Silvia Mayr
Silvia Mayr is SADF’s Research Assistant. She holds an Erasmus Mundus Joint Master’s Degree (EMJMD) in Mediterranean Relations from Universitat Autonoma of Barcelona, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice and Université Paul Valery of Montpellier, which she concluded with a dissertation on EU policies for returning foreign fighters from the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. She also obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Middle Eastern Cultures and Languages (Arabic, Hebrew) from Ca’ Foscari University.
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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...
US–Bangladesh New Trade Agreement: Impacts of Ending Subsidies in Agriculture and Industry, and Future...
On February 9, 2026, Bangladesh’s interim government signed a bilateral trade agreement with the United States. This agreement has sparked widespread debate regarding Bangladesh’s autonomy in economic policymaking and its sovereignty (CPD April 19, 2026). As an apparent concession, the United States reduced reciprocal tariffs on Bangladeshi goods from...
Iran, Israel, and US War: South Asian Migrant Workers and the Need for a...
Introduction:
“It was nothing like any sound I have heard before in my life,” said Vikrant, a 28-year-old Dubai-based Indian delivery worker, recalling the thunder of explosions when Iranian drones struck the United Arab Emirates (Kumar, 2026). Fearing for his safety, he shared only his first name. Today, Vikrant’s anxiety...