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Strategies for countering Indian media’s disinformation against Bangladesh

Rajeev Ahmed

Concluding PartWhile social media engagement and diaspora support are essential, Bangladesh must also look to develop grassroots, community-driven strategies. Building a national volunteer network, particularly targeting youth and civil society groups, would enable the country to counter disinformation at the local level. By educating young people and volunteers about media literacy, critical thinking, and the ...

Strategies for countering Indian media’s disinformation against Bangladesh

Rajeev Ahmed

Part-1In recent days, Bangladesh has found itself at the center of an intensifying information warfare campaign originating from Indian media. Amid this onslaught of disinformation, the challenge of safeguarding the nation's reputation and combating false narratives looms large, made all the more difficult by the constraints of its limited resources.However, despite these constraints, there are ...

Sino-Indian entente in Indo-Pacific region

Rajeev Ahmed

The recent resolution of border disputes between China and India marks a seminal moment in the annals of contemporary geopolitics. This development, quietly profound yet momentous, signals not merely a de-escalation of tensions along the Himalayan frontiers but also heralds a potential reconfiguration of strategic alignments in the Indo-Pacific region. The two ancient civilizations, custodians ...

How Ukraine’s defence industry sold itself out

Rajeev Ahmed

The ongoing Ukraine-Russia war that started in 2022 has highlighted Ukraine's weakened defence industry, with most of its weaponfactories destroyed by Russian forces. Additionally, power shortages caused by targeted bombings of power stations have further crippled the remaining factories, limiting Ukraine's ability to sustain and repair its defence capabilities.What factors led to the collapse of ...

What's India's strategy towards Bangladesh?

Rajeev Ahmed

India, the gentle giant of South Asia, is an expert at wearing two hats at once. With one hand, it extends an olive branch, charming its neighbours with the latest Hindi music, Bollywood blockbusters and generous doses of cultural camaraderie, while with the other, it quietly sharpens a dagger of political manoeuvring and economic pressure. ...

Democracy for sale in US electoral hustle

Rajeev Ahmed

The American electoral process has long been heralded as the cornerstone of modern democracy-a shining example for the world to follow. However, beneath the veneer of patriotic pomp and circumstance lies a system that, from its inception, was designed to serve the interests of the powerful. Despite efforts to expand voting rights and include more ...

Israeli aggression in ME shows no sign of abating

Rajeev Ahmed

The Israel-Hamas conflict that started a year agon on 7thOctober 2023 unfolded in a manner so predictable it could have been scripted by the most cynical of playwrights. The plot is familiar: Hamas launches a devastating attack on Israeli soil, prompting a ferocious response from Israel. And, true to form, Israel assumes its favoured dual ...

Urgent need of decolonisation in South Asia

Rajeev Ahmed

Imagine if South Asia were a character in a British comedy-let's say, Noren, the perfectly polite butler who serves with grace and efficiency while everyone else has all the fun. The truth is, after centuries of colonialism and decades of navigating the slick waters of global capitalism, South Asia has been the world's butler for ...

Class struggles continue to widen

Rajeev Ahmed

Throughout the grand, often dramatic spectacle of human history, society has been shaped by distinct classes, each jostling for influence like rowdy children squabbling over the last slice of cake. These classes-social, political, economic, and cultural-emerged from the age-old battle for power, wealth, belief systems, and who had the shiniest objects. While occasionally managing to ...

How UN stays relevant by prolonging ME crisis

Rajeev Ahmed

The United Nations-a grand institution created in 1945 with the hopeful goal of keeping the peace and stopping people from throwing bombs at each other. Think of it as the world's official referee, but instead of a whistle, it has endless paperwork, meetings, and well-dressed diplomats. The idea was simple: when conflict arises, the UN ...