Summary - SH

1) Diplomatic tensions after Bangladesh sentenced former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to death. The most likely outcome is a tense but controlled standoff: India will avoid extraditing Sheikh Hasina by invoking treaty provisions against politically charged convictions. Dhaka will continue pressing the issue publicly but stop short of dramatic escalation, instead focusing on internal consolidation and elections. Outright crisis or regional destabilization is unlikely unless Bangladesh’s internal politics deteriorate sharply. 2) “Charles Tilly’s dictum — ‘war makes states and states make war’ — gains analytical relevance in postcolonial contexts, where conflict functions not only as a mechanism of state consolidation but also as a catalyst for national self-definition. The narratives that emerge from these formative struggles often become the raw material of nationalism, which operates by constructing a usable past — the belief that people once undertook extraordinary efforts against formidable odds. In this way, the processes of state formation and nationalist myth-making become mutually reinforcing, each legitimizing the other.”

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