Another publisher has been murdered in Bangladesh. Faisal Arefin Dipan published the works of Avijit Roy who was murdered last February. Roy was a blogger who sharply criticized religious fundamentalism in Bangladesh. Defenders of secularism has have a tough time in Bangladesh as religious extremists seek to impose religious law in the country. Bangladesh’s Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, has criticized those who defend secularism and has been quoted as saying that writers should “not hurt anybody’s [religious] feeling. When you are living in a society, you have to honor the social values, you have to honor the others’ feelings.”
It is impossible to know Russian President Vladimir Putin’s true objectives in moving into Ukraine and Syria. But Tim Marshall argues that geography explains a great deal of Russian motives. Marshall argues that the relatively flat “European plain” is a very inviting corridor for those who wish to invade Russia (think Charles XII, Napoleon, and Hitler), and Russia is constantly worried about creating defensive barriers to such invasion by controlling countries along its western border. Geopolitics can explain a great deal.
The European Plain
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