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Water as a Multilateral Issue? The Case of Bangladesh and Implications for Indian Diplomacy
Even as India-Bangladesh ties have seen signs of economic and political stress in recent days and weeks, one recent development with bilateral implications went largely unnoticed. On June 20, Bangladesh became the first South Asian country to accede to the…
India and Bangladesh Should Insulate Their Border from Bilateral Tensions
A year since the unceremonious ouster of Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, a long-time ally of India, all is not well along the India-Bangladesh border. Stretching over 4,000 kilometers, it is India’s longest land border, and among the ten longest…
Can India and Bangladesh Clear the Slate a Year after Hasina?
August 5 marked one year since the fall of the Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League (AL) government in Dhaka. In the twelve months since, under an interim government (IG) with Muhammad Yunus as Chief Advisor, Bangladesh’s legacy political parties including the…
Bangladesh, A Year after the Uprising: Between Democratic Promise and Political Peril
One year ago, on August 5, 2024, Bangladesh's former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was ousted from power and forced to flee to India. Once dubbed "Asia's iron lady" for her blend of development-driven nationalism, authoritarian governance, and unrivaled dominance over…
BIMSTEC Seeks to Succeed Where SAARC Failed
The Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) is increasingly positioned as the primary vehicle for regional cooperation in South Asia amid the decline of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC). BIMSTEC – comprising…
Yunus Visit Resets Bangladesh-China Relations
The recent visit to Beijing by Bangladesh Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus marked a historic milestone in Bangladesh-China relations, commemorating the 50th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two countries. Since the establishment of diplomatic relations in August 1975, China has…