A New Chapter in Dhaka: Democracy, Memory, and What Comes Next : There was a quiet intensity in Dhaka on Friday night that did not feel like celebration. It felt, instead, like the settling of a long, difficult chapter. Numbers appeared on screens and in newspapers — and with them, a sense that something fundamental has shifted. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party secured a commanding two-thirds majority in the late parliamentary election — at least 212 seats out of nearly 300. It was the first time in decades that the party has returned to such strength, anchoring its leader on a clear path toward becoming prime minister
Munich in the Long Shadow of Washington : European officials reassess the future of the transatlantic alliance under Trump as tensions, tariffs, and strategic uncertainty dominate the Munich Security Conference.