Bangladesh-Based ‘Rohingyas’ Mustn’t Agitate for Regime Change in Myanmar

Bangladesh-Based ‘Rohingyas’ Mustn’t Agitate for Regime Change in Myanmar

The aggressive statement by Bangladesh-based ‘Rohingya’ leader Dil Mohammad imploring the international community “to come forward and restore democracy at all costs” in Myanmar following Monday’s dramatic developments there is extremely counterproductive and risks confirming accusations that this Muslim minority group is being exploited as proxies for carrying out regime change in the Southeast Asian…

The ‘Indian Balkans’ Are Burning & It’s All Because of Modi

The ‘Indian Balkans’ Are Burning & It’s All Because of Modi

Indian Prime Minister Modi has a huge crisis on his hands entirely of his own making after some of the ethno-religiously diverse Northeastern States of the so-called ‘Seven Sisters’ are erupting in rage after the passage of the ‘Citizenship (Amendment) Bill’ that many fear will result in “replacement migration” against the indigenous population there, which…

India’s ‘Military Diplomacy’ Has Been a Mixed Bag of Success

India’s ‘Military Diplomacy’ Has Been a Mixed Bag of Success

India’s practice of “military diplomacy” in holding joint drills with a variety of Great Powers and regional states has been a mixed bag of success since the former has resulted in sending positive signals about “multi-alignment” while the latter risks fueling the fears of the domestic political opposition in those states that the South Asian…

Bangladesh’s Neo-Colonial Bondage to India Is at Risk of Breaking

Bangladesh’s Neo-Colonial Bondage to India Is at Risk of Breaking

The nationwide outrage that erupted following the mob lynching of a student who criticized his Indian-backed government’s recent lopsided deals with New Delhi earlier this month and the Bangladeshi military killing a member of the Indian “Border Security Force” in self-defense last week suggest that Bangladesh’s neo-colonial bondage to India is at risk of breaking,…

China’s BRI-plomacy Can Facilitate a Rapprochement Between Myanmar & Bangladesh

China’s BRI-plomacy Can Facilitate a Rapprochement Between Myanmar & Bangladesh

China’s active diplomatic efforts in trying to resolve the “Rohingya” issue can facilitate a rapprochement between Myanmar and Bangladesh that strengthens their trilateral cooperation through the Belt & Road Initiative (BRI) and secures a second corridor for Beijing to the Afro-Asian (“Indian”) Ocean complementing the one that it’s already pioneered through the global pivot state…

Bangladesh’s Elevated Role in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)

Bangladesh’s Elevated Role in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)

Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will visit China from July 3 to 5, during which time she’s expected to ink several agreements focusing mostly on power generation and economic cooperation, according to her country’s media. The South Asian state has always enjoyed excellent relations with China and has recently become one of its largest overseas…