World

A marginal but ultra-conservative Deobandi party is on the ascent in Bangladesh, in response to the perceived secularization of Dhaka in the aftermath of the Shahbagh movement
Zeeshan Khan Dhaka

The mood in Bangladesh is sombre, with violence ripping the country following Quader Mollah’s execution, ahead of the crucial general election which the BNP-Jamaat is out to boycott and disrupt  
Sadiq Naqvi Dhaka 

The seemingly interminable violence in Bangladesh is being propped up not by internal elements alone but also by countries that have a vested geostrategic interest
Sanjay Kapoor Delhi

The world will be looking at Afghanistan when it goes for elections in April 2014, which if they do take place, will be in the face of insurmountable odds
Srinivas Rao Sohoni Pune

Asymmetric threats have redefined war, and the Internet revolution has blended the product and service world like never before. Imperilled by fiscal stress across the developed world, particularly in the US, a major transformation is underway in modern warfare
Vivek Lall Delhi

The internal ideational flux in China impels it to behave like an independent superpower. India needs to discover what it wants in a changing international environment
Zorawar Daulet Singh Delhi 

The strength of India’s strategic relations with its neighbours in 2014 is predicated not just on the general election but also on its willingness to connect with a higher level of internal plurality
Jayant Prasad Delhi 

Despite the initial high points, economic policies and geostrategic concerns have made America and India wary of each other
Seema Sirohi, Washington, DC

Only political arbitration can resolve the disputes pertaining to the historical, but imprecise, drawing of our boundaries with neighbouring countries
Srinath Raghavan Delhi

Iran President Hassan Rouhani’s bold move to reach a historic agreement with the United States and the other five powers, is in line with his personal history of rescuing Iranian diplomacy from crisis with the West
Gareth Porter Virginia