BANGLADESH INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AND STRATEGIC STUDIES


GLOBALIZATION AND BANGLADESH'S SECURITY AND FOREIGN POLICIES

Author: Ruksana Kibria

DOI Link: https://www.doi.org/10.56888/BIISSj2000v21n4a4

ABSTRACT

In the era of globalization, Bangladesh, like other developing countries, is confronted with threats emanating from both external and internal sources: terrorism, drug trafficking, circulation of light weapons, poverty, political instability environmental degradation. The main purpose of Bangladesh's foreign policy in the present era should be minimizing the degree of vulnerabilities and reducing threats to its security, as well as possessing the ability to shape its security environment through an effective and realistic assessment of its national interests, and the promotion thereof through pragmatic and active diplomacy