Rohingya Refugees Need Effective Initiatives on July 22, 2023It has been repeatedly discussed that Myanmar has only promised a logical solution to the Rohingya crisis, but nothing has been done. Apart from this, Rohingyas will be repatriated in stages. According to the news published recently in the newspaper, a resolution has been passed in the United Nations emphasizing the sustainable solution to the […]
Japan’s Making Waves in the Indian Ocean on June 4, 2023Japan and the United States have maintained very close relations since World War II based on economic growth, security interests, and regional stability. It has essentially become an effective means of expanding US hegemony. Japan’s reliance on US military forces for its security and defence due to post-World War II treaties and agreements, makes it […]
Japan’s Plans for South Asia on May 23, 2023Japan, Bangladesh and India held a conclave in Agartala (Tripura, India) on 11-12 April to put in place connectivity initiatives to harness the commercial potential of the region. Asian Confluence, a think-tank in Shillong (in northeastern India), in collaboration with the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, organised the event, attended by Deputy Foreign […]
Triad of Japan, India, Bangladesh and the Regional Politics on April 27, 2023The northeast region comprising India’s eight northeastern States (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura and Sikkim) is undergoing dramatic change. It has overcome several (but, not all) security challenges and is now heading toward economic development. Political changes have been helpful. So is the extensive web of linkages with neighbouring Bangladesh. Besides, Japan […]
Finland in the NATO and the New Dimension of the Crisis on April 22, 2023Russia’s conflict with NATO is renewed amid the Russia-Ukraine war. On April 4, the Nordic country of Northern Europe, Finland, became the 31st member of the world’s largest military alliance, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization-NATO. One of the advantages of joining NATO, which was founded in 1949 with only 12 countries, is NATO’s collective defence […]
Why Myanmar Should have a Neighbourhood Policy with Bangladesh? on May 11, 2022Bangladesh and Myanmar share a land boundary of 271 kilometres. Prior to their establishment as contemporary nation-states, both countries had a long history of exchanging political, cultural, and economic concerns. They also share a common history of British colonialism. The relationship between these two countries is based on demography rather than geography. Since Bangladesh’s 1971 […]