Featuring prominent scholars, legal experts, and civil society actors, this session critically examines the state’s institutional architecture and the underlying political logics that determine their performance and accountability. Discussions focus on historical patterns of governance, institutional decay, and the challenges of building effective, transparent, and citizen-oriented institutions in post-authoritarian contexts.
Economists, policymakers, and development professionals deliberate on the political settlements shaping Bangladesh’s economic trajectory. The session interrogates macroeconomic stability, investment climates, and distributional politics, seeking to uncover the political bargains and institutional mechanisms that underlie economic policy choices and their implications for inclusive development and long-term resilience.
This roundtable engages political actors, academics, development professionals, legal practitioners, and human rights researchers in a dialogue on the evolving political order in Bangladesh. Emphasis is placed on institutional reforms, transitional justice, and citizen participation, with particular attention to how emerging and established political forces navigate reform agendas amidst historical grievances and ideological contestations.
This panel convenes academic economists, policy advisors, and political representatives to debate the foundations of a sustainable economic future. Core themes include employment generation, public investment strategies, and the social contract between the state and citizens. The discussion critically explores how economic policymaking can be realigned to serve justice, equity, and environmental sustainability.
Bringing together security experts, international relations scholars, and policy advisors, this session explores Bangladesh’s strategic position within shifting Asian geopolitical dynamics. Discussions examine regional integration, great power competition, and the role of domestic political stability in shaping Bangladesh’s foreign policy. The conversation underscores the interplay between national interest, multilateralism, and regional security architectures.
Prominent writers, academics, and legal thinkers reflect on the July 2024 revolution in Bangladesh as a potential turning point or a recurring historical pattern. Discussions address the socio-political forces that propelled the uprising, the cultural and ideological significance of collective resistance, and whether transformative change is possible within the constraints of historical repetition.
This South Asian dialogue assembles distinguished historians and public intellectuals to interrogate the entanglements of memory, identity, and political subjectivity across the subcontinent. By tracing historical continuities from colonial partition to contemporary anxieties, the session engages with how historical memory informs nationalisms, erasures, and democratic imagination across postcolonial South Asia.
