
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 current phase of back-channel diplomatic negotiations between Washington and Tehran has reached a critical juncture, with the final disposition of Iran’s highly enriched uranium stockpile emerging as the primary obstacle to a sustainable regional settlement. Following the military operations conducted by a joint United States and Israeli coalition against major Iranian nuclear sites,…