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Purna Lal Chakma

Aug 29, 2026, 12:00 PM

Could Bangladesh Become South Asia’s Next Ukraine?

Bangladesh is depicted inside a transparent shield associated with Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan, raising the central question: would the Makkah Pact provide real protection or only a political promise? (AI-assisted illustration created by the author for editorial purposes.)

The possibility of Bangladesh becoming South Asia’s next Ukraine may sound extreme, but two major security developments have made the question harder to dismiss. Dhaka is considering the Makkah Pact while preparing to buy Chinese J-10CE fighter jets. India...

Aug 28, 2026, 7:49 PM

Treasure Trove: Human Zoos and Words for Jews

From the Herzl and Zionism Collection of David Matlow, Toronto (www.herzlcollection.com). Photograph by David Matlow.

Can you imagine going to see humans from different cultures on display? That is precisely what people would do in the 1800s and early 1900s when they visited human zoos or ethnic villages to see people such as Indigenous...

Aug 28, 2026, 6:21 PM

Article 5 Has a Map. Turkey Does Not Get to Redraw It.

An Israel–Turkey clash would be extraordinarily costly to both. But the decisive variables are not platform counts: who is attacked, where, which legal basis is activated, and who is obliged - or chooses - to enter. Cyprus sits at...

Aparajita Acharya

Aug 26, 2026, 8:53 PM

The Identity Shift Reshaping the Gulf

For centuries, political analysis has repeatedly taken the identities of a particular moment and treated them as structural facts. But identities have astonishingly short political half-lives. Geopolitically identities have found life, succeeded , suffered from and failed- variably. Identities of...

Purna Lal Chakma

Aug 26, 2026, 12:17 PM

Why Bangladesh’s BNP May Have to Join the Makkah Pact to Survive

The BNP government faces a difficult choice over the Makkah Defence Pact, balancing domestic political pressure, India’s security concerns, Israel’s interest, and the long-standing militarization of the Chittagong Hill Tracts. Created by the author for editorial purposes.

Bangladesh has been invited to join the Makkah Defence Pact formed by Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan. Dhaka has not accepted yet, but the BNP government says it is considering the invitation positively. For Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, this may...

Aug 25, 2026, 5:37 AM

Is Turkey Togarmah?

Yes. Obviously yes. Short of relocating eighty-five million Turks, their army and their borders to Siberia, the ground Ezekiel named sits inside Turkey and will keep sitting there. Beth-togarmah was a fortified town the Assyrians called Til-garimmu, on the frontier...

Purna Lal Chakma

Aug 24, 2026, 2:24 PM

Israel-Turkey Tensions: Would Russia or America Back Erdoğan Against Israel?

Turkey stands at the center of competing strategic pressures involving Israel, Russia, NATO, Ukraine and the new Makkah defence framework. Illustration created by the author for editorial purposes.

For years, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has tried to keep Turkey close to competing powers at the same time. Turkey remains a NATO member, maintains important relations with Russia, supports Ukraine militarily, and is expanding its influence in Syria, where...

Purna Lal Chakma

Aug 23, 2026, 11:03 AM

Could Bangladesh Joining the Makkah Pact Deepen Its Crisis With India?

A strategic map showing Bangladesh’s position beside India and its possible defence links with Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey under the Makkah Pact. Created by the author for editorial purposes.

The Bangladesh Makkah Pact debate is becoming much more than a story about a new defence agreement. Bangladesh has not joined the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement between Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkey, but senior officials in Dhaka have publicly...

Benjamin Adam Saidel

Aug 23, 2026, 6:15 AM

Tom Barrack’s Love Affair with the “Authoritarian” Nation of Türkiye

Cartoon created by the author using AI.

For Tom Barrack—the United States Ambassador to Türkiye, United States Special Envoy for Syria, and United States Special Envoy for Iraq—Türkiye is a model nation-state. On 27 July, he met with Türkiye’s Minister of Culture and Tourism, Mehmet Nuri...

Purna Lal Chakma

Aug 22, 2026, 11:38 AM

Could an Israel-Turkey War Trigger NATO’s Article 5?

Illustration: Israel and Turkey face growing military tensions as questions emerge over NATO’s Article 5 and Turkey’s new defense agreement with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan. Image created by the author for editorial purposes.

For years, a direct Israel-Turkey war seemed too dangerous to become real. The two countries could trade accusations, downgrade relations and compete for regional influence, but an actual military confrontation between Israel and a NATO member remained a worst-case...

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