Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies
Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies
Shanjida Shahab Uddin is a Research Fellow at the Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies (BIISS). She studies the politics of competing connectivity initiatives, their multifaceted consequences and examines how these initiatives affect geopolitics in many different ways. She is currently researching the geopolitics of the Belt and Road Initiative, as well as its prospective geo-strategic compulsions and geo-economic possibilities, and its various ramifications for Bangladesh. Previously, she studied how the Belt and Road Initiative is contributing in re-shaping the existing energy order as well as the geopolitics of energy with a focus on multilateral cooperation. Among her previous publications, she also studied the stalled situation of BCIM-EC due to the geopolitical conundrum that emerged from the Sino-Indian rivalry. Water diplomacy of Bangladesh is another field of her research interest as she has previous study on how Bangladesh’s water negotiation with India is being affected by various challenges and becomes a zero-sum game. Ms. Shanjida completed her BSS and MSS from the Department of International Relations, University of Dhaka. She completed her MSc in Globalization and Development from University of Antwerp, Belgium.
1. Shanjida Shahab Uddin, “Emerging Trends
and Twinges of Connectivity in the Indo-Pacific: Relevance for
Bangladesh”, in Peaceful and Prosperous Indo-Pacific in the 21st
Century: Opportunities and Challenges for Bangladesh, Dhaka:
University Press Ltd (Upcoming).
2. Shanjida
Shahab Uddin and Raian Hossain, “Contextualising Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar
Economic Corridor in the era of Multipolar world order 2.0: Perspectives from
Bangladesh”, Routledge Handbook of China's Belt and Road Initiative and
Eurasia, Mher Sahakyan and Kevin Lo (ed.), London: Routledge, 2025.
3. Shanjida
Shahab Uddin, “Bangladesh and Belt and Road Initiative: Strategic Rationale and
Plausible Repercussions”, in China and Eurasian Powers in a Multipolar
World Order 2.0: Security, Diplomacy, Economy and Cyberspace, Mher Sahakyan (ed.), London: Routledge, 2023.
1. Shanjida Shahab Uddin, “Global Gateway
Initiative in the era of competing connectivity strategies: Prospects and
challenges for Bangladesh”, BIISS Journal, No.1, Vol.45, 2024.
2. Shanjida
Shahab Uddin, “Belt and Road Initiative and the Geopolitics of Energy”, BIISS
Journal, No.2, Vol.40, 2019.
3. Shanjida
Shahab Uddin, “BRI and BCIM-EC: Overcoming the Impediments”, BIISS
Journal, No.3, Vol.38, 2017.
4. Shanjida
Shahab Uddin and Syeda Tanzia Sultana, “Bangladesh-India Water Negotiation:
Challenges and Way Forward”, BIISS Journal, No.2, Vol.38, 2017.
5. Shanjida
Shahab Uddin, “Regional and Sub-Regional Connectivity Arrangements:
Opportunities and Challenges for Bangladesh”, BIISS Journal, No.2,
Vol.37, 2016.
6. Shanjida
Shahab Uddin, “Trade Liberalization and Its Impact: An Analysis of the
Condition of Bangladesh Female RMG Workers”, South Asia Journal,
Winter issue, No.12, ISBN 978-0-9838776-9-1, New Delhi: India,
2015.
· “Breakthroughs and
Bottlenecks of China-Bangladesh Infrastructure Cooperation under BRI: Exploring
Innovative Pathways for Meaningful Future Engagement”, paper presented at 2025
China-Bangladesh Think Tank Forum on Deepening the Comprehensive Strategic
Cooperative Partnership between China and Bangladesh for Shared Development and
Prosperity, organized by National Institute of International Strategy,
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Bangladesh Institute of International and
Strategic Studies, and Yunnan Minzu University, in Kunming, Yunnan Province,
China on 28 September 2025.
· “Bangladesh’s
Possible Membership in BRICS: Exploring Diverse Prospects”, paper presented at
the Roundtable Discussion on Bangladesh’s Strategic Autonomy:
Participation in International/Regional Organisations including BRICS,
organized by Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies
(BIISS), in Dhaka, Bangladesh on 05 November 2023.
· “Bangladesh in the
changing nature of UN Peacekeeping”, paper presented at the Roundtable
Discussion with Ms Donna Welton, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Programs
and Operations, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, US State Department and
her delegation, organized by Bangladesh Institute of International and
Strategic Studies (BIISS), in Dhaka, Bangladesh on 13 September 2022.
· “Bangladesh in the
Belt and Road Initiative: Strategic Rationale and Future Implications”, Paper
presented (via zoom) at the Academic Conference on Eurasian
Research on Modern China and Eurasia, Third Edition, organized by
China-Eurasia Council for Political and Strategic Research and Russian-Armenian
University, in Yerevan, Armenia on 03 December 2021.
· “Transport Connectivity in
South Asia: The Case of BRI and BBIN”, Paper presented at COSATT
Regional Conference on Importance of BRI and BBIN for South Asia,
jointly organised by Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic
Studies (BIISS) and Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS), in Dhaka, Bangladesh on 4
July 2018.
· “Overcoming the
Hurdles of OBOR and BCIM-EC: Bangladesh Perspective”, Paper presented in “CIISS-BIISS
Workshop”, in Beijing, China, held on 18 July 2017.
• Participated in the Policy Dialogue on Towards a Forward-looking Agenda for Sustainable Transport linkages across subregions of Asia, in the Third Ministerial Conference on Regional Economic Cooperation and Integration in Asia and the Pacific, organized by UNESCAP, on 30 September 2022.
• Participated in the SANEM-UNDESA Workshop on Understanding Belt and Road Initiative in the context of Bangladesh: opportunities and Challenges, jointly organized by South Asian Network on Economic Modelling (SANEM) and United Nations Department for Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA), on 2 April 2019.
• Participated as a Panelist in the second working session on Strengthening Regional Transport Connectivity, in a Policy Dialogue on Regional Cooperation for Sustainable Development in Asia, jointly organized by Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies (BIISS) and United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), on 10 December 2019.
• Participated as a member of the BIISS delegation in the “CIISS-BIISS Workshop”, in Beijing, China, on 18 July 2017.
• “FOIP and BIG-B: Bangladesh in Perspective”, 29 January 2025, ROLES Commentary No.37, University of Tokyo, available at https://roles.rcast.u-tokyo.ac.jp/publication/20250129.
• “Belt and Road Initiative: An accelerator for achieving SDGs”, 09 March 2020, The Business Standard, available at https://www.tbsnews.net/thoughts/belt-and-road-initiative-accelerator-achieving-sdgs-53674.