A Borderland on the Brink: Arakan Army Advances, Bangladesh in Turmoil, and a Great Game Unfolding
In a striking demonstration of how swiftly geo-political fault lines can shift, the Arakan Army (AA)—an insurgent group originating...
December 2024
Bangladesh Backtracks on ‘Bandwidth Transit’ to India, Threatening IT Ambitions in Northeast
In a move that has caught India’s tech planners off guard, Bangladesh’s interim administration has abruptly withdrawn consent to...
A Border on the Boil: Arakan Army’s Rise Threatens Fragile Peace in Myanmar, Bangladesh, and Beyond
Behind the thick jungles and winding rivers that separate Myanmar from its neighbours, a dangerous new fault line is...
A New Dawn or a False Start? Inside Post-Assad Syria’s Tumultuous Upheaval
By the time the world woke up to news of President Bashar al-Assad’s regime collapsing, Syria’s political landscape had...