South Asia Perspectives-SAP

05/24/2025

Making Sense of Bangladesh’s Political Transition

There was no template for Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus when he accepted the responsibility of leading Bangladesh’s interim government following Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s August 5 abdication in the face of a mass uprising.

https://www.saperspectives.net/making-sense-of-bangladeshs-political-transition/

12/31/2024

Happy New Year from South Asia Perspectives! May the New Year inspire insightful conversations, bold ideas, and a deeper understanding of the issues shaping our world. We look forward to sharing thought-provoking perspectives with you throughout the year.

12/11/2024

When asked about the recent visit of the Indian Foreign Secretary to Bangladesh and the mutual concerns expressed by India and Bangladesh regarding the violent attack on a Bangladeshi diplomatic mission within India, along with the increasingly aggressive rhetoric directed towards Bangladesh.

the response from the U.S. Department of State

11/11/2024

A second Trump administration will likely implement a more transactional, security-driven approach to South Asia, balancing strategic alliances with economic pragmatism and counterterrorism goals.

Read more: https://www.saperspectives.net/trumps-second-term-transactional-partnerships-and-strategic-balancing-in-south-asia/

08/28/2024

In order to destabilize the interim government of , the fugitive dictator Sheikh Hasina and her accomplices have been reported to the United Nations.

08/21/2024

Pentagon looks forward to supporting shared values and interests, such as a free and open Indo-Pacific, with the new interim Government of .

08/21/2024

When asked spokesperson about the deaths of 819 people and the injury of 25,000 others, mostly from gunshot wounds under shoot-on-sight orders by dictator Hasina, as reported by HRSS during the student-led uprising, here is the reply.

The United Nations has also called for justice for those responsible for the deaths.

08/15/2024

The United Nations is ready to support the people of and the new interim government under the leadership of Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus.

The UN spokesperson and Monica Grayley on behalf of
Antonio Guterres and the UN PGA, responded to South Asia Perspectives-SAP's Mushfiqul Fazal Ansarey's questions today.

08/15/2024

Elevator Speech for ’s Interim Government

First and foremost, my advice to the civilian interim government would be to assert their supremacy over Bangladesh’s military. If this proves impossible, then it is best that they step down rather than provide a façade behind which the military could again attempt to rule. During the 2007-08 period, nobody in Bangladesh or abroad actually believed that Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed or his colleagues were calling the shots.

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Jon Danilowicz
Editor at Large, South Asia Perspectives

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August 13, 2024 Elevator Speech for Bangladesh’s Interim Government Jon Danilowicz 0 In the before times, I provided examples of the “elevator speeches” I would have given to former Bangladesh Prime Ministers Sheikh Hasina and Begum Zia and their colleagues in the run up to the January 2024 el...

08/09/2024

The U.S. welcomes the newly formed caretaker government of Bangladesh, led by Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus

08/08/2024

Here’s what the U.S. Department of State said about the threats from the US-based son of the fugitive autocratic Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sajeeb Wazed and the expectations from the interim government of .

08/08/2024

Statement by Ambassador (retired) William B. Milam
President, Right to Freedom - R2F