Hafijur Rahman is an independent researcher and freelance journalist with expertise in Sino-US relations, the Middle East and Asia-Pacific affairs. He holds bachelor and master’s degrees in social sciences from the Department of International Relations, Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Historical and postcolonial grievances play a part but a greater driver is the anxiety caused by US behaviour – from the weaponisation of sanctions to the undermining of the WTO.