Dhaka, April 28 -- British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Sarah Cooke on Tuesday said instability in the Middle East continues to reverberate far beyond the region, shaping global energy markets, disrupting shipping routes and driving price volatility that affects households and industries from London to Dhaka.

"Today, the international system is under acute strain," she said, noting that foreign policy must deliver security and prosperity at home, while upholding the rules-based international system.

That formulation may sound familiar, but the world in which it must be delivered has changed profoundly, the High Commissioner said at "DCAB Talk" hosted by the Diplomatic Correspondents Association, Bangladesh (DCAB) at the Jatiya Press ...