When conflict ignites in the Middle East, its heat is felt far beyond the region — in the fuel lines and household budgets of nations like Bangladesh, thousands of miles away. This week, Dhaka raised fuel prices, acknowledging what developing economies know well: imported energy leaves a country exposed to forces it cannot shape. The decision trades short-term hardship for long-term fiscal stability, a calculation that is neither easy nor new, but increasingly familiar in a world where geopolitical tremors travel fast and land hardest on those with the least cushion.