On World Refugee Day, we must choose action over words to help Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh

Freedom and Prosperity Around the World Jan 28, 2025

After the Monsoon Revolution, Bangladesh’s economy and government need major reforms

By Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak

In 2024, Bangladesh’s student-led “Monsoon Revolution” ousted an entrenched autocratic regime, marking a historic shift. Yet, with deep systemic corruption and political resistance, the road to stability remains uncertain.
Bangladesh Corruption
On World Refugee Day, we must choose action over words to help Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh

New Atlanticist Aug 7, 2024

Hasina is out. Yunus is in. Here are the three biggest factors to watch in Bangladesh.

By Ali Riaz

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has fled Bangladesh, and Nobel Prize–winner Muhammad Yunus will lead an interim government. But several important questions remain unanswered.
Bangladesh India
On World Refugee Day, we must choose action over words to help Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh

New Atlanticist Aug 2, 2024

A violent crackdown has put Bangladesh at a crossroads

By Ali Riaz

At least two hundred people have been killed and thousands more injured in protests that included law enforcement firing on protestors.
Bangladesh Conflict

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Jun 24, 2021

On World Refugee Day, we must choose action over words to help Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh

By Imrul Islam

Two decades after it began, and 70 years since the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, World Refugee Day must be more than words. It must be a catalyst for urgent action to address the rights of people forced to flee.

Bangladesh Crisis Management

In the News

Jun 3, 2021

Shahid to join Simon Bowthorpe on Clubhouse to discuss the statelessness and persecution of Rohingyas

By Atlantic Council

Bangladesh Human Rights

In the News

May 18, 2021

Riaz joins the University of York and Chatham House to discuss elections in eastern India and their regional resonances

By Atlantic Council

Bangladesh Democratic Transitions

In the News

May 18, 2021

Shahid joins the University of York and Chatham House to discuss elections in eastern India and their regional resonances

By Atlantic Council

Bangladesh Elections

Event Recap

May 17, 2021

Event recap: “Post-pandemic South Asia: How the COVID-19 pandemic will affect Bangladesh’s politics, economy, and healthcare”

By Kaveri Sarkar

An event recap/analysis on the wide-ranging conversation hosted by the South Asia Center on the future of Bangladesh’s economic, political, and healthcare landscapes in the context of the evolving COVID-19 landscape.

Bangladesh Civil Society

In the News

May 12, 2021

Riaz in Friedrich Ebert Stiftung: Geopolitics of the pandemic: The Bangladesh scene

By Atlantic Council

Bangladesh Geopolitics & Energy Security

In the News

May 10, 2021

Riaz in The Daily Star: India’s Covid 19 catastrophe: The cost of complacency

By Atlantic Council

Bangladesh Coronavirus

In the News

May 10, 2021

Shahid in 9DashLine: At 50, Bangladesh perfects an India-China ‘balancing act’

By Atlantic Council

Bangladesh China

SouthAsiaSource

Apr 29, 2021

The Biden administration must incorporate India’s provincial elections in West Bengal and Assam into its South Asia foreign policy

By Rudabeh Shahid and Kaveri Sarkar

Away from India's awful COVID-19 scenes playing out are elections Washington should not ignore. The ongoing state elections in India’s east, specifically the states of West Bengal and Assam, are characterized by dynamics central to today’s India and their results will have long-lasting implications for national politics. The fanning of toxic identity politics, compromising of democratic institutions, the worrisome rise of COVID-19 cases, and the effect on foreign relations are aspects of these elections that deserve Washington’s serious attention.

Bangladesh Coronavirus

In the News

Mar 30, 2021

Riaz launches report on media ownership in Bangladesh

By Atlantic Council

Bangladesh Media
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Sohara Mehroze Shachi

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Millennium Leadership Program

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Rudabeh Shahid

Nonresident Senior Fellow

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