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The intensifying US-China rivalry risks creating a dangerous bipolar trap, forcing nations to choose sides and eroding strategic autonomy. Instead of direct war, this polarisation fragments global supply chains, technology, and diplomacy. Middle powers like India, balancing Quad ties with BRICS, play a vital role in preventing a divided world order. Avoiding bipolar dominance is the 21st century’s greatest geopolitical challenge.- Published on
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Bangladesh’s economic development has led to deeper Chinese investment in infrastructure, ports, defence, and industry, pulling it into China’s orbit. India must re-draw its Bangladesh strategy to counter growing Chinese influence in its neighbourhood.- Published on
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India-Bangladesh relations, since 1971 have oscillated from a rarest success story from Hasina era to an overt turmoil under Yunus. Tarique Rahman’s election as Bangladesh’s new Prime Minister offers an optimistic yet cautious window for a reset. But given Rahman’s Bangladesh first policy, India must earn back its influence and not merely assume it.- Published on
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Nepal has managed to engage with various development initiatives of US, China and India. Under the leadership of PM Balen Shah, Nepal continues to focus on hydropower, connectivity, selective infrastructure projects and diversified multilateral financing to secure strategic autonomy amid the changing global geopolitics.
