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162485
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Money Laundering (ML) and Terrorist Financing (TF) are global phenomena with pervasive politico-economic implications. These two menaces undermine the financial stability and integrity of a country. Crimes related to ML and TF have become more apparent in a couple of decades. Most countries of the world have responded to the menaces by building Anti-Money Laundering/ Combating the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) regime. This trend gained a special momentum after the deadly and tragic events of 9/11. Countries all over the world continue to evolve their AML/CFT regimes to better cope with the changing situation. They are creating new laws and updating the existing ones; building institutional arrangements; enhancing cooperation with different intergovernmental bodies which promote AML/CFT policies and monitor member countries’ progress. Bangladesh has developed its own AML/CFT regime. The aim and purpose of this paper is to analyze the development of AML/CFT regime in Bangladesh. It also intends to evaluate the existing AML/CFT regime in the country.
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165534
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China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) was launched in 2016. Prior to that, the leadership and authority of the Multilateral Development Banks (MDB) were mainly controlled by the United States (US), Western Europe and Japan. Now the world has been experiencing the emergence of a new player in this domain, China. The China-led AIIB has sparked a major debate over China’s motivations behind establishing the Bank and the geostrategic implications of the Bank for both regional and extra-regional actors. Therefore, the paper endeavours to understand why China has created the AIIB. It also explores the geostrategic implications of the Bank for the region and beyond. Finally, the paper addresses certain challenges which the Bank needs to address to be a fullfledged MDB.
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ID:
159612
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The growing weight of China in terms of power and influence, defined either as a pole of attraction or as a pole of opposition, shapes the strategic environment of the Asia Pacific as well as the South Asian region. China has taken up its One Belt, One Road (OBOR) project, which is aimed at building trade and infrastructure network and ensuring access to trade and energy passage. It is both a development and diplomatic project for China focused on creating an economic and political sphere of influence not only in the region but also in the global context. Most countries in South Asia are engaged with this OBOR initiative. In this backdrop, Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Bangladesh in October 2016. During the visit, Bangladesh joined the OBOR initiative and both the countries pledged to upgrade their relations from the existing ‘closer comprehensive partnership’ to ‘strategic partnership’. In this respect, the main objectives of this paper are to understand the strategic partnership in the context of Bangladesh-China relations, to identify the factors shaping Bangladesh-China strategic partnership and to explore the implications of this partnership for both Bangladesh and China. The paper also elucidates its regional ramifications.
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161953
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