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Between China and the US, Who Has the Edge in Bangladesh?
Seven months into Tarique Rahman’s premiership, the clearest illustration of where things stand arrived not from a communiqué but from a press briefing. On 25 August, Zahed Ur Rahman, the prime minister’s information and broadcasting adviser, said the relevant Bangladeshi procurement committees had prepared draft agreements concerning J-10CE multirole fighters and attack helicopters, which…
The Dispute That Never Settled: Milei, Trump, and the Return of the Falklands Question
The Falkland Islands sovereignty dispute, long treated as a settled matter of British overseas territory and islander self-determination, has re-entered acute geopolitical contention this week following a nationally televised speech by Argentine President Javier Milei on 4 September 2026 and a concurrent series of statements by US President Donald Trump suggesting Washington is reviewing…
Words Without Action: Assessing Burnham’s First Six Weeks on Gaza
Burnham’s government speaks about Gaza in a markedly different register from its predecessor’s. It has not, so far, acted in one. That gap is the finding here, not a puzzle to explain away. In late July, 80 MPs and peers wrote asking Burnham to recognise the UN Commission of Inquiry’s genocide finding and impose…
