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Bangladesh reduces risk of failure state in 4 years: US report
Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS)
DHAKA, Dec 15 (BSS) - Bangladesh reduced significantly the risk of becoming a "failure state" in the past four years after the Awami League-led grand alliance government took power through the landslide victory in 2008 national election, according to a recent report of the US National Intelligence Council.
Released in Washington DC on December 10, the report, titled Global Trends 2030: Alternative Worlds, predicted that some 15 countries are at the high risk of "state failure" by 2030, including four where the Obama administration is targeting Al Qaeda militants -Afghanistan, Pakistan, Somalia and Yemen.
Bangladesh was at the 11th place in this list in 2008, but it
was placed at the bottom this year, attributing to reduction of
many risk factors in the past four years. At the same time, the
risk factors in Pakistan escalated taking the country to one
notch up to the 11th position in the scale of the measuring
risks.
The 166-page report put Bangladesh in the list of the nine
countries where urbanization will be happening faster than other
parts of the world. Besides Bangladesh, the countries include
Brazil, Congo, Indonesia, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, the
Philippines and the United States. These countries will
contribute 26 percent to the global population.
The report suggests Bangladesh and some other countries to
take effective steps to stem food price inflation and expand
subsidies to basic food stuff if necessary while adopting rapid
investment policy.
It, however, cautioned that like Afghanistan, Pakistan and
Somalia, Bangladesh may not cope with the environmental
challenges and population pressure because of "faltering
governance institutions". The faltering institutions, the report
says, may lead these countries to a social conflict fueled by
limited resources like water and arable land.
On the global aspect, the report says majorities of people in
most countries will achieve middle-class economic status by 2030,
but the effects of climate change, an aging global population and
anti-government movements in authoritarian nations such as China
could cause upheaval in economic and political systems.
No other global power or international order is likely to
replace the United States' primacy, it said, even though in terms
of overall power - economic output, population, military spending
and investment -Asia will surpass North America and Europe over
the next two decades.
In a dramatic shift from previous reports, it projects that
the US will become energy independent because of abundant shale
gas deposits now accessible with hydraulic fracturing technology,
known as fracking. That is likely to reduce America's dependence
on energy sources from unstable regions of the world.
It said terrorists could use drone aircraft to deliver
biological toxins, or launch major cyber attacks to disable
infrastructure, the report warned. On the other hand, it
projected that the war against Al Qaeda is likely to be over by
2030.
Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS)
DHAKA, Dec 15 (BSS) - Bangladesh reduced significantly the risk of becoming a "failure state" in the past four years after the Awami League-led grand alliance government took power through the landslide victory in 2008 national election, according to a recent report of the US National Intelligence Council.
Released in Washington DC on December 10, the report, titled Global Trends 2030: Alternative Worlds, predicted that some 15 countries are at the high risk of "state failure" by 2030, including four where the Obama administration is targeting Al Qaeda militants -Afghanistan, Pakistan, Somalia and Yemen.
Bangladesh was at the 11th place in this list in 2008, but it
was placed at the bottom this year, attributing to reduction of
many risk factors in the past four years. At the same time, the
risk factors in Pakistan escalated taking the country to one
notch up to the 11th position in the scale of the measuring
risks.
The 166-page report put Bangladesh in the list of the nine
countries where urbanization will be happening faster than other
parts of the world. Besides Bangladesh, the countries include
Brazil, Congo, Indonesia, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, the
Philippines and the United States. These countries will
contribute 26 percent to the global population.
The report suggests Bangladesh and some other countries to
take effective steps to stem food price inflation and expand
subsidies to basic food stuff if necessary while adopting rapid
investment policy.
It, however, cautioned that like Afghanistan, Pakistan and
Somalia, Bangladesh may not cope with the environmental
challenges and population pressure because of "faltering
governance institutions". The faltering institutions, the report
says, may lead these countries to a social conflict fueled by
limited resources like water and arable land.
On the global aspect, the report says majorities of people in
most countries will achieve middle-class economic status by 2030,
but the effects of climate change, an aging global population and
anti-government movements in authoritarian nations such as China
could cause upheaval in economic and political systems.
No other global power or international order is likely to
replace the United States' primacy, it said, even though in terms
of overall power - economic output, population, military spending
and investment -Asia will surpass North America and Europe over
the next two decades.
In a dramatic shift from previous reports, it projects that
the US will become energy independent because of abundant shale
gas deposits now accessible with hydraulic fracturing technology,
known as fracking. That is likely to reduce America's dependence
on energy sources from unstable regions of the world.
It said terrorists could use drone aircraft to deliver
biological toxins, or launch major cyber attacks to disable
infrastructure, the report warned. On the other hand, it
projected that the war against Al Qaeda is likely to be over by
2030.
US simply planning a regime change
