Kazi Anwarul Masud is a former secretary and ambassador of Bangladesh. His writings for Criterion Quarterly are: Some Thoughts on Democracy A Critical View of the Political Developments in Pakistan Bangladesh Economy and Global Crisis
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By Kazi Anwarul Masud* Abstract The contagion of global meltdown that started in the US has caught up with the others. What should then the least developed countries such as Bangladesh do?Ever since the Asian recession of 1997-98, the US has been described as “the buyer of last resort” taking in imports that could not
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By Kazi Anwarul Masud[1] Abstract Authoritarian military regimes have ruled Pakistan over extended periods since the country’s emergence in 1947. In this period there have been brief interludes of unstable civilian governments. Contemporary Pakistan is beset by terrorism, sectarian violence and religious extremism. The writ of the state has been eroded particularly in the Federally
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By Kazi Anwarul Masud [1] Abstract (Ideally democracy and the rule of law should reinforce each other. However this has not always been the experience of developing societies because the elected majority often betrays the trust reposed on them by the people. Unbridled power exercised by politicians can degenerate into “brute majoritarianism” and result in plunder
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