Russia-Ukraine conflict
What is the Black Sea grain deal and what happens when it expires?
The deal, brokered by the United Nations and Turkey last July, aimed to alleviate a global food crisis by allowing Ukrainian grain blocked by the Russia-Ukraine conflict to be exported safely
Mutiny in Russia: The drama of the absurd
The missing link between the Wagner mutiny and its abrupt end in Putin’s Russia on June 24 this year is yet to be unraveled.
How JFK would pursue peace in Ukraine
In the context of the Russia-Ukraine war, Biden has behaved almost the opposite of JFK. He has personally and repeatedly denigrated Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The war in Ukraine was not ‘unprovoked’
There is no fairy tale end to the war in Ukraine, in which Ukraine defeats Russia on the battlefield and then joins Nato.
Uprooted from a life once stable
Mehedi Hasan Mohon knew his life would never be the same when the Russia-Ukraine war began a year ago.
NEWS / Orwell's novel of repression '1984' tops Russian bestseller lists
Orwell said he had used Stalin's dictatorship as a model for the personality cult of the all-seeing Big Brother, whose "thought police" force cowed citizens to engage in "doublethink" in order to believe that "War is peace, freedom is slavery".
World food supplies at risk as Russia withdraws from Black Sea deal
Russia's weekend backtrack from a UN-brokered deal to export Black Sea grains is likely to hit shipments to import-dependent countries, deepening a global food crisis and sparking gains in prices.
“End Russia-Ukraine war, allow people to live better lives”
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (October 27, 2022) said urged the global community to end the Russia-Ukraine war, withdraw sanctions and allow people, who have nothing to do with the war, to have a shot at a better life.
Russia, Iran, and the Perils of Post-Autocracy
While these regimes have no real future, there is no clear and institutionally viable alternative to replace them.
A sobering call for austerity
In a rare public call, our prime minister has asked us all to maintain austerity.
Rohingya crisis poses serious security threat: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (May 23, 2022) reiterated her call to the international community to do much more to ensure safe, sustainable and dignified return of over one million forcibly displaced Rohingyas from Bangladesh.
