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Vol. 23,No. 2, December 2021
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Climate Change and Human Security of BangladeshFarzana Mannan1
The Role of Defence Diplomacy to Attain Foreign Policy Goals: A Bangladesh PerspectiveSourav Ghosh29
The United Nations Peacebuilding Commission: A Step Toward Further SplitAftab67
Revisiting Environmental Impacts of Hosting Rohingya Refugees in BangladeshArundhati Das85
Reforming the Dispute Settlement Mechanism of WTO: Challenges and ProspectsA.K.M. Raquibul Hasan and Khadiza Nasrin113
Vol. 23,No. 1, June 2021
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Bangladesh/Myanmar Maritime Boundary Delimitation in the Bay of Bengal: Some IssuesMd. Kamrul Hasan Arif1
Enclave Exchange between Bangladesh and India: An Evaluation of the Implementation Phase of the Land Boundary Agreement (LBA)Muhammad Omar Faruque15
State-Centrism and Its Limitations in Understanding Global Politics: Juxtaposing Realist and Feminist Schools of International Relations TheoriesMd. Ali Siddiquee39
Is ‘Freedom of Fishing’ Still a Freedom?Sk. Tariq Ezaz53
Turkey’s ‘Open-Door’ Refugee Policy: Analysis through Power-Elite ModelFatema-Tuj-Juhra69
Representation of Terrorism in the Media: A Study on the Holey Artisan AttackMaria Hussain and Khan Kamrula Tusi93
Turkey’s Political Shift: A Rising Power with Neo-Ottoman AgendaLabib Murshed109
The Role of Humanitarian Agencies in Urban Violence: A New Frontier for Fragile HumanityMd Kamrul Hassan137
Vol. 22,Nos. 1 & 2 , June & December 2020
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Politics of Nationalism of Myanmar: An Analysis from the Perspective of Rohingya CrisisMomtaj Monwara1
The Framing of the Rohingya Crisis: United Nations’ Security Council (UNSC) and the Responsibility to Protect (R2P)Abu Faisal Md. Khaled and Md. Tareq Mahmud25
China and India’s Response to the Rohingya Refugee Crisis: A Structural ExplanationRobayt Khondoker and Tanvir Habib39
Gender-Based Violence in the Rohingya Crisis: A Postmodern AnalysisMd. Riaz Uddin, Pradipto Vasker Rakshit and Hasan Mahmud, Shabrin Jahan61
International Community and Its Responses towards the Rohingya Crisis: An AnalysisRumi Akter81
ICC Jurisdiction over Rohingya Deportation by Myanmar: A Way forward to ensure AccountabilityMuhammad Zubair109
Rohingya inside Myanmar: A Brief AnalysisSumaiya Sarwat131
The Changing Dynamics of Rohingya Crisis: The Need for Redefining Foreign Policy of BangladeshSayeda Akther and Ushan Ara Badal155
Vol. 21,Nos. 1 & 2 , June & December 2017
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Risk Management Strategies of Young Bangladeshi Migrant Men in Malaysia and South AfricaLamea Momen1
‘Climate Refugee’ to ‘Climate Migrants’: What Status Ensures the Rights of the Climate-Induced People?Md. Rafiqul Islam21
Crisis in Democratic Republic of Congo and Role of United Nations in Establishing PeaceMd. Mamunur Rashid39
Chinese Soft Power Policy in South AsiaMd. Badrul Islam67
Politics of Ethnicity and the Kurdish QuagmireWardah Irum and Muh. Abbas Hassan81
Conditions for Winning Wars: Peace Performances of the Middle Eastern and North African NationsF. M. Tunvir Shahriar and Aftab95
Connectivity through BCIM-EC: Prospects and ChallengesSultana Yesmin121
The National Cybersecurity Strategy of Bangladesh: A Critical AnalysisMd. Riaz Uddin155
Vol. 20,Nos. 1 & 2 , June & December 2016
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Food Access Constraints on the Poor: Contemporary Dynamics and Climate Change ImpactsSheikh Shams Morsalin1
Economic Diplomacy of Bangladesh: A Focus on Manpower ExportM. Jasim Uddin17
Why the United Nations Climate Negotiations FailF.M. Tunvir S. and Khaled Imran45
Killing Field in Indo-Bangladesh Border Line: Appraisal for a way ForwardAmity Saha65
Securing the Development: The Nature of Security Threats and Responses in BCIM-ECNoor M. Sarker83
Vol.19,Nos. 1 & 2 , June & December 2015
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Economic Diplomacy and Bangladesh Foreign Policy: A DiscourseM. Josim Uddin1
Institutional Dimension to Party Conflict in BangladeshMoynul Haque19
Prospects and Challenges for Bangladesh-China Comprehensive Economic Partnership: A Bangladesh PerspectiveM. Jashim Uddin35
Bangladesh-Myanmar Economic Relations: Searching for New OpportunitiesSultana Yesmin61
Adoption of the Paris Agreement, 2015Documents87
Vol.18,Nos. 1 & 2 , June & December 2014
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Withdrawal of International Security Troops from Afghanistan in 2014: ImplicationSufia Khanom1
Understanding Reconciliation as a way of Peacebuilding: The case of Chittagong Hill TractsMd. Obaidul Haque25
Extension of Trips Transition period for the least Developed Countries (LDCS): New Opportunities, New ChallengesM. Atique Rahman45
Environmental Policies Gaps as a Threat to Human Security: A case of Natural Catastrophe in Uttarakhand Himalays in IndiaAnnpurna Nautiyal67
Role of Media and Governance for Bridging Socio-Political Barriers Experiences of Japan & BangladeshMd. Jahangir Alam85
Recognition of Identities: A Path to Reasonable ReconciliationPapri Chakraborty103
Vol.17, Nos. 1 & 2 , June & December 2013
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The Role of Media in Influencing Public Opinion on Violence against Minorities: The Case of Ramu in BangladeshDr. Syeda Rozana Rashid & Md. Azharul Islam1
Resolution of Protracted Conflict and Key Structural Constraints: An Analysis of External Initiatives in the Sri Lankan ConflictMd. Touhidul Islam29
India’s Strategic Perceptions: Continuity and ChangeDr. Dalbir Ahlawat59
Water Diplomacy between India and Bangladesh in a Globalized World: Overcoming the Limits of State SovereigntyTahmina Rahman81
United Nations Peacekeeping Operations and Bangladesh: An OverviewSultana Yesmin105
Vol.16,Nos. 1 & 2 , June & December 2012
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Trans-Boundary Water Disputes in Africa, Europe, and South Asia: A Comparative AnalysisDr. A.S.M. Ali Ashraf1
Bangladesh-Myanmar Maritime Boundary Delimitation DisputeDr. Luther Rangreji33
The Majoritarian Leaderships Dilemmas in Former Colonial Multiracial Societies: Case Study of Cyprus, Sri Lanka, and SingaporeChanaka Jun Takazawa59
Smaller Neighbours, Larger Opportunities: Bangladesh-Nepal Relations under LensSheikh Shams Morsalin83
Development of China and Indian Ocean EconomiesRazia Sultana109
Great Power Politics in Southeast Asia: The Cold War and the Post-Cold War SettingsNoor Mohammad Sarker123
Vol.15,Nos. 1 & 2 , June & December 2011
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America and Nuclear Non-Proliferation in South Asia: Problems and ChallencesDr. Narottam Gaan1
An Community Engagement : A Non-Lethal Strategy for Countering the Emergence of Extremism in the Early 21st CenturyRohan Gunaratna23
Water Security in Bangladesh: A Gender PerspectiveRafiqul Islam35
Bangladesh and China: A Review of 35-Year RelationsTareque Shamsur Rahman and M. Jasim Uddin49
Institutional Relationship Between Government and Non-Governmental Organisations in BangladeshSanjay Bhardwaj and Chandra Khemundu65
Reassessing Cooperation in the Indian Ocean LittoralIshtiaque Alam83
Vol.14,Nos. 1 & 2 , June & December 2010
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Critical Security Studies: Emancipatory ChallengesDr. Narottam Gaan1
An Overview of Policy Influencing Instruments Deployed by CSOs: A Case of BangladeshMohammad Jasim Uddin31
Thrid World Diplomacy: Realities and ChallengesHarun ur Rashid53
Civil Society Activism: Globalization and State of CSOs in BangladeshDelwar Hossain and Niloy Ranjan Biswas65
Aid for Trade (AFT) Agenda: Moving AhmedHasanuzzaman85
Understanding Indo-Pak RelationsAli Ahmed103
Book Review:121
Vol.13, No. 2 , July-December 2009
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Patriotism, Local and GlobalCharles Blattberg1
Flexible Permeabilities: The Re-Designing of the Canada-United States Border since 2001Wilfried von Bredow13
Beyond Traditional Foreign Policy Making: The Australia 2020 SummitEmma White Melissa Conley Tyler29
The Battlefield of the Mind: Rehabilitating Muslim TerroristsRohan Gunaratna45
Pakistan And India: Can they Fight Terror Together?Pervez Hoodbhoy67
An Analysis of the Supreme Court Judgment on the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution of BangladeshWali-ur Rahman71
Indian Soft Power: The Role of CultureIftekharul Bashar83
Vol.13,No. 1, January-June 2009
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The Liberal Peace and Developing CountriesSyed Mansoob Murshed1
Shifting Goalposts: Interpretation of ‘Victory’ in Israeli-Palestinian Conflict in Gaza, 2008-09G.M. Shahidul Alam, PhD21
Aryan-Dravidian Synthesis: Fear or Hope?Wali-ur Rahman37
The Sundarbans: from Wasteland to Wasted LandKendra Patterson41
World’s Pre-Eminent Power’s Recent Treatment to International Law: A Paradigm of Interests Served and HarmedMia Mahmudur Rahim63
Women’s Rights: Bangladesh PerspectiveHarun ur Rashid79
Role Of Indian Diaspora in Increasing Strategic Influence in a Globalised WorldParama Sinha Palit Amitendu Palit87
Bringing Treaties Home: The Domestic Incorporation of International Humanitarian LawChristopher Harland121
Countering Transnational Terrorism In South Asia: An Assessment On Regional ApproachIftekharul Bashar141
Vol.12,Nos. 1 & 2, June-December 2008
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American Soft Power and Smart PowerJoseph S. Nye, Jr.1
Roots of Extremism in PakistanPervez Hoodbhoy7
Pakistan’s Domestic Legal Responses to Extremism as Part of an Overall Counter-Terrorism StrategyHayatullah Khan Khattak13
Future Directions of Bangladesh Foreign Policy: Dreams or Nightmares?Imtiaz Ahmed39
Normative Trends, Values, and Bangladesh Foreign Policy: A FrameworkWali-ur Rahman49
India Emerging World Power: The Crusading ChallengesDr. Narottam Gaan57
Iran-Israel RelationshipDr. Abdullah Kiran81
Financing Challenges for Natural Gas Projects in BangladeshDr. Salim Mahmud97
Security in a Changing Climate: A Study on BangladeshIftekharul Bashar115
Vol.11,Nos. 1 & 2, June-December 2007
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Challenges for Cross Border Gas Projects in South Asia: Geopolitical IssuesDr. Salim Mahmud1
The Politics of FTA’s in South Asia: Towards a new Bilateralism or New Regionalism?Delwar Hossain49
Terrorism in Europe: Trends and Counter Responses After Madrid IncidentsM. Aynul Islam73
TRIP’s Agreement and Human Rights: Protecting Public Interests in Developing and Least Developed Countries at the Cross-RoadsMohammad Towhidul Islam95
Document: Declaration of the Fourteenth SAARC Summit121
Vol.10,Nos. 1 & 2, June-December 2006
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India’s Global Emergence: Implications for South AsiaM. Aynul Islam1
Factors That Have Given Rise to the ‘Resurgence’ of Radical Islamism in the Contemporary Middle EastSiobhan McPhee25
International Watercourses Law and The Utilisation of Fresh Water Resources in the Ganges BasinMd. Jakerul Abedin43
Unresolved Statelessness: The Case of Biharis in BangladeshIftekharul Bashar87
Impact of WTO Dispute Settlement Scheme on International Trading SystemMohotaj Binte Hamid117
Short Article: Geopolitical Environment of Central AsiaWali-ur Rahman131
Vol.9,Nos. 1 & 2, June-December 2005
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Global Security or Human Security? Recent Events in PerspectiveIrene Z. Khan1
Indo-US Nuclear Deal: An EvaluationAshok Sharma13
Care-Taker Government, Election Commission and Parliamentary Election: It’s International ImplicationsNaimuddin Ahmed31
Bangladesh At 35: Internal Dynamics and External LinkagesSanjay Bhardwaj43
The Policy of the United States of America Concerning Climate ChangeMd. Jahid Hossain Bhuiyan59
US-Japan Estrangements in the Prewar PeriodMuhammad Ruhul Amin & Nafisa Rashid75
Socio-Economic Impact of Mature Age Unemployment in AustraliaSyeed Ahamed99
Short Article: Implementation of the UN Plan of Action on Small Arms: Perspective BangladeshWali-ur Rahman121
SAARC Documents--125
Vol.8,Nos. 1 & 2, June-December 2004
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Fundamental Freedom and Human Rights in South Asia: Right to Life, Right Against Arbitrary Arrest and Detention, Freedom of Speech, Thoughts, Opinions, Conscience, Expression, of the Press and Freedom of ReligionNaimuddin Ahmed1
The Rites of the Passage: Rise of Religious Politics in BangladeshSanjay Bhardwaj21
Three Decades of Australia-Bangladesh Relations: Future Directions and PotentialsKamal Uddin Ahmed35
Learning from the Past: Role of Religion in Peace buildingMohammad Shahabuddin55
Public Management Reforms in Japan: An Analysis into the Prospects of Introducing new Public ManagementShirajun Noor Chowdhury & Saima Ahmed79
Democracy in Bangladesh: Challenges and OpportunitiesMuhammad Ruhul Amin99
Short Article: Media, Democracy and Human Rights in BangladeshJesmul Hasan113
Vol.7,No. 2, July-December 2003
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Conflict & Peace: The Challenge and the Choice Before USJustice Naimuddin Ahmed1
Low-Cost Drip Irrigation Technology for Poverty AlleviationSujit Kumar Bala30
A Critique of “The Tragedy of the Commons”ABM Ziaur Rahman50
Combating ‘Terrorism’––New Challenge for the Southeast Asian CountriesRumana Monzur63
Foreign Direct Investment in Bangladesh: Prospects and ChallengesKazi Mahmudur Rahman87
Vol.6,No. 3, July - December 2002
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Geostrategic Environment of BangladeshBrig. Gen. Mohd. Aminul Karim, ndc, idmc,psc1
The Political Economy of Reform: Designing, Initiating and Sustaining Public Sector Reform in Developing CountriesDr. Reza Kibria18
United States Foreign Policy in South AsiaForrest Cookson46
Enternational Commercial Arbitration in the Asia Pacific Asian Values, Culture and ContextDr. A.F.M. Maniruzzaman61
The Nonprofit Sector: World and BangladeshMokbul Morshed Ahmad77
Impact of Global Changes on the Textile Industry of BangladeshA.S.M. Shahidul Haque105
Vol.5,No. 3, Jan'99 - June 2001
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Civil Military Relations in Bangladesh: A PerspectiveBridgadier General Mohd. & Aminul Karim1
Bangladesh Foreign Policy in the Information AgeMd. Shamsul Islam24
China-Bangladesh Relations: Need for Economic PartnershipSharmina Nasrin40
Environmental Issues in Political Agenda: Towards Civil EnvironmentalismMohammad Ehteshamul Hoque55
Documents: Speech on the Role of Women in the 21st Centrury by Her Excellency Sheikh Hasina Prime Minister of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh at Randolph-Macon Noman’s College Virginia, USA 22, 08 April, 2000, 25 Chaitra, 140677
Address by Mary Robinson UN High Commissioner for Human Rights83
Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution Lecture by President Martti Ahtisaari at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, 23 March 200085
United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization Address by Mr. Koichiro MATSUURA on the occasion of his installation as Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Paris, 15 November 199997
US-Bangladesh Economic Relations: Prospects and Challenges (Statement by Mr. Shah A.M.S Kibria, Minister for Finance, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh110
Statement of His Excellency Mr. Tofail Ahmed, Minister of Industries, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, at the WIPO Sub-Regional Forum for Intellectual Property Co-operation Among Member States of SAARC Dhaka, 20 March, 2001115
National Workshop on Environmental Law and Sustainable Development, Inaugural address by Mr. Abul Matin Khasru, MP, Honâ'ble Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs119
Appeal by Amnesty International to all States to Ratify the Statute of the International Criminal Court as Soon as Possible126
Statement by Syed Muazzem Ali, Foreign Secretary, Government of Bangladesh at the Symposium on the Observance of the International Day for The Elimination of Racial Discrimination, Organized by the United Nations Association of Bangladesh (UNAB), Dhaka 21 March, 2001130
Statement By H.E. Ambassador C.M. Shafi Sami Foreign Secretary of Bangladesh at the 56th Session of the Human Rights Commission, Geneva, 27 March, 2000136
Security Perception in South Asian Region and Beyond Curtain Raiser By Waliur Rahman141
Vol. 4,No. 2, July-December 1998
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The Consequences of the GATT Uruguary Round for the Textile and Garments Sector in BangladeshDr. CAF Dowlah1
Food Security: Some Pertinent IssuesResaul Haque and Anis Pervez30
In search for Security and Poverty Alleviation: Women’s Inheritable Entitlements to Land, the Untapped ResourcesTaslima Monsoor42
Tension Between State and Humanitarian EffortsNaimuddin Ahmed58
Comments and Short Communications: Role of the Media in Good GovernanceMuhammad Habibur63
Speech delivered by Mr. Abdul Matin Khasru, MP, Hon’ble Minister of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs on 29 November 1998 at British Council, Dhaka to mark the 50th Anniversary of Universal Declaration of Human RightsAbdul Matin Khasru67
Speech of M. Amirul Islam, Vice Chairman of Bangladesh Bar Council on the Celebration of 50th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human RightsM. Amirul Islam72
Documents: Speech by Her Excellency Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh at the 10th SAARC Summit Colombo, Sri Lanka82
Tenth SAARC Summit Colombo Declaration, Colombo Statement By Mr. Abdus Samad Azad, Hon’ble Foreign Minister of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh in the General Debate at the 53rd Regular Session of the United Nations General Assembly, New York109
Activities of the Institute of Law and International Affairs (BILIA) in the fields of International Affairs and Human Resource Development July-December, 1998117
Vol.4,No. 1, January-June 1998
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Building a Consensus in Bangladesh Politics: Scope and ConstraintsRehman Sobhna1
Role of Women in Decision Making and Economic Contribution at Household LevelS.M. Ikhtiar Alam13
UN in the 21st Century ReformsDr. Maimul Ahsan Khan34
Application of Environmental Accounting in BangladeshAminur Rahman48
COMMENTS AND SHORT COMMUNICATIONS
Refugees and Migratory Movements in South AsiaM. Habibur Rahman65
A Peace of Timbuktu Democratic Governance, Development and African PeacemakingRobin-Edward Poulton Ibrahim ag Youssouf69
Documents:
Speech by the Prime Minister of India, Shri I.K. Gujral at the Bangladesh-India-Pakistan, Business Summit, Dhaka, 15 January 199874
Declaration of the Ninth SAARC Summit in Male, Maldives89
Speech by His Excellency Mr. Mohammad Nawaz Sharif, Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan at the Bangladesh-India-Pakistan Business Summit, Dhaka, 15 January 199880
Speech by Her Excellency Sheikh Hasina Prime Minister of the Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh at the Opening Ceremony of the Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Business Summit, Dhaka, 02 Mahg, 1404, 15 January 199884
Bangladesh, India, Pakistan Business Summit, Joint Declaration, 15 January 199890
Vol.3,No. 2, January-June 1997
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South Asian Security and the Implications for Small StatesZillur R. Khan1
On Monetary Policy and Central Bank IndependenceKabir Hassan & Shah Abdul Hannan19
International Debt Crisis and the Developing CountriesSoleman Mozammel51
The CTBT: Analysis and AssessmentJozel Goldblat66
Documents:83
Address by Her Excellency Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh at the Ninth SAARC Summit in Male, Maldives on 12 May 1997
Declaration of the Ninth SAARC Summit in Male, Maldives89
Istanbul Declaration of Developing-8 (D-8), Istanbul 15 June 1997107
Declaration on the establishment of the Bangladesh-India-Sri Lanka-Thailand Economic Cooperation (BIST-EC), Bangkok 6 June 1997112
Vol.2,Nos. 3 & 4, July-December 1995 & January-June 1996
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Prologue to Reassertion: Russia’s Policy Toward the Civil War in Post-Soviet TajikistanDr. Shahid Alam1
Official Development Finance for Industrial Development of the Least Developed CountriesRehman Sobhan25
Apartheid Revisited: Some Preliminary CommentsS.M. Ikhtiar Alam57
India, China and Iran: Renewing Interaction Along the Old Silk RoadAhmad Tariq Karim66
Rural Electricity Demand, Renewable Energy Supply, and Developing Countries: A A Case study of Photovoltaics and BangladeshDr. Lewis M. Fulton84
Free and Fair Elections: The People’s PrioritiesDr. Kamal Hossain95
The Reality of a Resurgent AsiaDr. Mahathir Bin Mohamad103
Documents:110
Joint Communiqué issued at the conclusion of the State Visit of His Excellency Mr. Alpha Oumar Konare, President of the Republic of Mali to Bangladesh, 25-28 August, 1995
Joint Communiqué issued at the conclusion of the State Visit of His Excellency Mr. Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, to Bangladesh from 10th to 13th October, 1995 112
Statement of the Honourable Prime Minister of Bangladesh Begum Khaleda Zia at the Specail Commemorative Meeting of the 50th Anniversary of the United Nations.117
Address by the Hon’ble Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina at the gathering of Foreign Heads of Missions in Dhaka on 24 June, 1996 120
Opening Statement by the Hon’ble Foreign Minister of Bangladesh at the Press Conference on 11 July, 1996 122
Vol.1,Nos. 1 & 2, January-June 1995
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Human Rights: Bangladesh PerspectiveK.M. Subhan1
The Tilt Policy: The Nixon-Kissinger Role in the Bangladesh Liberation WarShah. A.M.S. Kibria8
Democracy, Government and Civil Society in South AsiaGowher Rizvi16
Training and Operation in Support of United Nations Peace-Keeping EffortsMufleh R. Osmany46
Third South Asian Regional Dialogue and a New Order for South Asia: A Bangladesh PerspectiveDr. Kamal Hossain56
Book Review:S.M. Ikhtiar Alam68
Shaping South Asia’s Future: Role of Regional Cooperation
Document:72
Joint Press Statement issued on the visit of the Right Honourable Douglas Hurd, CBE, MP, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to Bangladesh from 3-5 January, 1995
Joint Communiqué issued at the conclusion of the official visit of Her Excellency Begum Khaleda Zia, Prime Minister of Bangladesh to the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka from 25-26 January, 1995 74
Joint Press Release after the state visit of Her Excellency Mrs. Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga, the President of Sri Lanka to Bangladesh from 28-30 March, 199578
Joint Statement at the end of the visit of Qatari Foreign Minister to Bangladesh from 1-2 April, 199580
Vol.1,No. 1, October-December 1994
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Human Rights and Human Needs: Democracy and DevelopmentDr. Kamal Hossain1
Redirecting South Asia’s Development Agenda Rehman Sobhan9
The Bangladesh-India Friendship Treaty: The Question of RenewalS.A.M.S. Kibria22
SAARC Preferential Trading Arrangement (SAPTA)Abul Ahsan30
The Ganges Water IssueAmjad Hossain Khan42
Perspectives of Peace in South AsiaDr. Syed Anwar Hossain52
Environmental Impact and Utility of Mangrove Forests in BangladeshIsmet Zerin Khan67
Documents:80
Myanmar-Bangladesh Border Trade Agreement
Joint Statement By Foreign Ministers of Myanmar and Bangladesh at conclusion of Myanmar Foreign Minister’s visit to Bangladesh 83
India-Bangladesh Joint Communiqué, May 28-1992 89
Policy Statement of Bangladesh: Excerpts from the inaugural address by Bangladesh Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia at the SAARC Finance/Planning Ministers Meeting on July 10,199493