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Vol. 24, No. 1, June 2022

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Vol. 23,No. 2, December 2021
Titles	Author	Page
Climate Change and Human Security of Bangladesh	Farzana Mannan	1
The Role of Defence Diplomacy to Attain Foreign Policy Goals: A Bangladesh Perspective	Sourav Ghosh	29
The United Nations Peacebuilding Commission: A Step Toward Further Split	Aftab	67
Revisiting Environmental Impacts of Hosting Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh	Arundhati Das	85
Reforming the Dispute Settlement Mechanism of WTO: Challenges and Prospects	A.K.M. Raquibul Hasan and Khadiza Nasrin	113
Vol. 23,No. 1, June 2021
Titles	Author	Page
Bangladesh/Myanmar Maritime Boundary Delimitation in the Bay of Bengal: Some Issues	Md. Kamrul Hasan Arif	1
Enclave Exchange between Bangladesh and India: An Evaluation of the Implementation Phase of the Land Boundary Agreement (LBA)	Muhammad Omar Faruque	15
State-Centrism and Its Limitations in Understanding Global Politics: Juxtaposing Realist and Feminist Schools of International Relations Theories	Md. Ali Siddiquee	39
Is ‘Freedom of Fishing’ Still a Freedom?	Sk. Tariq Ezaz	53
Turkey’s ‘Open-Door’ Refugee Policy: Analysis through Power-Elite Model	Fatema-Tuj-Juhra	69
Representation of Terrorism in the Media: A Study on the Holey Artisan Attack	Maria Hussain and Khan Kamrula Tusi	93
Turkey’s Political Shift: A Rising Power with Neo-Ottoman Agenda	Labib Murshed	109
The Role of Humanitarian Agencies in Urban Violence: A New Frontier for Fragile Humanity	Md Kamrul Hassan	137
Vol. 22,Nos. 1 & 2 , June & December 2020
Titles	Author	Page
Politics of Nationalism of Myanmar: An Analysis from the Perspective of Rohingya Crisis	Momtaj Monwara	1
The Framing of the Rohingya Crisis: United Nations’ Security Council (UNSC) and the Responsibility to Protect (R2P)	Abu Faisal Md. Khaled and Md. Tareq Mahmud	25
China and India’s Response to the Rohingya Refugee Crisis: A Structural Explanation	Robayt Khondoker and Tanvir Habib	39
Gender-Based Violence in the Rohingya Crisis: A Postmodern Analysis	Md. Riaz Uddin, Pradipto Vasker Rakshit and Hasan Mahmud, Shabrin Jahan	61
International Community and Its Responses towards the Rohingya Crisis: An Analysis	Rumi Akter	81
ICC Jurisdiction over Rohingya Deportation by Myanmar: A Way forward to ensure Accountability	Muhammad Zubair	109
Rohingya inside Myanmar: A Brief Analysis	Sumaiya Sarwat	131
The Changing Dynamics of Rohingya Crisis: The Need for Redefining Foreign Policy of Bangladesh	Sayeda Akther and Ushan Ara Badal	155
Vol. 21,Nos. 1 & 2 , June & December 2017
Titles	Author	Page
Risk Management Strategies of Young Bangladeshi Migrant Men in Malaysia and South Africa	Lamea Momen	1
‘Climate Refugee’ to ‘Climate Migrants’: What Status Ensures the Rights of the Climate-Induced People?	Md. Rafiqul Islam	21
Crisis in Democratic Republic of Congo and Role of United Nations in Establishing Peace	Md. Mamunur Rashid	39
Chinese Soft Power Policy in South Asia	Md. Badrul Islam	67
Politics of Ethnicity and the Kurdish Quagmire	Wardah Irum and Muh. Abbas Hassan	81
Conditions for Winning Wars: Peace Performances of the Middle Eastern and North African Nations	F. M. Tunvir Shahriar and Aftab	95
Connectivity through BCIM-EC: Prospects and Challenges	Sultana Yesmin	121
The National Cybersecurity Strategy of Bangladesh: A Critical Analysis	Md. Riaz Uddin	155
Vol. 20,Nos. 1 & 2 , June & December 2016
Titles	Author	Page
Food Access Constraints on the Poor: Contemporary Dynamics and Climate Change Impacts	Sheikh Shams Morsalin	1
Economic Diplomacy of Bangladesh: A Focus on Manpower Export	M. Jasim Uddin	17
Why the United Nations Climate Negotiations Fail	F.M. Tunvir S. and Khaled Imran	45
Killing Field in Indo-Bangladesh Border Line: Appraisal for a way Forward	Amity Saha	65
Securing the Development: The Nature of Security Threats and Responses in BCIM-EC	Noor M. Sarker	83
Vol.19,Nos. 1 & 2 , June & December 2015
Titles	Author	Page
Economic Diplomacy and Bangladesh Foreign Policy: A Discourse	M. Josim Uddin	1
Institutional Dimension to Party Conflict in Bangladesh	Moynul Haque	19
Prospects and Challenges for Bangladesh-China Comprehensive Economic Partnership: A Bangladesh Perspective	M. Jashim Uddin	35
Bangladesh-Myanmar Economic Relations: Searching for New Opportunities	Sultana Yesmin	61
Adoption of the Paris Agreement, 2015	Documents	87
Vol.18,Nos. 1 & 2 , June & December 2014
Titles	Author	Page
Withdrawal of International Security Troops from Afghanistan in 2014: Implication	Sufia Khanom	1
Understanding Reconciliation as a way of Peacebuilding: The case of Chittagong Hill Tracts	Md. Obaidul Haque	25
Extension of Trips Transition period for the least Developed Countries (LDCS): New Opportunities, New Challenges	M. Atique Rahman	45
Environmental Policies Gaps as a Threat to Human Security: A case of Natural Catastrophe in Uttarakhand Himalays in India	Annpurna Nautiyal	67
Role of Media and Governance for Bridging Socio-Political Barriers Experiences of Japan & Bangladesh	Md. Jahangir Alam	85
Recognition of Identities: A Path to Reasonable Reconciliation	Papri Chakraborty	103
Vol.17, Nos. 1 & 2 , June & December 2013
Titles	Author	Page
The Role of Media in Influencing Public Opinion on Violence against Minorities: The Case ofÂ RamuÂ in Bangladesh	Dr. Syeda Rozana Rashid & Md. Azharul Islam	1
Resolution of Protracted Conflict and Key Structural Constraints: An Analysis of External Initiatives in the Sri Lankan Conflict	Md. Touhidul Islam	29
India’s Strategic Perceptions: Continuity and Change	Dr. Dalbir Ahlawat	59
Water Diplomacy between India and Bangladesh in a Globalized World: Overcoming the Limits of State Sovereignty	Tahmina Rahman	81
United Nations Peacekeeping Operations and Bangladesh: An Overview	Sultana Yesmin	105
Vol.16,Nos. 1 & 2 , June & December 2012
Titles	Author	Page
Trans-Boundary Water Disputes in Africa, Europe, and South Asia: A Comparative Analysis	Dr. A.S.M. Ali Ashraf	1
Bangladesh-Myanmar Maritime Boundary Delimitation Dispute	Dr. Luther Rangreji	33
The Majoritarian Leaderships Dilemmas in Former Colonial Multiracial Societies: Case Study of Cyprus, Sri Lanka, and Singapore	Chanaka Jun Takazawa	59
Smaller Neighbours, Larger Opportunities: Bangladesh-Nepal Relations under Lens	Sheikh Shams Morsalin	83
Development of China and Indian Ocean Economies	Razia Sultana	109
Great Power Politics in Southeast Asia: The Cold War and the Post-Cold War Settings	Noor Mohammad Sarker	123
Vol.15,Nos. 1 & 2 , June & December 2011
Titles	Author	Page
America and Nuclear Non-Proliferation in South Asia: Problems and Challences	Dr. Narottam Gaan	1
An Community Engagement : A Non-Lethal Strategy for Countering the Emergence of Extremism in the Early 21st Century	Rohan Gunaratna	23
Water Security in Bangladesh: A Gender Perspective	Rafiqul Islam	35
Bangladesh and China: A Review of 35-Year Relations	Tareque Shamsur Rahman and M. Jasim Uddin	49
Institutional Relationship Between Government and Non-Governmental Organisations in Bangladesh	Sanjay Bhardwaj and Chandra Khemundu	65
Reassessing Cooperation in the Indian Ocean Littoral	Ishtiaque Alam	83
Vol.14,Nos. 1 & 2 , June & December 2010
Titles	Author	Page
Critical Security Studies: Emancipatory Challenges	Dr. Narottam Gaan	1
An Overview of Policy Influencing Instruments Deployed by CSOs: A Case of Bangladesh	Mohammad Jasim Uddin	31
Thrid World Diplomacy: Realities and Challenges	Harun ur Rashid	53
Civil Society Activism: Globalization and State of CSOs in Bangladesh	Delwar Hossain and Niloy Ranjan Biswas	65
Aid for Trade (AFT) Agenda: Moving Ahmed	Hasanuzzaman	85
Understanding Indo-Pak Relations	Ali Ahmed	103
Book Review:		121
Vol.13, No. 2 , July-December 2009
Titles	Author	Page
Patriotism, Local and Global	Charles Blattberg	1
Flexible Permeabilities: The Re-Designing of the Canada-United States Border since 2001	Wilfried von Bredow	13
Beyond Traditional Foreign Policy Making: The Australia 2020 Summit	Emma White Melissa Conley Tyler	29
The Battlefield of the Mind: Rehabilitating Muslim Terrorists	Rohan Gunaratna	45
Pakistan And India: Can they Fight Terror Together?	Pervez Hoodbhoy	67
An Analysis of the Supreme Court Judgment on the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution of Bangladesh	Wali-ur Rahman	71
Indian Soft Power: The Role of Culture	Iftekharul Bashar	83
Vol.13,No. 1, January-June 2009
Titles	Author	Page
The Liberal Peace and Developing Countries	Syed Mansoob Murshed	1
Shifting Goalposts: Interpretation of ‘Victory’ in Israeli-Palestinian Conflict in Gaza, 2008-09	G.M. Shahidul Alam, PhD	21
Aryan-Dravidian Synthesis: Fear or Hope?	Wali-ur Rahman	37
The Sundarbans: from Wasteland to Wasted Land	Kendra Patterson	41
World’s Pre-Eminent Power’s Recent Treatment to International Law: A Paradigm of Interests Served and Harmed	Mia Mahmudur Rahim	63
Women’s Rights: Bangladesh Perspective	Harun ur Rashid	79
Role Of Indian Diaspora in Increasing Strategic Influence in a Globalised World	Parama Sinha Palit Amitendu Palit	87
Bringing Treaties Home: The Domestic Incorporation of International Humanitarian Law	Christopher Harland	121
Countering Transnational Terrorism In South Asia: An Assessment On Regional Approach	Iftekharul Bashar	141
Vol.12,Nos. 1 & 2, June-December 2008
Titles	Author	Page
American Soft Power and Smart Power	Joseph S. Nye, Jr.	1
Roots of Extremism in Pakistan	Pervez Hoodbhoy	7
Pakistan’s Domestic Legal Responses to Extremism as Part of an Overall Counter-Terrorism Strategy	Hayatullah Khan Khattak	13
Future Directions of Bangladesh Foreign Policy: Dreams or Nightmares?	Imtiaz Ahmed	39
Normative Trends, Values, and Bangladesh Foreign Policy: A Framework	Wali-ur Rahman	49
India Emerging World Power: The Crusading Challenges	Dr. Narottam Gaan	57
Iran-Israel Relationship	Dr. Abdullah Kiran	81
Financing Challenges for Natural Gas Projects in Bangladesh	Dr. Salim Mahmud	97
Security in a Changing Climate: A Study on Bangladesh	Iftekharul Bashar	115
Vol.11,Nos. 1 & 2, June-December 2007
Titles	Author	Page
Challenges for Cross Border Gas Projects in South Asia: Geopolitical Issues	Dr. Salim Mahmud	1
The Politics of FTA’s in South Asia: Towards a new Bilateralism or New Regionalism?	Delwar Hossain	49
Terrorism in Europe: Trends and Counter Responses After Madrid Incidents	M. Aynul Islam	73
TRIP’s Agreement and Human Rights: Protecting Public Interests in Developing and Least Developed Countries at the Cross-Roads	Mohammad Towhidul Islam	95
Document: Declaration of the Fourteenth SAARC Summit		121
Vol.10,Nos. 1 & 2, June-December 2006
Titles	Author	Page
India’s Global Emergence: Implications for South Asia	M. Aynul Islam	1
Factors That Have Given Rise to the ‘Resurgence’ of Radical Islamism in the Contemporary Middle East	Siobhan McPhee	25
International Watercourses Law and The Utilisation of Fresh Water Resources in the Ganges Basin	Md. Jakerul Abedin	43
Unresolved Statelessness: The Case of Biharis in Bangladesh	Iftekharul Bashar	87
Impact of WTO Dispute Settlement Scheme on International Trading System	Mohotaj Binte Hamid	117
Short Article: Geopolitical Environment of Central Asia	Wali-ur Rahman	131
Vol.9,Nos. 1 & 2, June-December 2005
Titles	Author	Page
Global Security or Human Security? Recent Events in Perspective	Irene Z. Khan	1
Indo-US Nuclear Deal: An Evaluation	Ashok Sharma	13
Care-Taker Government, Election Commission and Parliamentary Election: Itâ€™s International Implications	Naimuddin Ahmed	31
Bangladesh At 35: Internal Dynamics and External Linkages	Sanjay Bhardwaj	43
The Policy of the United States of America Concerning Climate Change	Md. Jahid Hossain Bhuiyan	59
US-Japan Estrangements in the Prewar Period	Muhammad Ruhul Amin & Nafisa Rashid	75
Socio-Economic Impact of Mature Age Unemployment in Australia	Syeed Ahamed	99
Short Article: Implementation of the UN Plan of Action on Small Arms: Perspective Bangladesh	Wali-ur Rahman	121
SAARC Documents	--	125
Vol.8,Nos. 1 & 2, June-December 2004
Titles	Author	Page
Fundamental Freedom and Human Rights in South Asia: Right to Life, Right Against Arbitrary Arrest and Detention, Freedom of Speech, Thoughts, Opinions, Conscience, Expression, of the Press and Freedom of Religion	Naimuddin Ahmed	1
The Rites of the Passage: Rise of Religious Politics in Bangladesh	Sanjay Bhardwaj	21
Three Decades of Australia-Bangladesh Relations: Future Directions and Potentials	Kamal Uddin Ahmed	35
Learning from the Past: Role of Religion in Peace building	Mohammad Shahabuddin	55
Public Management Reforms in Japan: An Analysis into the Prospects of Introducing new Public Management	Shirajun Noor Chowdhury & Saima Ahmed	79
Democracy in Bangladesh: Challenges and Opportunities	Muhammad Ruhul Amin	99
Short Article: Media, Democracy and Human Rights in Bangladesh	Jesmul Hasan	113
Vol.7,No. 2, July-December 2003
Titles	Author	Page
Conflict & Peace: The Challenge and the Choice Before US	Justice Naimuddin Ahmed	1
Low-Cost Drip Irrigation Technology for Poverty Alleviation	Sujit Kumar Bala	30
A Critique of “The Tragedy of the Commons”	ABM Ziaur Rahman	50
Combating ‘Terrorism’––New Challenge for the Southeast Asian Countries	Rumana Monzur	63
Foreign Direct Investment in Bangladesh: Prospects and Challenges	Kazi Mahmudur Rahman	87
Vol.6,No. 3, July - December 2002
Titles	Author	Page
Geostrategic Environment of Bangladesh	Brig. Gen. Mohd. Aminul Karim, ndc, idmc,psc	1
The Political Economy of Reform: Designing, Initiating and Sustaining Public Sector Reform in Developing Countries	Dr. Reza Kibria	18
United States Foreign Policy in South Asia	Forrest Cookson	46
Enternational Commercial Arbitration in the Asia Pacific Asian Values, Culture and Context	Dr. A.F.M. Maniruzzaman	61
The Nonprofit Sector: World and Bangladesh	Mokbul Morshed Ahmad	77
Impact of Global Changes on the Textile Industry of Bangladesh	A.S.M. Shahidul Haque	105
Vol.5,No. 3, Jan'99 - June 2001
Titles	Author	Page
Civil Military Relations in Bangladesh: A Perspective	Bridgadier General Mohd. & Aminul Karim	1
Bangladesh Foreign Policy in the Information Age	Md. Shamsul Islam	24
China-Bangladesh Relations: Need for Economic Partnership	Sharmina Nasrin	40
Environmental Issues in Political Agenda: Towards Civil Environmentalism	Mohammad Ehteshamul Hoque	55
Documents: Speech on the Role of Women in the 21st Centrury by Her Excellency Sheikh Hasina Prime Minister of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh at Randolph-Macon Noman’s College Virginia, USA 22, 08 April, 2000, 25 Chaitra, 1406		77
Address by Mary Robinson UN High Commissioner for Human Rights		83
Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution Lecture by President Martti Ahtisaari at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, 23 March 2000		85
United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization Address by Mr. Koichiro MATSUURA on the occasion of his installation as Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Paris, 15 November 1999		97
US-Bangladesh Economic Relations: Prospects and Challenges (Statement by Mr. Shah A.M.S Kibria, Minister for Finance, Government of the Peopleâ€™s Republic of Bangladesh		110
Statement of His Excellency Mr. Tofail Ahmed, Minister of Industries, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, at the WIPO Sub-Regional Forum for Intellectual Property Co-operation Among Member States of SAARC Dhaka, 20 March, 2001		115
National Workshop on Environmental Law and Sustainable Development, Inaugural address by Mr. Abul Matin Khasru, MP, Honâ'ble Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs		119
Appeal by Amnesty International to all States to Ratify the Statute of the International Criminal Court as Soon as Possible		126
Statement by Syed Muazzem Ali, Foreign Secretary, Government of Bangladesh at the Symposium on the Observance of the International Day for The Elimination of Racial Discrimination, Organized by the United Nations Association of Bangladesh (UNAB), Dhaka 21 March, 2001		130
Statement By H.E. Ambassador C.M. Shafi Sami Foreign Secretary of Bangladesh at the 56th Session of the Human Rights Commission, Geneva, 27 March, 2000		136
Security Perception in South Asian Region and Beyond Curtain Raiser By Waliur Rahman		141
Vol. 4,No. 2, July-December 1998
Titles	Author	Page
The Consequences of the GATT Uruguary Round for the Textile and Garments Sector in Bangladesh	Dr. CAF Dowlah	1
Food Security: Some Pertinent Issues	Resaul Haque and Anis Pervez	30
In search for Security and Poverty Alleviation: Women’s Inheritable Entitlements to Land, the Untapped Resources	Taslima Monsoor	42
Tension Between State and Humanitarian Efforts	Naimuddin Ahmed	58
Comments and Short Communications: Role of the Media in Good Governance	Muhammad Habibur	63
Speech delivered by Mr. Abdul Matin Khasru, MP, Hon’ble Minister of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs on 29 November 1998 at British Council, Dhaka to mark the 50th Anniversary of Universal Declaration of Human Rights	Abdul Matin Khasru	67
Speech of M. Amirul Islam, Vice Chairman of Bangladesh Bar Council on the Celebration of 50th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights	M. Amirul Islam	72
Documents: Speech by Her Excellency Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh at the 10th SAARC Summit Colombo, Sri Lanka		82
Tenth SAARC Summit Colombo Declaration, Colombo Statement By Mr. Abdus Samad Azad, Hon’ble Foreign Minister of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh in the General Debate at the 53rd Regular Session of the United Nations General Assembly, New York		109
Activities of the Institute of Law and International Affairs (BILIA) in the fields of International Affairs and Human Resource Development July-December, 1998		117
Vol.4,No. 1, January-June 1998
Titles	Author	Page
Building a Consensus in Bangladesh Politics: Scope and Constraints	Rehman Sobhna	1
Role of Women in Decision Making and Economic Contribution at Household Level	S.M. Ikhtiar Alam	13
UN in the 21st Century Reforms	Dr. Maimul Ahsan Khan	34
Application of Environmental Accounting in Bangladesh	Aminur Rahman	48
COMMENTS AND SHORT COMMUNICATIONS
Refugees and Migratory Movements in South Asia	M. Habibur Rahman	65
A Peace of Timbuktu Democratic Governance, Development and African Peacemaking	Robin-Edward Poulton Ibrahim ag Youssouf	69
Documents:
Speech by the Prime Minister of India, Shri I.K. Gujral at the Bangladesh-India-Pakistan, Business Summit, Dhaka, 15 January 1998		74
Declaration of the Ninth SAARC Summit in Male, Maldives		89
Speech by His Excellency Mr. Mohammad Nawaz Sharif, Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan at the Bangladesh-India-Pakistan Business Summit, Dhaka, 15 January 1998		80
Speech by Her Excellency Sheikh Hasina Prime Minister of the Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh at the Opening Ceremony of the Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Business Summit, Dhaka, 02 Mahg, 1404, 15 January 1998		84
Bangladesh, India, Pakistan Business Summit, Joint Declaration, 15 January 1998		90
Vol.3,No. 2, January-June 1997
Titles	Author	Page
South Asian Security and the Implications for Small States	Zillur R. Khan	1
On Monetary Policy and Central Bank Independence	Kabir Hassan & Shah Abdul Hannan	19
International Debt Crisis and the Developing Countries	Soleman Mozammel	51
The CTBT: Analysis and Assessment	Jozel Goldblat	66
Documents:		83
Address by Her Excellency Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh at the Ninth SAARC Summit in Male, Maldives on 12 May 1997
Declaration of the Ninth SAARC Summit in Male, Maldives		89
Istanbul Declaration of Developing-8 (D-8), Istanbul 15 June 1997		107
Declaration on the establishment of the Bangladesh-India-Sri Lanka-Thailand Economic Cooperation (BIST-EC), Bangkok 6 June 1997		112
Vol.2,Nos. 3 & 4, July-December 1995 & January-June 1996
Titles	Author	Page
Prologue to Reassertion: Russia’s Policy Toward the Civil War in Post-Soviet Tajikistan	Dr. Shahid Alam	1
Official Development Finance for Industrial Development of the Least Developed Countries	Rehman Sobhan	25
Apartheid Revisited: Some Preliminary Comments	S.M. Ikhtiar Alam	57
India, China and Iran: Renewing Interaction Along the Old Silk Road	Ahmad Tariq Karim	66
Rural Electricity Demand, Renewable Energy Supply, and Developing Countries: A A Case study of Photovoltaics and Bangladesh	Dr. Lewis M. Fulton	84
Free and Fair Elections: The People’s Priorities	Dr. Kamal Hossain	95
The Reality of a Resurgent Asia	Dr. Mahathir Bin Mohamad	103
Documents:		110
Joint Communiqué issued at the conclusion of the State Visit of His Excellency Mr. Alpha Oumar Konare, President of the Republic of Mali to Bangladesh, 25-28 August, 1995
Joint Communiqué issued at the conclusion of the State Visit of His Excellency Mr. Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, to Bangladesh from 10th to 13th October, 1995		112
Statement of the Honourable Prime Minister of Bangladesh Begum Khaleda Zia at the Specail Commemorative Meeting of the 50th Anniversary of the United Nations.		117
Address by the Hon’ble Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina at the gathering of Foreign Heads of Missions in Dhaka on 24 June, 1996		120
Opening Statement by the Hon’ble Foreign Minister of Bangladesh at the Press Conference on 11 July, 1996		122
Vol.1,Nos. 1 & 2, January-June 1995
Titles	Author	Page
Human Rights: Bangladesh Perspective	K.M. Subhan	1
The Tilt Policy: The Nixon-Kissinger Role in the Bangladesh Liberation War	Shah. A.M.S. Kibria	8
Democracy, Government and Civil Society in South Asia	Gowher Rizvi	16
Training and Operation in Support of United Nations Peace-Keeping Efforts	Mufleh R. Osmany	46
Third South Asian Regional Dialogue and a New Order for South Asia: A Bangladesh Perspective	Dr. Kamal Hossain	56
Book Review:	S.M. Ikhtiar Alam	68
Shaping South Asia’s Future: Role of Regional Cooperation
Document:		72
Joint Press Statement issued on the visit of the Right Honourable Douglas Hurd, CBE, MP, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to Bangladesh from 3-5 January, 1995
Joint Communiqué issued at the conclusion of the official visit of Her Excellency Begum Khaleda Zia, Prime Minister of Bangladesh to the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka from 25-26 January, 1995		74
Joint Press Release after the state visit of Her Excellency Mrs. Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga, the President of Sri Lanka to Bangladesh from 28-30 March, 1995		78
Joint Statement at the end of the visit of Qatari Foreign Minister to Bangladesh from 1-2 April, 1995		80
Vol.1,No. 1, October-December 1994
Titles	Author	Page
Human Rights and Human Needs: Democracy and Development	Dr. Kamal Hossain	1
Redirecting South Asia’s Development Agenda	Rehman Sobhan	9
The Bangladesh-India Friendship Treaty: The Question of Renewal	S.A.M.S. Kibria	22
SAARC Preferential Trading Arrangement (SAPTA)	Abul Ahsan	30
The Ganges Water Issue	Amjad Hossain Khan	42
Perspectives of Peace in South Asia	Dr. Syed Anwar Hossain	52
Environmental Impact and Utility of Mangrove Forests in Bangladesh	Ismet Zerin Khan	67
Documents:		80
Myanmar-Bangladesh Border Trade Agreement
Joint Statement By Foreign Ministers of Myanmar and Bangladesh at conclusion of Myanmar Foreign Minister’s visit to Bangladesh		83
India-Bangladesh Joint Communiqué, May 28-1992		89
Policy Statement of Bangladesh: Excerpts from the inaugural address by Bangladesh Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia at the SAARC Finance/Planning Ministers Meeting on July 10,1994		93