Rohingya Noticeably Absent From U.N. Conference
Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at U.N. efforts to address the Rohingya crisis, an internet blackout in Afghanistan, and the collapse of one of Indonesia’s oldest Islamic ...
Tag: Bangladesh
India’s Biggest Problem Is Its Own Backyard
NEW DELHI—Back-to-back student-led uprisings in Bangladesh and Nepal have toppled governments there, signaling a generational shift in South Asian politics. From Colombo to Dhaka to Kathmandu, Generation Z is emerging ...
Bangladesh-Pakistan Ties Get Dramatic Reset
Welcome to Foreign Policy’s South Asia Brief. The highlights this week: Pakistan’s foreign minister visits Bangladesh as the two countries reset relations, additional U.S. tariffs on India take effect, and former ...
Bangladesh’s Democratic Aspirations Remain Just That
On Aug. 5, 2024, Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, facing massive protests against her government, fled the capital of Dhaka for India, where she remains in exile. She faces serious ...
Asia’s Autocrats Welcome USAID’s End
Elon Musk and U.S. President Donald Trump have gutted the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the long-standing U.S. program focused on humanitarian aid. But despite cries of outrage from ...
Pressure Mounts in Bangladesh
Welcome to Foreign Policy’s South Asia Brief. The highlights this week: Bangladeshi leader Muhammad Yunus finds himself under pressure as calls for elections grow louder, Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri visits ...
How India Alienated Bangladesh
In June 2017, Indian and Chinese troops stared each other down on the windswept Doklam plateau in Bhutan, beginning a standoff that lasted for 73 days. The trigger was a ...
From Flooded Shores to Uncertain Futures
SUNDERBANS, West Bengal—Thirty-year-old Sita*, originally from a coastal region of Bangladesh, recalls the day Cyclone Aila struck with chilling clarity. Her house made from mud and thatch crumbled from the ...
Bangladesh Changes Shape Under Yunus
In Bangladesh, a broad coalition of disaffected university students, civil society activists, and radical Islamists played a critical role in the nationwide protests that pushed longtime Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina ...
How South Asia Will Respond to Trump’s Tariff Reversal
Welcome to Foreign Policy’s South Asia Brief. The highlights this week: U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff reversal benefits some South Asian states, Pakistan hosts a forum to court investment in its ...
