The Monsoon Revolution, July Proclamation and the Demand for a People-Owned State
In the aftermath of the July 2024 Monsoon Revolution in Bangladesh, a new visual and political language emerged on walls, streets, and campuses—one th...
Abdus Salam
Abdus Salam is a complex geopolitical analyst, intertwining energy competition, historical disputes, and rising regional tensions in Europe
Articles by Abdus Salam (11 Articles)
Opinion
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Mecca and the New World Order
For an agonizing fifteen years, stretching across a volatile era from 2009 to the tumultuous summer of 2024, the geopolitical trajectory of Bangladesh...
The Algorithmic Hegemony
Civilizational survival has rarely been a matter of physical preservation; rather, it is forged in the crucible of intellectual and spiritual sovereig...
Politics
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Push-in and Politics
The eastern corridor of South Asia is undergoing a profound and highly destabilizing geopolitical shift. The recent consolidation of power by the Bhar...
How Trump’s ‘No Lose’ Strategy May Close the Ukraine War
As history looks back on the third anniversary of the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine, it may well be recognized as the moment where the confli...
The New American Imperium: Trump’s Second Term and the Shaping of Global Diplomacy
As the world watches with bated breath, Donald Trump’s second term ushers in a political era unlike any other. With a foreign policy driven by impetuo...
National
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Minority Issues and Political Maneuvering in Bangladesh: A Propaganda Game
As the world inches closer to pivotal electoral cycles in several major democracies, international political narratives are increasingly intertwined w...
Opinion
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The Dialectics of Secularization and Sharia
The evolution of governance within Muslim societies during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries reflects a profound tension between tradition and t...
The Alaska Summit: Trump, Putin, and the Crumbling Game of Western Principles
There are moments in geopolitics that crystallize contradictions so vividly that they can no longer be ignored. The recent summit in Alaska between Do...
Trump’s Board of Peace and the Future of Small States
When power begins to speak more loudly than principle, the vocabulary of international politics changes. Institutions become instruments, ceasefires b...
Sea of Discord: The Geopolitical Showdown in the Eastern Mediterranean
In the eastern Mediterranean, countries are competing for access to recently discovered gas fields. Legal disputes over these fields are merging with...