Benjamin Etzold

Dr Benjamin Etzold is research lead on XCEPT’s Study on Bangladesh-Myanmar Borderland and senior researcher at Bonn International Center for Conflict Studies (BICC), Germany.

Rohingya refugees gather at Kutupalong camp in Cox's Bazar to mark the anniversary of the mass exodus from Myanmar, August 2019. Photo: Munir Uz Zaman/AFP

Why the Rohingya crisis needs a new political imagination

15 July 2026, 15:03 PM
As the Rohingya crisis enters its tenth year, Bangladesh must move beyond temporary solutions towards a realistic political strategy.
15 July 2026, 15:03 PM
OP2_A_landmine_cautionary_signboard.jpg

Deadly spillovers from Myanmar's civil war can no longer be ignored

4 June 2026, 10:00 AM
On May 24, three Bangladeshis were killed in landmine explosions near the Bangladesh-Myanmar border in Bandarban’s Naikhongchhari.
4 June 2026, 10:00 AM