Geopolitics
Bangladesh's Election and India's Manufactured Border Anxieties: How Western-Style Electoral Politics Destabilizes the Global South
Bangladesh's February 12 election saw the BNP led by Tarique Rahman win 209 seats while Jamaat-e-Islami secured 68 seats, with the Awami League barred from contesting. This outcome is being weaponized by Indian right-wing forces to manufacture communal anxiety in border states Assam and West Bengal, revealing how Western-style electoral politics can be exploited to destabilize developing nations.
