Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies (BIISS) organised
a hybrid seminar on Bangladesh and the United States Relations: Moving Towards
Enhanced Cooperation and Partnership on 24 April 2022. H E Dr A K Abdul Momen,
MP, Honourable Foreign Minister, Government of Bangladesh, graced the occasion as
the chief guest. H E Peter Haas, the US Ambassador to Bangladesh, was the special
guest. Major General Mohammad Maksudur Rahman, OSP, BSP, psc, Director
General, BIISS, delivered the welcome address. Ambassador Kazi Imtiaz Hossain,
PAA, Chairman, BIISS, presided over the session and delivered the concluding remarks.
Three presentations were deliberated during the Seminar along with remarks by the
designated discussant. Ruksana Kibria, Professor, Department of International
Relations, University of Dhaka, made a presentation on “The Evolving Bangladesh-US
Relations.” Brigadier General (Retd) M Sakhawat Hossain, ndc, psc, PhD, Senior
Fellow, South Asian Institute of Policy and Governance, North South University and
former Election Commissioner, Bangladesh, presented on “Bangladesh-US Partnership
for Enhanced Security in South Asia”. Ambassador Humayun Kabir, President,
Bangladesh Enterprise Institute (BEI), deliberated on “Contemporary Dynamics of
Bangladesh-US Relations and the Way Forward”. Ambassador Tariq A Karim,
Director, Centre for Bay of Bengal Studies, Independent University of Bangladesh (IUB),
provided his insightful remarks as a distinguished discussant.
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