Changing Nature of Conflict: Fighting Hybrid War in the 21st Century.
Channel: BIPSS
Date: 28/12/2022

BIPSS, in collaboration with Dhaka Tribune, recently hosted a roundtable on ‘Changing Nature of Conflict: Fighting Hybrid War in the 21st Century’ at The Westin Dhaka. The event was moderated by Major General ANM Muniruzzaman (Retd), President of BIPSS and Mr. Zafar Sobhan, Editor of The Dhaka Tribune.The roundtable had an expert panel comprising of Lt General A T M Zahirul Alam (Retd), Former Commandant, National Defence College (NDC), Group Capt Mohammad Zahidul Islam Khan (Retd), Former Dean, Faculty of Science, Social Science & Liberal Arts, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Aviation & Aerospace University and Mr Shafqat Munir, Head of BCTR and Senior Research Fellow, BIPSS. 

The session was attended by ambassadors and senior diplomats based in Dhaka, government officials, defence personnel, academics, editors, journalists, scholars, and students among others. They discused how conflicts are fought in new, innovative, and radically different ways these days known as hybrid war. Bangladesh is not excluded from this massive global threat. A multi-sector approach is needed to combat the threat of hybrid war.