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Trying to be a regional power on its way to being a global one, India is turning a blind eye to the fact that while Eurasia is a reality mainly because of BRI. The time of world leaders, global or even regional powers dominating others is vanishing and a multipolar world is in the making.
December, 2020
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22 December
Tough Love – Bangladeshi Foreign Policy on China, India, and the US
What appears to be Bangladesh's vague foreign policy outlook to external actors is rather a well-disguised regional maneuver based on a transactional relationship with China, and the United States, for a better balance of power, writes one analyst.
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14 December
Pakistan and Bangladesh – Time to Move On
With the global and the regional power balances changing, new options for openings are available for both Pakistan and Bangladesh to use all the opportunities arising. Reforging a diplomatic and economic alliance between our two countries could be a priority.
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6 December
View from Bangladesh: Boosting Trade Relations with Bhutan
With this PTA, some 100 Bangladeshi items are to get duty free access to the markets in Bhutan while about 34 items from Bhutan will get access to the Bangladeshi market -- with much more room to grow and explore.
November, 2020
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17 November
Is Bangladesh Stuck on the Periphery of Asia Because of India?
India has self-isolated from the core of Asia, but Bangladesh cannot remain shivering in the cold outside, says one analyst.
October, 2020
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16 October
View from Bangladesh: How Grateful is India?
One Bangladeshi writer laments how India disrespects his nation despite it being grateful for Delhi's help in his country's liberation war. "Our neighboring nation should have had a more mature attitude after all these years," he says.
September, 2020
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7 September
Why Bangladeshis Are Unhappy With the Visit of India’s Top Diplomat?
Many in Bangladesh are criticizing the recent unannounced visit of India's Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla to Dhaka. Bangladeshis think India is pressing Dhaka to drift away from China.
July, 2020
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19 July
Remembering Genocide: From Bosnia & Herzegovina to Kashmir
The disunited Muslim countries are responsible for the miseries of the Kashmiri people. The money of the Muslim countries, particularly the Arab countries, even Bangladesh, is used to kill the Muslims of Kashmir, and beyond.
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3 July
Bangladeshi Importers Ban Indian Goods in a Tit-for-Tat Move
Bangladesh has banned imports from India via land route following New Delhi's refusal to allow Bangladeshi trucks bring in goods. Bangladeshi traders complain, the Indian ban is causing them heavy losses.
June, 2020
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27 June
View from Bangladesh: India’s Need for Soul Searching
India’s relations with its South Asian neighbors are on a free fall at present while their own relations with China are on an upward trajectory. The freefall in India’s relations with its South Asian neighbors has come at a time when ironically prime minister Narendra Modi has been pursuing a ‘neighbors first’ policy in his second term; an irony indeed.
