Maurizio Geri
Dr. Maurizio Geri is a former analyst on the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) at the NATO Allied Command Transformation in Norfolk, US and NATO Southern Hub in Naples, Italy. He is currently an analyst for the Italian Defence General Staff and has 20 years of experience in research and civilian operations on peace and security, international order, democratization, human rights and collective defence (particularly in the MENA). He has delivered research for various think tanks including The Carter Center and The Washington Institute for the Near East. He is the author of "Ethnic minorities in democratising Muslim countries" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018).
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Bangladesh’s FY2026–27 Budget: Navigating Macroeconomic Rebalancing, Fiscal Consolidation, and Financial Sector Reforms — A...
Bangladesh’s FY2026–27 national budget is being formulated at a pivotal juncture, marked by heightened macroeconomic imbalances, constrained fiscal space, external sector pressures, and structural weaknesses across revenue administration and financial intermediation. In this context, the upcoming budget is expected to function not merely as an expenditure framework but as...
War, Captivity and Return in Sri Lanka – An “emic view” into the life...
Source: Forum Yarl Ajith Boyagoda in Killinocchi in 2005
“A Long Watch” is the memoir of Commodore Ajith Boyagoda, who spent eight years in captivity by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in the war-ravaged northern region of Sri Lanka from 1994 until his release in 2002. The book,...
Public Review of the EU Election Observation Mission Final Report on the 2026 Parliamentary...
Public Review of the EU Election Observation Mission Final Report on the 2026 Parliamentary Elections in Bangladesh
South Asia Democratic Forum (SADF)
Background
On 28 April 2026, the European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) published its Final Report on the 12 February 2026 parliamentary elections in Bangladesh (1), describing the elections...