नियोजित चुनावों से अधिक रोष का ख़तरा
8 अप्रैल, 2025 को म्यांमार की सैन्य सरकार, जिसे तत्मादाव भी कहा जाता है, ने इस वर्ष दिसंबर के दूसरे पखवाड़े और अगले वर्ष जनवरी के पहले पखवाड़े तक बहुदलीय चुनाव कराने की अपनी योजना की पुनः पुष्टि की| राजनैतिक…
Why Did Bangladesh’s Interim Advisor Yunus Threaten to Resign?
Dhaka became a city of rumors on May 22-23. The rumors revolved around whether Muhammad Yunus, chief advisor of Bangladesh’s interim government, would resign. The New York Times reported that Yunus had even drafted a resignation speech, but some advisers managed to persuade him…
Myanmar’s Planned Elections Risk Breeding More Resentment
On April 8, 2025, the Myanmar military government—also called the Tatmadaw—reaffirmed its plans to hold multi-party elections by the second half of December this year and the first half of January next year. Parties have been asked to file their…
Nepal’s Royalist Revival? Democracy’s Crisis of Confidence
Every year, on Nepal’s Democracy Day, Gyanendra Shah, the country’s former monarch, addresses his former subjects via video. Shah generally bemoans the state of the country, offers platitudes, and ends with the customary royal invocation of Pashupatinath as Nepal’s protector…
Bangladesh in 2024: Protests, Political Shifts, and a New Path Ahead
On August 5 of this year, Bangladesh’s political landscape underwent a seismic shift as student protests that initially started as a call for quota reforms erupted into a nationwide movement against corruption, authoritarianism, and economic mismanagement. This eventually led to…