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“Modern wars do not destroy only territories. They destabilize entire systems.” This is no longer a controlled escalation or an indirect exchange of signals. The attacks between Iran and Israel have entered an open, cumulative, and structural phase, where missiles,…

Technological acceleration has fractured historical time between regions of the world. While the East integrates, executes and organizes, the West debates, regulates and arrives late. In that vacuum, new international structures are beginning to emerge that no longer respond to…

by Zahida Parvez Chhanda (Dhaka Bureau) The opposition party staged a walkout from Parliament in protest against the government’s proposal for mere ‘amendments’ to the Constitution, ignoring the public referendum mandate for a complete ‘reform.’ Warning that the people’s mandate…

by Mynul Hasan Sohel (Dhaka Bureau) The current administration, led by Tarique Rahman, has taken a landmark initiative to overhaul the sports landscape of Bangladesh. To transition sports from a mere hobby to a sustainable and prestigious profession, a nationwide…

At some point in the journey, somewhere between exhaustion and quiet reflection, I found myself asking a simple question. Why is it easier for animals to move across Africa than it is for Africans themselves? By Kimberley Khasiala Most of…

By G M Forhadul Mozumdar (Dhaka Bureau) The Sundarbans, the world’s largest undivided mangrove forest and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is now in a battle for survival. Due to the devastating impacts of climate change, this ‘natural shield’ of…

If there is one area of political knowledge that remains poorly understood, it is geopolitics. This field examines international power relations (domination and resistance, colonization, imperialism, war) as well as the strategies that actors deploy to preserve or strengthen their…

by Maruf Ul Alam (Dhaka Bureau) In Bangladesh, a densely populated South Asian nation, the joy of the Eid-ul-Fitr festival has once again turned into profound grief. A harrowing statistic covering a 15-day period from March 17 to March 28…

by Andrelyn B. Gayudan, Maybeline F. Nacis, and Ruther Ray C. Ruado When the calendar turns its page to February, Baguio City exhales, and the world holds its breath. The “City of Pines” sheds its emerald solitude, trading its heavy…

The third No Kings action day in the United States (following those in June and October 2025) involved over 3,000 locations, from large cities to small rural towns, and nearly 300 organizations. Photo by U.S. Democratic Socialists Opposition to Trump…