Russia-Ukraine conflict

What is the Black Sea grain deal and what happens when it expires?

The deal, brokered by the United Nations and Turkey last July, aimed to alleviate a global food crisis by allowing Ukrainian grain blocked by the Russia-Ukraine conflict to be exported safely
17 July 2023, 13:07 PM

Mutiny in Russia: The drama of the absurd

The missing link between the Wagner mutiny and its abrupt end in Putin’s Russia on June 24 this year is yet to be unraveled. 
3 July 2023, 09:49 AM

How JFK would pursue peace in Ukraine

In the context of the Russia-Ukraine war, Biden has behaved almost the opposite of JFK. He has personally and repeatedly denigrated Russian President Vladimir Putin.
10 June 2023, 03:00 AM

The war in Ukraine was not ‘unprovoked’

There is no fairy tale end to the war in Ukraine, in which Ukraine defeats Russia on the battlefield and then joins Nato.
2 June 2023, 02:00 AM

Uprooted from a life once stable

Mehedi Hasan Mohon knew his life would never be the same when the Russia-Ukraine war began a year ago.
24 February 2023, 01:30 AM

Orwell's novel of repression '1984' tops Russian bestseller lists

Orwell said he had used Stalin's dictatorship as a model for the personality cult of the all-seeing Big Brother, whose "thought police" force cowed citizens to engage in "doublethink" in order to believe that "War is peace, freedom is slavery". 
25 December 2022, 09:11 AM

World food supplies at risk as Russia withdraws from Black Sea deal

Russia's weekend backtrack from a UN-brokered deal to export Black Sea grains is likely to hit shipments to import-dependent countries, deepening a global food crisis and sparking gains in prices.
31 October 2022, 07:10 AM

“End Russia-Ukraine war, allow people to live better lives”

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (October 27, 2022) said urged the global community to end the Russia-Ukraine war, withdraw sanctions and allow people, who have nothing to do with the war, to have a shot at a better life.
27 October 2022, 06:25 AM

Russia, Iran, and the Perils of Post-Autocracy

While these regimes have no real future, there is no clear and institutionally viable alternative to replace them.
5 October 2022, 06:25 AM

Is civilisation in decline, clashing or rejuvenating?

Rising uncertainties are making global compromise and cooperation more unlikely
8 September 2022, 08:28 AM

A sobering call for austerity

In a rare public call, our prime minister has asked us all to maintain austerity.
8 July 2022, 14:00 PM

Rohingya crisis poses serious security threat: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (May 23, 2022) reiterated her call to the international community to do much more to ensure safe, sustainable and dignified return of over one million forcibly displaced Rohingyas from Bangladesh.
23 May 2022, 06:19 AM