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Bangladesh PM’s trip to China: India Watching Closely
Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s recent trip to China, following close on the heels of her January trip to India, demonstrates Bangladeshi leaders are leveraging the country’s increasingly...
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A Free Market Solution to Helping the World’s Poor
A featured op-ed in The Wall Street Journal last week documented the recent, surprising successes of Bangladesh. Henry Kissinger dubbed it a “basket-case” at its inception. It has little economic...
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Bangladeshi Government Puts Politics over Poor in Sacking Microfinance Leader
He may have won a Nobel Peace Prize for spurring economic growth in the developing world, but on March 2 the government of Bangladesh ordered Muhammad Yunus to leave his post as managing director of...
View ArticleBangladesh Coup Attempt Shows Extremist Groups Remain Active
The Bangladeshi army revealed today that it had foiled a coup attempt linked to Islamist extremists last month. Army officials said they uncovered a plot by 16 serving and retired military officials...
View ArticleClinton Visit to Bangladesh Overshadowed by Internal Turmoil
Leaving the drama surrounding Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng behind in China, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Bangladesh last week with plans to advocate trade, democracy,...
View ArticleBurma: Human Rights Situation Underscores Need for Careful, Go-Slow Approach
As the persecution and human rights violations against ethnic minorities in Burma continue, the U.S., ASEAN, and other stakeholders need to examine their engagement with the Burmese military regime...
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Burmese Refugees Face Discrimination, Human Trafficking
Photo Credit: YONGYOT PRUKSARAK/EPA/Newscom Thousands of Rohingya are fleeing Burma and seeking refuge in Bangladesh, Malaysia, and Thailand only to find themselves persecuted, trafficked, or homeless....
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India Property Rights: Not a New Problem
Newscom For the past few weeks, India’s internal turmoil has been on display via news headlines on rape, widespread poverty, and continued civil conflict. Foreign Affairs recently published an article...
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Bangladesh Spring Turns Violent
Shariful Islam/Xinhua/Photoshot/Newscom At least 44 people have been killed in the past two days in protests in Bangladesh following the third conviction by a war crimes tribunal set up to investigate...
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The Arms Trade Treaty, Week Two: The Ways It Might Fail
Arms Trade Treaty conference session (Photo by Ted Bromund) In New York, the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) conference is entering its final phase, and the ways in which the negotiations might fail are...
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To Prevent Another Factory Tragedy, Bangladesh Should Embrace Economic Freedom
Sumon Yusuf/Polaris/Newscom Over the past two weeks, the world has looked on in shock and horror as the mangled bodies of Bangladeshi garment workers were pulled from the rubble of their collapsed...
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President Obama, Bangladesh Has Faced Enough Tragedy, Don’t Take Away Jobs, Too
Sumon Yusuf/Polaris/Newscom Since late last year, workers in Bangladesh have been beset by tragedy after tragedy. First there was a factory fire that killed over 100 garment workers in November. Then...
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Opposition to Burma’s “Two-Child Policy” Mounting
NYEIN CHAN NAING/EPA/Newscom Burma’s political icon, Aung san Suu Kyi, is finally speaking out about the plight of ethnic populations in Burma, and the U.S. State Department seems to be listening....
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Bangladesh: Keys to a Better Future
Newscom “If there is any roadblock to us [moving Bangladesh to a better future], it is not the economy.… It is the political structure and the political leadership,” Dr. Ali Riaz, a professor at...
View ArticleU.S. Should Support Postponing Elections in Bangladesh
The Bangladesh government’s announcement late last month that parliamentary elections would be held on January 5 has been met with much opposition. Current Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and the ruling...
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Bangladesh Crisis is a Chance to Right the Fight Against Islamism
Sumon Yusuf/Polaris/Newscom In 1971, “George Harrison and Friends” took the stage at Madison Square Garden to raise funds for Bangladesh — a new nation plagued by disease, famine and unrest. Most...
View ArticleU.S. Interests Lie in a Democratic Bangladesh
The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee last week held a hearing on labor and trade issues in the aftermath of the tragic collapse of the Rana Plaza last April that killed over 1,100 garment...
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