geopolitics

geopolitics

The political maps we overlay on the Teesta River’s body, photographed here in Sikkim, are fictions she can dissolve in an hour. Photo: Indrajit Das via Wikipedia

The river will outlive maps: Teesta’s journey through geopolitics, myth and memory

The Teesta is running dry. But its crisis is more than a story of climate change or a failed water-sharing agreement

2026 World Cup: Games of geopolitics around the beautiful game

2026 World Cup: Games of geopolitics around the beautiful game

Illustration: TBS

Trump, the architect: How the US president is reshaping the world in his own image

Illustration: TBS

How US’ shifting geopolitical priorities will affect Bangladesh

Illustration: TBS

Beyond tariffs: The geopolitics of the US-Bangladesh trade negotiations

Representational image. Photo: Reuters

Conflict in Myanmar: All eyes on China

While the resistance started with Iran and Hezbollah, it has been rapidly evolving into something larger than its parts. Photo: Bloomberg

Axis of Resistance revived: A new turn in the US-Iran conflict, what's next?

A man looks at a television screen after the Pakistani foreign ministry said the country conducted strikes inside Iran targeting separatist militants, two days after Tehran said it attacked Israel-linked militant bases inside Pakistani territory, in Karachi, Pakistan January 18, 2024. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro

From friend to foe: What caused the Iran-Pakistan conflict?

Professor Wahiduddin Mahmud speaks at a public lecture session of the three-day Annual BIDS Conference on Development (ABCD) at a hotel in the capital on Saturday, 9 December. Photo: Courtesy

Evolving global order brings risks, opportunities for Bangladesh: Prof Wahiduddin

Graphics: TBS

The Israel-Palestine divide stretches far beyond the Middle East

With the Washington Monument behind, the State Department flag flies over its grounds in Washington, US, May 8, 2018. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

US, Bangladesh share vision to ensure free, open and connected Indo-Pacific: Department of State

Why the Middle East is gravitating towards China

Why the Middle East is gravitating towards China

Key historical events in the middle east

Key historical events in the middle east