Podcast 118 - Regime change in Bangladesh
Socialist correspondent
- Published
- November 4, 2024
- Duration
- 19:27
- Summary source
- description
- Last updated
- Jun 7, 2026
Discusses In August the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina resigned. On the surface, and as reported …
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In August the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina resigned. On the surface, and as reported in mainstream media outlets, she was forced to step down due to student protests, but there were deeper geopolitical reasons behind her ousting. Not least she had raised US ire by refusing to host a United States military base in Bangladesh and by drawing c…
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In August the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina resigned. On the surface, and as reported in mainstream media outlets, she was forced to step down due to student protests, but there were deeper geopolitical reasons behind her ousting. Not least she had raised US ire by refusing to host a United States military base in Bangladesh and by drawing closer to China and the BRICS countries. The student movement, as has happened in similar situations in other countries, provided leverage for t