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Bangladesh: Protests, Crackdowns and a Coming Election
Bangladesh: Protests, Crackdowns and a Coming Election
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Length:
26 minutes
Released:
Jan 9, 2023
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Podcast episode
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In December protests erupted in cities across Bangladesh, including the capital Dhaka. The proximate cause was skyrocketing inflation triggered in part by Russia's war in Ukraine. But as my guest Michael Kugelman explains these were not mass protests, but rather highly partisan events ahead of elections scheduled for this year. Michael Kugelman is director of the South Asia Institute at the Wilson Center in Washington DC. We kick off discussing the significance of these protests. We then have a longer conversation about how these protests fits into broader trends in Bangladeshi politics and economy -- including Bangladesh's remarkable economic growth and its increasing authoritarianism under prime minister Sheikh Hasina.
Released:
Jan 9, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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