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The BRI and Sino-Indian geo-economic competition in Bangladesh: Coping strategy of a small state (2019)
Journal Article
Chakma, B. (2019). The BRI and Sino-Indian geo-economic competition in Bangladesh: Coping strategy of a small state. Strategic Analysis, 43(3), 227-239. https://doi.org/10.1080/09700161.2019.1599567

This article explains the Sino-Indian geo-economic competition in Bangladesh in the wake of the former’s launching of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in 2013. Beijing intends to fund various large-scale infrastructure projects in Bangladesh under... Read More about The BRI and Sino-Indian geo-economic competition in Bangladesh: Coping strategy of a small state.

Security Perceptions and Practices of the Indigenous People of the Chittagong Hills Tracts in Bangladesh (2019)
Journal Article
Chakma, B. (2019). Security Perceptions and Practices of the Indigenous People of the Chittagong Hills Tracts in Bangladesh. International Quarterly for Asian Studies, 49(1-2), 83-104. https://doi.org/10.11588/iqas.2018.1-2.8704

This paper explains the security perceptions and practices of the indigenous peoples of the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) in Bangladesh. In doing so, it adopts an interpretive ethnographic approach in which it posits, based on fieldwork experiences an... Read More about Security Perceptions and Practices of the Indigenous People of the Chittagong Hills Tracts in Bangladesh.

SAARC and region-building: is South Asia a region? (2018)
Journal Article
Chakma, B. (2018). SAARC and region-building: is South Asia a region?. Journal of the Indian Ocean Region, 14(2), 189-205. https://doi.org/10.1080/19480881.2018.1478272

'Region' is a contested concept. Although scholars have extensively debated the issue, there is no consensus on the definition of region. While some scholars emphasise geographic proximity as a key factor, others put importance to cognitive and ideat... Read More about SAARC and region-building: is South Asia a region?.

Sheikh Hasina Government’s India policy: a three-level game? (2015)
Journal Article
Chakma, B. (2015). Sheikh Hasina Government’s India policy: a three-level game?. Journal of Asian security and international affairs, 2(1), 27-51. https://doi.org/10.1177/2347797014565291

This article seeks to analyze the sources of the Sheikh Hasina government’s India-positive foreign policy approach from theoretical and empirical standpoints. Theoretically, it engages three broad schools of thought and their competing claims about s... Read More about Sheikh Hasina Government’s India policy: a three-level game?.

Escalation Control, Deterrence Diplomacy and America's Role in South Asia's Nuclear Crises (2012)
Journal Article
Chakma, B. (2012). Escalation Control, Deterrence Diplomacy and America's Role in South Asia's Nuclear Crises. Contemporary Security Policy, 33(3), 554-576. https://doi.org/10.1080/13523260.2012.727684

This article assesses the significance of American diplomatic intervention in the de-escalation of two South Asian nuclear crises - the 1999 Kargil conflict and the 2001-2002 military stand-off. The American role in those crises is often referred to... Read More about Escalation Control, Deterrence Diplomacy and America's Role in South Asia's Nuclear Crises.

The post-colonial state and minorities: ethnocide in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh (2010)
Journal Article
Chakma, B. (2010). The post-colonial state and minorities: ethnocide in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh. Commonwealth and Comparative Politics, 48(3), 281-300. https://doi.org/10.1080/14662043.2010.489746

This paper argues that ethnocide in post-colonial states can be located in the interplay of three processes: (1) nation-building and development visions of the bureaucratic state; (2) the struggle for autonomy by the minorities; and (3) militarised p... Read More about The post-colonial state and minorities: ethnocide in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh.

Structural roots of violence in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (2010)
Journal Article
Chakma, B. (2010). Structural roots of violence in the Chittagong Hill Tracts. Economic and Political Weekly, 45(12), 19-21

The continued violence in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh is rooted in the state's policy of erasing the ethnic identity of the indigenous people and usurping their land for settling Bengali-speaking populations. In this, Bangladesh has foll... Read More about Structural roots of violence in the Chittagong Hill Tracts.