Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies (BIISS) organised a roundtable with Senior Director Eileen Laubacher, Senior Director for South Asia, the United States (US) National Security Council (NSC), and her delegation on 09 January 2023, at the BIISS auditorium. Members of the delegation included: Helen LaFave, Deputy Chief of Mission, US Embassy, Dhaka; Brian Luti, Director for South Asia Regional Center, National Security Council, United States Government; Scott Urbom, O ce Director, South, and Central Asia Bureau, U.S. State Department; Arturo Hines, Acting Political/Economic Counselor, US Embassy, Dhaka; Justin Halpern, Indo-Paci c A airs O cer, US Embassy, Dhaka.
Major General Sheikh Pasha Habib Uddin, OSP, SGP, BAMS, afwc, psc, Director General of BIISS, delivered the Welcome Address. In the roundtable, four presentations were made by BIISS faculties. Mr Rubel Molla, Research Fellow of BIISS, presented on The Evolving Geopolitical and Strategic Environment in the Indo-Paci c Region; Mr M Ashique Rahman, Senior Research Fellow of BIISS, presented on Bangladesh-US Cooperation for Enhanced Security in the Indo-Paci c Region; Dr Mahfuz Kabir, Research Director,
BIISS, presented on Indo-Paci c Economic Framework: Opportunities and Expectations, and, Mr Abu Salah Md Yousuf, Research Director, BIISS, presented on Strengthening Bangladesh-US Cooperation for Digni ed Repatriation of the FMDNs. Senior Director Ms Eileen Laubacher, Senior Director for South Asia, the US National Security Council (NSC), delivered her speech on US-Bangladesh Cooperation and Collaboration in the Indo-Paci c Region. The presentations were followed by an open discussion. Later, Ms Helen LaFave, Deputy Chief of Mission, US Embassy in Dhaka, delivered her remarks. Colonel M A Saadi, afwc, psc, Research Director of BIISS, moderated the session. Finally, the roundtable ended with valuable concluding remarks from the DG, BIISS.
