Politics/Defense

Writer : Harun ur Rashid
ISBN : 984 08 0197 X
Year of Publication : Second Revised Edition, 2012
Cover Design : Golam Kabir
Size : 8.5"x5.5"
Price : Tk. 600 (hardback) /US$ 25
   

Bangladesh Foreign Policy


Being a small-sized country (147,570 square kilometres) almost surrounded by India with a large population (140 million as of 2005), limited natural resources and dependence on foreign aid, the author argues Bangladesh has limited range of options in foreign policy. The author defines national interests rigorously in the context of a new set of realities, recognises what is and what is not achievable for Bangladesh and sets priorities and challenges accordingly.
The book is built around four themes: .
(i) Historical backgrounds as well as the domestic and international setting, the foreign policy making-process, the principal actors in formulating foreign policy, the country`s strengths and weaknesses and impact of changes in international politics, (ii) Nature and content of interactions of Bangladesh with countries in various regions, (iii) Role of Bangladesh in inter-governmental organisations including in the UN and SAARC, Commonwealth and Non-Aligned Movement and (iv) Some of the challenging security, economic and social issues Bangladesh is likely to face at the 21st century. .
The book provides an account that reveals the shape and direction of Bangladesh foreign policy. It also makes a statement where Bangladesh is going and why. .
First of its kind in its rather exhaustive treatment of foreign policy, the book will be useful tool for teachers and students of international relations, political science and history, journalists, diplomats and general readers who are interested in the study of Bangladesh foreign policy.
 
Writer : A. K. M. Abdus & Humayun Kabir
ISBN : 9840801597
Year of Publication : 2000
Cover Design
Size : 8.5"X5.5"
Price : Tk. 200 (hareback) / US$ 10
   

Conflict Management & Sub-Regional Cooperation in ASEAN: Relevance for SAARC


The book ‘Conflict Management and Sub-Regional Co-operation in ASEAN: Relevance for SAARC’ deals with two distinct and yet inextricably linked realms in the experiences of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (NSEAN)-managing intra-group conflicts and pursuing sub-regional co-operation with a view to examining their relevance for the South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation (SAARC). In Part 1, the book deals with the intricacies of the mechanisms and politico diplomatic processes for the management of intra-group conflicts developed by ASEAN countries over the years with a focus on understanding the mode of their functioning as well as their effectiveness. In the Part II, the book deals with the concept of growth triangle, surveys the sub-regional economic zones in East and Southeast Asia and brings out the potentials for and the challenges to the proposed South Asian Growth Quadrangle (SAGQ). The focus in the second half of the book is on exploring the possibility of learning lessons from the ASEAN experiences in sub-regional co-operation for the similar mode of economic co-operation in South Asia.
 
Writer : Shyamali Ghosh
ISBN
Year of Publication : 1990
Cover Design : Md. Golam Sarwar
Size : 8.5"X5.5"
Price : Tk. 325 / US$ 20
   

The Awami League 1949-1971


This book is about the Awami League since its inception in 1949 as the East Pakistan Awami Muslim League later rechristened as the East Pakistan Awami League till 1971 when to the aftermath of the Pakistani military crackdown it formed the provisional Government of Bangladesh and reorganised itself as the Bangladesh Awami League.
 
Writer : Denis Wright
ISBN
Year of Publication : 1988
Cover Design
Size : 8.5"X5.5"
Price : Tk. 300 (hardback) / US$ 16
   

Bangladesh Origins and Indian Ocean Relations (1971-75)


In this study, Dr. Wright provides an explanation of events which occurred in the first phase of Bangladesh’s existence during the time of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. These events have been analysed in the light of the country’s historical inheritance and the powerful political, economic and military pressures exerted by its Indian Ocean neighbours. To Bangladesh’s origins sets the scene for a detailed study of its relation with India, Pakistan, and various Islamic states of the region.
 
Writer : Talukder Moniruzzaman
ISBN
Year of Publication : 1989
Cover Design : Md. Mohsin
Size : 8.5"X5.5"
Price : Tk. 100 (hardback) / US$ 10
   

Security of Small State in Third World


 
Writer : à¦®à¦¾à¦¹à¦®à§à¦¦ হাসান
ISBN : 984 08 0217 3
Year of Publication : 1990
Cover Design : à¦®à§à¦¹à¦¾à¦®à§à¦®à¦¦ মহসীন
Size : 7.3"X5.1"
Price : Tk. 40, US$ 5
   

তৃতীয় বিশ্বের ডাক


তৃতীয় বিশ্বের বর্তমান অবস্থার জন্য দায়ী ইউরোপ-ইউরোপের সাম্রাজ্যবাদ ও উপনিবেশবাদ। দুটি-দুটি কেন, তিনটি-ওতপ্রোতভাবে জড়িত। সাম্রাজ্যবাদ ও উপনিবেশবাদ দ্বারা সৃষ্ট ইউরোপের ধ্বংস না হলে তৃতীয় বিশ্ব প্রতিষ্ঠিত হতে পারবে না। একথা ফ্যানন জানেন। তাঁর ‘পৃথিবীর হতভাগ্য’ নামক গ্রন্থটি একই সঙ্গে তৃতীয় বিশ্বের ঘোষণাপত্র ও উপনিবেশবাদের বিরুদ্ধে জ্বলন্ত দলিল। বিংশ শতাব্দীর উপর যে ক’জনের প্রভাব সবচেয়ে বেশী পড়েছে, ফ্যানন তাঁদের একজন। ‘পৃথিবীর হতভাগ্য’ তাঁর সবচেয়ে পরিচিত ও আলোচিত গ্রন্থ। অনুবাদক মাহমুদ হাসান বাংলাভাষী পাঠক-পাঠিকাদের জন্য এ গ্রন্থটি বাংলায় অনুবাদ করেছেন।
 
Writer : à¦†à¦¬à§à¦² কালাম
ISBN : 984 08 0216 x
Year of Publication : à§§à§¯à§¯à§¦
Cover Design : à¦®à§à¦¹à¦¾à¦®à§à¦®à¦¦ মহসীন
Size : 8.5"X5.5"
Price : Tk.100, US$ 10
   

সমকালীন আন্তর্জাতিক রাজনীতি


সমকালীন আন্তর্জাতিক সম্পর্ক ব্যাপক ও বিচিত্রধর্মী, কেননা আদর্শিক ও রাজনৈতিকভাবে সমকালীন বিশ্ব ব্যাপকভাবে রূপান্তরিত হয়েছে। বর্তমানে বিশ্ব যেমন সমস্যা ও সংকটে আবর্তিত তেমনি এতে বেশ কিছু ইতিবাচক উপাদানও পরিলক্ষিত হয়। এসব সম্পর্কে তত্ত্বীয় গবেষণা ও বিশ্লেষণ সাম্প্রতিককালের আন্তর্জাতিক রাজনীতির বহুবিধ সমস্যা ও সংকটকে ঘিরে রচিত বিভিন্ন প্রবন্ধ সংকলিত হয়েছে আন্তর্জাতিক অধ্যয়ন সমিতি, বাংলাদেশ-এর এই গ্রন্থে।
 
Writer : à¦®à¦¾à¦¹à¦®à§à¦¦ হাসান
ISBN
Year of Publication : à§§à§¯à§¯à§«
Cover Design : à¦®à§à¦¹à¦¾à¦®à§à¦®à¦¦ মহসীন
Size : 8.5"X5.5"
Price : Tk.100, US$ 10
   

উপসাগরীয় যুদ্ধ ও ইউরো-মার্কিন দৃষ্টিতে তৃতীয় বিশ্ব


উপসাগরীয় যুদ্ধ আমাদের দেখিয়েছে পশ্চিমের শক্তি ও মন কীভাবে কাজ করে। সাদ্দাম হুসেন ঠিক না ভুল তাদের জন্য এটা ছিলো অপ্রাসঙ্গিক। সাদ্দাম যেহেতু শক্তিশালী হয়ে পড়েছিলেন এবং ইউরোপ ও বিশেষ করে মার্কিন যুক্তরাষ্টের অবাধ্যতা করছিলেন এগুলোই ছিলো তার ইরাককে ধ্বংস করার যথেষ্ট কারণ। উপসাগরীয় যুদ্ধের নানা অভিজ্ঞতার কথা লেখক এ গ্রন্থে বর্ণনা করেছেন। এ- বইয়ের বেশীর ভাগ নিবন্ধই উপসাগরীয় যুদ্ধ চলাকালীন সময়ে ও তার ঠিক পর পর লেখা।
 
Writer : Tofail Ahmed
ISBN : 984 08 0091 4
Year of Publication : 1993
Cover Design
Size : 8.5"X5.5"
Price : Tk. 350, US$ 20
   

Decentralization & the local State Under Peripheral Capitalism


The study also provides with new analytical tools to study the political history of the development of local government and the local state in the sub-continent, specially in Pakistan and Bangladesh together with some of the recent positive developments in various Indian states, such as West Bengal, Kerala and Maharastra to enlighten the whole discussion with a comparative outlook. So far this may be regarded as a pioneering work in the field of central-local relations in the peripheral societies in the post cold war era specially for identifying the paradoxes created between deregulation and reregulation, debureucratisation and rebureacratesation, democracy and disenfranchisement and finally decentralisation and recentralisation with empirical evidence from the upazila programme of Bangladesh.
 
Writer : Mahmud Hassan
ISBN : 984 08 0079 5
Year of Publication : August 1992
Cover Design
Size : 7.4"X4.8"
Price : Tk. 65, US$ 5
   

Gulf War
The Third World and the Euro-American Society


Logic and rationality have long ceased to be a part of the ruling life of Europe and America. The great men and women who nurtured these qualities are ancient history now. And ruling hierarchies are making sure that the great names of the present day voices of dissent-do not enter the pages of their history. Europe and America are now ruled by men who are conscience-free, pseudo-cultured and half-educated. They are running at a great speed, but do not know where they are going to. They do not care to know as long as the rest of the world is under their feet.
 
Writer : Ikhtiar Jahan Kabir
ISBN : 984 08 0246 1
Year of Publication : 2009
Cover Design : Ikhtair Jahan Kabir and Bashir al Mamun
Size : 8.5"X5.5"
Price : Tk. 350 (hardback), US$ 16
   

Regionalism in South Asia A Critique of the Functionalist Approach


Regionalism in South Asia in this book has been seen as a process for spreading cooperation in the region, comprising eight states- Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka (during the study period Afghanistan was not member of SAARC Naturally Afghanistan could not be brought into the analysis). As the process of cooperation in this region functionalist line has been adopted. The objective is to cooperate with one another to address the problems of common concern with a confidence that through collaboration of the regional states solution to the problems is possible.
The objective of the study is to have a critique on the regional process in South-Asia through the criteria derived from functionalism (of integration theory of regionalism). In this book how far the process is compatible to the adopted functionalist line and whether the envisaged spread and enhancement of cooperation in attitude, behaviour and institution or organisation are really happening are the vital thrust areas. Thus, as the tool of analysis, a theoretical framework of functionalism has been used. The state, people, and their culture, and their needs and limitations have come across in the analysis, with a special emphasis on the emancipation of the masses from poverty and underdevelopment.