Sheikh Shams Morsalin

University of Dhaka · Department of International Relations

Despite the fact that the United States took an opposite stand on the question of independence of Bangladesh, the relationship started developing since the US recognition to Bangladesh in 1972. Apart from few exceptions, most of the governments of Bangladesh under different political regimes intended to remain in good terms with the US. However, th...

The emergence of independent Bangladesh was heavily influenced by the Cold War rivalry between the US and the USSR (succeeded by Russia). With the reemergence of Russia as an assertive power and the rise of economic and infrastructure giant China, both determined to challenge the US dominance, we are indeed living in a 'New Cold War' era. By examin...

Bangladesh is ranked top among the locations most affected locations by extreme weather events over the last two decades and one of the potential victims of the consequences of climate change. Around 3.26 million rural Bangladeshi households are landless. These landless households usually constitute the poorest and most vulnerable groups in Banglad...

The consequences of Sino-Indian border clash on Bangladesh have been a subject of much speculation lately. While several reports attempt to portray Bangladesh’s tilted position toward China, others reject the assumption. Some other studies view the foreign policy attitude of Bangladesh as a more balanced one towards both India and China rationalizi...

Land is not simply a productive physical asset or a source of wealth, it is a source of power, status, security and recognition. This paper considers land as one of the most critical natural capitals for sustainable livelihood and attempts to explore the nexus among land, vulnerabilities and adaptation to climate change. Given the emerging conditio...

This paper reviews the book titled "Secret Documents of Intelligence Branch (IB) on Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Volume-1 (1948-1950)", edited by Sheikh Hasina, Honourable Prime Minister, People‟s Republic of Bangladesh. The book is basically a compilation of secret documents of Pakistan Intelligence Branch (IB) on Sheikh...

In the backdrop of the obvious impacts of climate change, adaptation to climate change is considered to be an apparent and urgent need for the low-and middle-income countries, in particular. Again, it is argued that climate change will present additional challenges to these countries where poor are already the victims of a broad range of political...

Even today, a large number of academic literatures heavily focus on the classical challenges of food production in the face of the year 2050 when the world population is estimated to be 9.6 billion. Concentrating solely on production is perilous as it ignores the fact that only sufficient production cannot guarantee food security. However, there ar...

In the context of emerging conditions of climate change and economic growth potentials of the developing economies in an energy-constrained world, access to and development of low carbon energy sources remains an important area to be studied. Acknowledging the importance of low carbon technology transfer to the developing South, this paper proceeds...

Sustainable Development Goals are expected to stimulate mechanisms for raising capacities for effective climate change related planning and management in LDCs and to operationalise the Green Climate Fund through its capitalisation in earliest possible time. SDGs will also promote resilience and enhance adaptive capacities of the states by encouragi...

Unlike the traditional threats to states which relate to territorial integrity, cyber crime causes damage to the information network of a county or its individuals and businesses. Since the advanced industrialized countries are highly dependent on information and communication technologies (ICTs), they are disproportionately more vulnerable to such...

While the neo-classical school always emphasized on the free and unregulated functioning of the market and viewed the process as a road to economic development, the lack of success of the Latin American countries brought us to the dependency school. However, since the late 1970s, the unprecedented growth record of the East Asian economies once agai...