Closer collaboration with BRICS under BRICS+ mechanism will open doors for Bangladesh to explore new markets and help to bridge the gap between two regional rivals China and India for its own benefits. India’s motivation for remaining in BRICS is not to support China’s global dominance. New Delhi believes it is more advantageous to stay in the BRICS alliance in order to restrain Chinese expansionism by securing multilateral agreements with Beijing. It will also embolden to skirt Western sanctions when it comes to do trading with Russia.
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News and Analyses of events in the America region
Russia-US relations: Grim days ahead
What are the impediments in Russia and the United States’ cooperative relationship? Firstly, the United States and Russia hold fundamentally opposing perspectives on the world order. The United States wants to preserve its global hegemony, whereas Russia supports multipolarity.
Read moreWith the Covid-19 vaccine, Bangladesh is reversing course to begin soft power diplomacy
The sourcing of Covid-19 vaccine has pushed Bangladesh into a place of tight diplomatic manoeuvre, where the vaccine has become an insignia of different poles. Vaccines have emerged as the new emblem of soft war on the global stage, which is witnessing the emergence of newly defined paradigms and a colder war. The race for…
Read moreFinding itself in the middle of a hammer and an anvil, Taiwan waits for an impact
Changes in geopolitical power dynamics and growing unease in Washington because of a rising China is once again pushing the world into another cold war. Amidst the rising Sino-US rivalry, Taiwan finds itself in the middle of a Cold war-style superpower confrontation. China is ramping up its diplomatic and economic pressure on Taiwan in its…
Read moreTrump-twist and Indo-Chinese periodical border drama
A short and confused fight broke out between Indian and Chinese troops at the Pangong Tso lake on 5 May 2020. The lake is located over 4 km above the sea level in the Himalayan region of Ladakh. Several media reported that the incident injured 11 soldiers from both sides. Three days later another fight…
Read moreOil collapse and COVID-19 crisis: demand plummeting vis-a-vis future of oil politics
World’s future holds much uncertainty due to rapidly expanding COVID-19 outbreak all over the world. Its drastic impacts will be out of control as well as unimaginable in today’s context. The post COVID-19 period will be remembered as tragic event of the twenty first century with numerous looming challenges. Emergency in health care system, economic…
Read moreCrash! Oil price nosedives into negative territory for the first time in history amid Coronavirus pandemic
United States oil futures plunges below zero for first time in history in unprecedented wipeout on Monday with traders dumping May contracts as analysts warn that crude storage will fill to the brim by next month, and US shale firms weigh the real possibility of shutting down production. Oil producers are running out of room…
Read moreBiopolitics of COVID-19 and new racism
A middle-class senior citizen from a residential area in Dhaka city was “officially” recognized as the second to succumb to a coronavirus death. In a heartrending and thought-provoking Facebook post, his son revealed several codependent incidences that led to the demise of his dad. A private hospital initially recommended the patient for COVID-19 testing. Still,…
Read moreBitter lessons Corona keeps teaching us
Never before in the history of mankind, had a pandemic inflicted with such horrendous cost. A pandemic is also an epidemic that spreads over several countries and continents while affecting a large group of people. On that note – all pandemics are epidemics but not all epidemics turn into pandemics. On the spreading of novel…
Read moreThe US and India: Areas of agreement and discord
US President’s last visit to India was in March 2000 (Prez Clinton). Since then India-US relations have warmed politically, economically and strategically. But niggling differences remain, particularly over trade. Ahead of US President Donald Trump’s first official visit to India, listed are the following main areas of agreement and discord between USA & India. Being…
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