Chinese President Xi Jinping's state visit to Washington in September produced no major new agreement. But it did result in an extension of the trade truce that Xi and US President Donald Trump struck in Busan, South Korea, last October. Instead of expiring on November ...

Rebuilding trust among states is essential for effective international cooperation. Without trust, partnerships weaken. Without trust, institutions lose credibility. Without trust, diplomacy becomes more difficult and challenging. At the Bay of Bengal Conversation 20 ...

The process to lease Chittagong Port's New Mooring Container Terminal (NCT) by DP World, a UAE-based port operator, in fact the world's biggest port operator, had been mooted for years. We may trace its origins to the 2019 Memorandum of Understanding between the Governm ...