Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies
November 10, 2025
The 4th International Turkish Asian Congress, was held in Istanbul on 27-29 May 2009. It was aimed to study and discuss themes of institutio...
This in-house seminar revisits the prospects for reviving SAARC as a pragmatic, deliverables-focused platform. The conversation acknowledges...
Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies (BIISS) organised a roundtable discussion titled “SAARC Nearing 50: Challe...
This monograph aims to provide a comprehensive overview of SAARC’s revival, encompassing its current activities, challenges, and opportuniti...
The paper “Revival of SAARC: Prospects, Challenges and Way Forward” explores the urgent need to rejuvenate the South Asian Association for R...
This article provides a comprehensive analysis of the state of regional environmental cooperation in South Asia, assessing its strengths, we...
This article examines the growing trend of sub-regional cooperation in South Asia as an alternative and more pragmatic pathway to integratio...
This article seeks to explain the persistent and formidable challenges that have hindered the development of energy connectivity and cross-b...
This article provides a theoretical explanation for the persistent impediments to effective counter-terrorism cooperation in South Asia. It...
This article examines the role of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) in addressing the formidable challenges posed...
This article, written shortly after the 2014 general election in India, analyzes the potential for continuity or change in India's neighborh...
This article assesses the potential and challenges of economic integration in South Asia. It reviews SAARC and SAFTA initiatives, intra-regi...
This article examines the potential role of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) in promoting the economic developme...
This article addresses the critical question of whether regional energy cooperation in South Asia can be enhanced. It provides a detailed an...
This article provides a broad and reflective analysis of the challenges and prospects of regional integration in South Asia. It examines the...
Focusing on the 15th SAARC Summit, this article examines how leaders framed regional responses to food insecurity, energy shortages and slow...
This article examines the relationship between regionalism and security concerns in South Asia from a post-9/11 perspective. It analyzes how...
This article investigates the policy consequences of SAARC’s enlargement in the mid-2000s, asking how widening membership alters incentives...
This article examines the repeated postponements of SAARC summits, analysing political, security, and procedural causes. It reviews how bila...
The overview translates analysis into policies that expand room for maneuver. Externally, small states should invest in capability for econo...
