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August 21, 2026

Bangladesh’s Nuclear Gamble: Why Rooppur Represents Energy Insecurity, Not Energy Security

Is Rooppur the foundation of Bangladesh’s energy future, or a costly monument to poor negotiation, foreign dependence, and missed renewable opportunities? Bangladesh stands at a critical juncture in its energy future as the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant nears operation and...
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May 4, 2026

The Changing Structure of the Global Financial Safety Net

Marginalisation of Multilateral Crisis Finance? Since the 2007-8 Global Financial Crisis (GFC) the Global Financial Safety Net (GFSN) has both significantly expanded and diversified. This has seen a steep decline in the IMF’s share of international liquidity crisis funding capacity,...
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April 13, 2026

Shockwaves from the Middle East: Evaluating Bangladesh’s Exposure to a US-Iran War

A prolonged US-Iran war could unleash a severe economic shock and social turbulence for Bangladesh, driving up energy prices, straining foreign exchange reserves, disrupting exports, and threatening remittance inflows. Can Bangladesh withstand the financial turbulence ahead? The conflict involving the...
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April 13, 2026

EU-India Renewed Strategic Partnership and Its Significance in the Shifting Global Landscape

The EU-India renewed strategic partnership marks a pivotal shift amid US isolationism under President Trump and rising Indo-Pacific tensions. This new Fondation Robert Schuman report, written by GPI Associate Director and Head of the Europe Programme, Karine de Vergeron, analyses...
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March 16, 2026

Bangladesh-India Relations After Hasina: Strategic Shifts and Regional Implications

Bangladesh–India relations have long been shaped by shared geography, cultural affinities, and deep economic interdependence. Yet these ties have oscillated between close cooperation and periodic tension, reflecting domestic political shifts and changing regional dynamics. The departure of Sheikh Hasina from...
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November 16, 2025

Bangladesh-Pakistan Relations: Recognition without Reconciliation

Since the 1971 Liberation War, Bangladesh–Pakistan relations have remained characterised by enduring political tension and intermittent normalisation efforts, raising critical questions about the prospects for reconciling deep-rooted historical and structural differences. The emergence of Bangladesh in 1971 fundamentally reshaped South...
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October 19, 2025

Interview: India’s geopolitical pragmatism between Beijing, Moscow, and Washington.

Dr Karine Lisbonne Vergeron, Associate Director and Head of GPI Europe, was interviewed by Jean-Raphaël Peytregnet, a career diplomat who served as Consul General of France in Guangzhou (2007-2011) and Beijing (2014-2018) as well as in Mumbai/Bombay from 2011 to...
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October 19, 2025

Bangladesh-Myanmar Relations and the Rohingya Challenge: Security and Diplomatic Implications

Bangladesh-Myanmar relations are shaped by a complex mix of history, geography, trade, security issues, and humanitarian concerns such as the Rohingya crisis. Can economic and diplomatic engagements change this dynamic? Myanmar was the sixth nation to recognise Bangladesh as a...
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October 5, 2025

Comparative perceptions of the EU in the Indo-Pacific: India, Japan and Indonesia

We highlight similarities and differences in Indian, Japanese and Indonesian perceptions of the European Union (EU) at times of crisis, taking into account the Covid crisis and Russia’s war against Ukraine and assess whether these perceptions of three of the...
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June 29, 2025

China-Bangladesh Relations 50 Years On

On 4 October 1975, China officially established diplomatic relations with Bangladesh. Five decades later, both countries have made significant advancements in areas of economic and defence collaboration. 2025 marks the 50th anniversary of the establishment of China-Bangladesh diplomatic relationship and...
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June 21, 2025

Towards an East Asian Unified Front Against Trump’s Trade War?

The 2025 ASEAN Summit   In his opening remarks at the 46th ASEAN Summit (Kuala Lumpur- 26-27 May) Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, the current ASEAN chair, announced that he had written to President Trump, formally requesting a special USA-ASEAN...
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December 1, 2024

How Discontentment of the Quota Movement Ousted the Sheikh Hasina Regime

The quota system introduced by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman for freedom fighters in 1972 has once again been thrust into the spotlight. Like a social-timebomb, the anti-quota protests organised by the Anti-Discrimination Students’ Movement ousted Sheikh Hasina’s regime, granting Bangladesh its...
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November 20, 2024

BRICS Plus – Annual Meeting 2024

The GPI Report on the BRICS 2023 meeting, held in South Africa, indicated gradual progress in the institutional and policy development of the organization and interest is joining the organization from several countries, beyond the five founding members indicated in...
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August 18, 2024

Thailand’s Digital Wallet Goes Live

From 8.00 on 1 August Thai citizens with smartphones (58m.) can register for the 10,000-baht (US$280) digital wallet handout through the Thang Raj App (Government Way – see below). The wallet – worth about 2/3 of the average national nation...
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July 29, 2024

Has Bangladesh Become a One-Party ‘Electoral Autocracy?’

Bangladesh has existed for 53 years, and of these, 34 years have been under ‘democratic rule’. On 7 January 2024, the country had its 12th parliamentary elections which were described as “controversial”. With the main opposition not taking part in...
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