Humanitarian Corridors: A Trojan Horse Threatening Bangladesh’s Sovereignty

By Tajul Islam* DHAKA, Bangladesh | 6 May 2025 (IDN) — In the ever-shifting terrain of global politics, ‘humanitarian corridors’ are increasingly wielded not as genuine lifelines for suffering populations but as instruments of foreign influence and domination. The recent decision to establish a United Nations-backed humanitarian corridor along the Chittagong–Rakhine route in Bangladesh is […]

Rising Global Debt Requires Countries to Put their Fiscal House in Order

By Era Dabla-Norris, Vitor Gaspar, Marcos Poplawski-Ribeiro WASHINGTON, D.C. | 26 April 2025 (IDN) — Major policy shifts underway have heightened global uncertainty. The series of recent tariff announcements by the United States, and countermeasures by other countries have increased financial market volatility, weakened growth prospects, and increased risks. They come in the context of […]

Emerging Risks to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Test Ban Regime

By Leonam dos Santos Guimarães* RIO DE JANEIRO | 24 April 2025 (IDN) — Since 2020, the international nuclear non-proliferation and nuclear test ban regime has encountered unprecedented and systemic challenges. The resurgence of geopolitical rivalries, the modernization and expansion of nuclear arsenals, and the erosion of long-standing arms control commitments have brought nuclear weapons […]

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