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\u2018Peak Disorder\u2019 is Jason\u2019s coinage for: the democratic world\u2019s inability to exert ordering capacity to respond to new challenges except if they are existentially pressing because we are simply too divided, distracted, and overtaxed by existing crises. This phenomenon of \u2018peak disorder\u2019 is epitomized over the last two months by events in Bangladesh.\xa0\xa0\n\xa0\nBangladesh\u2019s embattled prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, fled the country on Aug 5, 2024, after a brutal government crackdown against protests had resulted in hundreds of deaths. The country\u2019s president, the armed forces, and political parties selected a temporary \u201ccaretaker\u201d government led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus. The key opposition party the BNP has accepted the transition. However, some factions in the country are upset with the nature of the caretaker government\u2019s reforms and the slow progress towards elections.\xa0\xa0\nBangladesh is a country with strong economic potential and many opportunities for progress, but its transition from corrupt populism/creeping authoritarianism back to democracy needs to be aided by outside economic help and by being insulated from disordering geopolitical rivalries. Bangladesh\u2019s transition is unfolding amidst Peak Disorder. This makes it very fraught. To delve deeper into events in Bangladesh and what they say about \u2018Peak Disorder\u2019, Jason is joined by Michael Kugelman the Director of the South Asia Institute at the Wilson Centre.\xa0\n\xa0\nTo get more background information and perspective about this very complex topic pleasure join our substack: https://natoandtheged.substack.com/\xa0\n\xa0\n\xa0\nProducer: George McDonagh\xa0\nExec Producer: Neil Fearn\xa0\n\xa0\nShow Notes Links:\xa0\nMichael\u2019s sterling interview with The Daily Star that gets into the geopolitics of the situation:\xa0\nhttps://www.thedailystar.net/opinion/geopolitical-insights/news/the-geopolitics-sheikh-hasinas-fall-explained-3676511\xa0\nMichael\u2019s bio: https://www.wilsoncenter.org/person/michael-kugelman\xa0\xa0\nFor a real concise takes on the facts of what has happened in Bangladesh:\xa0\nhttps://theconversation.com/bangladeshs-protests-explained-what-led-to-pms-ouster-and-the-challenges-that-lie-ahead-236190\xa0\nA good overview podcast by ABC (Australia) about how we got to where we are now which also interviews Michael Kugelman:\xa0\nhttps://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/rearvision/bangladesh-politics-and-the-business-of-remembering/104180756\xa0\nAnd for an update on the current state of play in Bangladesh and what might lie ahead:\xa0\nhttps://apnews.com/article/bangladesh-yunus-hasina-khaleda-zia-election-3525d4c39c748a974f67b62efadb23b9\xa0\nAnd for the conceptual take on how Tyrants rise and fall revisit Ep 67 with Marcel Dirsus: https://pod.link/1706818264/episode/bcd89a117331e217c82af1d018e28d9e\xa0\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices