Today, Dylan covers what has been happening in Bangladesh. In January 2024, Sheikh Hasina of the Awami League won a fourth consecutive term. Soon after, protests erupted and in August, Hasina resigned and fled the country. With politics in Bangladesh now up in the air, where are we heading next?
The podcast was recorded on the 27th of August, 2024.
Links:
Substack: https://geopoliticsreport.substack.com/
The Geopolitics Database: https://geopoliticsreport.substack.com/p/the-geopolitics-database
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next_Bangladeshi_general_election
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006%E2%80%932008_Bangladesh_political_crisis
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/fcdo-statement-on-bangladesh-election-january-2024
https://www.american.edu/sis/news/20230109-understanding-bangladesh-s-election-results.cfm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh_protests_(2022%E2%80%932024)
https://www.nytimes.com/article/bangladesh-student-protests.html
https://thehill.com/opinion/international/4831210-a-quiet-military-coup-in-bangladesh/
https://sundayguardianlive.com/opinion/hasinas-ouster-in-bangladesh-and-china
https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-global/bangladesh-st-martin-island-9511920/
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/regime-change-pakistan-bangladesh
https://sundayguardianlive.com/top-five/bangladesh-coup-has-the-u-s-written-all-over-it
https://theintercept.com/2023/08/09/imran-khan-pakistan-cypher-ukraine-russia/
https://www.refworld.org/legal/resolution/unga/1970/en/19494
Bangladesh: Elections, Protests, and Coups?