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| Posted by Maruf - 03-16-09 17:05 - 2 comments |
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I was vehemently against the infamous 'minus two' policy of the military backed caretaker government because in my opinion it was not the leadership that needed change rather it was the political and judicial systems that needed the change to create an atmosphere free from corruption, deprivation, and misuse of power. So, I opined that we should keep the current leadership intact but start the process to revamp our political, judicial, and bureaucratic systems to make it more efficient, flexible, dynamic and transparent, and build it as a breeding ground for new generation of dynamic leaders. The process is lengthy but it is the right way to approach the problem that the nation is currently facing.
I was also apprehensive that newly elected government with public mandate would be reluctant to carry on the reform programmes initiated by the CTG, firstly, because it had no public mandate and secondly, a lot of the reform programmes were actually aimed at brigning about changes to the internal functions of the political parties to make them transparent and democratic. So, I urged one of my senior friends, who is also one of the top government officials, to ask the CTG and the army to make sure that the next elected government did not roll back the reform programmes, particularly, for judiciary and political parties. But he was not impressed with my logic and maintained that the new government would continue the reform programmes of the CTG for the sake of the betterment of the country and its people. But I had my doubts and now it is proving to be true.
This thread will closely monitor current government's 'rolling back' process of the reform programmes initiated by the immediate past caretaker government.
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| Posted by Maruf - 01-23-09 23:34 - 8 comments |
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First off, I don't like the idea of creating a regional task force on a bilateral basis to fight terrorism in South Asia. True, the menace of terrorism has to be tackled with the collaboration of other regional countries but the thing the top policymakers of Bangladesh should take into account is that India is the only exporter of terrorism in the region. Tamil Tigers in Sri-Lanka and Shanti Bahini in Bangladesh are two burning examples of Indian naked attempt to destabilize its two benign neighbours through sponsoring terrorism. The scars that India has left in Bangladesh and Sri-Lanka, will take many years to heal. India has been making painstaking effort to brighten its image in the international community by portraying itself as a crusader against and a victim of terrorism because it needs to establish itself as a provider of South Asia before it can convince the major powers of the world of its benevolent intentions in the region, and ask for a greater role to play on a global scale, which will give it a global power status. What could be a better tool to do that than forming a regional joint task force on a bilateral basis? Now from India- Bangladesh point of view India could use the joint task force as a tool: - to eliminate the NE insurgents by using the intel and military resources of Bangladesh
- to prove Bangladesh as a safe heaven for NE insurgents, which may force the international community to change its views on Bangladesh as a moderate and progressive nation, and as a global partner in the war against terrorism
- to malign the nationalist forces within the country and prove them as sponsors of terrrorism with a view to uproot the anti Indian elements from Bangladesh's local politics with the help of pro Indian section and gain a strategic advantage to secure transit rights to transport industrial and military goods through Bangladesh to its geographically isolated NE region
- to create the ground to force any future Bangladeshi government to subserve Indian interest in terms of stabilizing NE and neutralizing Chinese threats to NEFA
- to draw Bangladesh into its own strategic sphere of influence and to distance us from China so that India can deal with Bangladesh on a bilateral basis to dominate us as a bigger and stronger power
- to implement a regional version of American plan to establish global dominition in the name of rooting out terrorism
The plan for joint military exercise between Bangladesh and India is nothing but an extended tail of joint taskforce envisioned by Awami League and India. It also has serious implications for Bangladesh. It's a common knowledge that Indian intel agencies and military forces have established solid relationship with Shanti Bahini terrorists in CHT whose final plan is to create an independent Jumma land for the minority Chakma tribe. No government of Bangladesh could convince India of the danger and the necessity of severing the existing ties between Indian security agencies and Shanti Bahini terrorists for the sake of amicable co-existence and regional stability. India still provides shelters to armed Shanti Bahini members in Tripura state. This has been a major weak point in Bangladesh's security and there seems to be no answer to this unless India changes its mind and starts cooperating with Bangladesh. In the meantime, it is imperative that Bangladesh use its strategic advantage to the fullest extent to keep India under pressure by denying it the much needed transit to NE region. In the event of a full scale war, Bangladeshi security forces need to be able to use the disgrunled elements within NE region to its own strategic advantage to achieve a desired end in the war either in terms of limiting the area of conflict or diminshing India's will to fight a simultaneous war against Bangladesh and NE insurgents. So, the plan for conducting joint military exercise may prove to be counterproductive for Bangladesh in the long run. Bangladesh must not do anything that could convey a wrong signal to the NE insurgents that we are with India and against them. This could create even a greater threat for Bangladesh than Shanti Bahini itself because Bangladesh armed forces may find themselves between the fire of Indian military and NE insurgents.
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| Posted by Maruf - 11-16-08 15:41 - 28 comments |
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 Barrister M.B.I. Munshi has written a book titled "India Doctrine" that has gained immense popularity among the political and strategic analysts of South Asia. He is already in the process of publishing an updated version of "India Doctrine" which will include even more information on India's long term ambition in the region and beyond. Zaman bhai, one of the administrators of BDSDF, has graciously agreed to upload "India Doctrine" to this thread so that the readers of this forum can gain an insight into the foreign and defence policy of India that they have been following to further their military and political ambition in South and South East Asia.
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| Posted by Maruf - 03-20-07 15:01 - 10 comments |
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One of the U.S. lawmakers has informed that America is ready to build a strategic relationship with Bangladesh due to former's important geo-strategic location and vast Muslim population. At the same time, he informed that most of the leading lawmakers of the U.S. don't even know Bangladesh. I find it hard to believe that U.S. is ready elevate the current relation with Bangladesh to strategic level when most of the lawmakers are even unaware of the existence of Bangladesh.http://www.thedailystar.net/2007/03/21/d70321013317.htmQUOTE Washington for strategic ties with Dhaka for best use of its location
Says Congressman Weldon
Staff Correspondent
The US wants to build strategic relation with Bangladesh to utilise the crucial geographical and demographical position of the country.
"Bangladesh has so many positive things, but unfortunately, the US doesn't have any strategic relation with the country," visiting US Congressman Curt Weldon said yesterday adding that from both demographical and geographical perspectives, Bangladesh is of high strategic importance to the US.
The member of the US House of Representatives was talking at a press conference at the Jatiya Press Club organised by Global Alliance for Homeland Security (GAHS), Asian Regional Chapter.
At the invitation of GAHS, Weldon and seven others came to Dhaka on Monday.
Stressing the need for building strategic relation between the two countries, Weldon said, "As we concentrate on Pakistan and India, why don't we pay attention to Bangladesh when she has significant achievements in various aspects."
The US Congressman also gave assurance that he along with his colleagues would muster support for duty-free access for Bangladeshi products to the US market. "The US should import all the products from Bangladesh that she imports from other countries," he added.
Hailing the ongoing drive against corrupt politicians and others, Weldon expressed hope that a fair and free election would be held in Bangladesh eventually.
Bangladesh is also important to the US because it is probably the only country in the world that has democracy with a Muslim majority population, he noted.
"This is an exciting country with exciting people," Weldon said adding, "We are overwhelmed with the emotion of the people of Bangladesh."
The US congressman apologised that most of his colleagues is unaware of Bangladesh. "Out of 535 congressmen, probably 98 percent doesn't know about this beautiful country."
Replying to another question, Weldon said that democracy in US is not perfect always. "We have many imperfections, many of our people are not happy with the government policy."
Timothy D Ringgold, a US defence expert, Maj General (retd.) Ron Bath, Asef Bari, co-chair of GAHS, among others, addressed at the press conference.
WELDON MEETS BUSINESSMEN
Visiting US Congressman Curt Weldon termed the ongoing changes in Bangladesh 'healthy' for the country's democracy.
He also noted that political leadership is extremely important for guiding a nation.
Weldon was speaking at a meeting with the country's business leaders at the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) office.
The objective of the visiting US mission is to promote investment in Bangladesh apart from assisting the local government and private enterprises to improve their operations and security against terrorism.
Also the former vice-chair of the Armed Services Committee and House of Homeland Security Committee, Weldon said that having a good relationship between the militaries of the two countries is important at the moment.
The US congressman observed that democracy is yet to be practised perfectly in any country, even in the US. "After 230 years of democracy, the US is yet to be a perfect democratic nation," Weldon said.
The US needed more than 150 years to establish the women' suffrage while it took 100 years to establish the right of the black people, Weldon added.
"Bangladesh is now a booming economy and we are here to help you to boost it further and also want to work with you to develop your private sector," he said.
Weldon also noted that Bangladesh could be the alternative to China for supplying readymade garment products to the US market and it should be the primary supplier.
The US wants to assist Bangladesh in the areas of education, science and agriculture, he added.
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