Tag: Bay of Bengal

India is losing Bangladesh to China and Pakistan, and it could get worse

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

India is losing Bangladesh to China and Pakistan, and it could get worse

Source: St. Martin’s Island: A new flashpoint in the Bay of Bengal? – Observer Research Foundation

by Derek J Grossman, RAND

Beijing has further sought to develop numerous Bangladeshi ports, including Chittagong, Mongla, and Sonadia ports, to achieve a maritime presence in the Bay of Bengal. Enhanced access to any or all of these ports could substantially add to Beijing’s “string of pearls” strategy to hem in India in the Indian Ocean.

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What’s Behind Regime Change in Bangladesh

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Violent regime change in the South Asian country of Bangladesh unfolded rapidly and mostly by stealth as the rest of the world focused on the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, growing tensions in the Middle East and a simmering confrontation between the US and China in the Asia-Pacific region.

What’s Behind Regime Change in Bangladesh (archived)

Related:

The Partition of South Asia Strikes Again

There is a problem, fundamentally, in viewing the regime change in Bangladesh as a ‘stand-alone’ event. The caveat must be added right at the outset that when it comes to processing situations, nothing happens for no reason at all. There is very little awareness in India, especially in the media, about what has been going on. Mostly, it’s ‘cut-and-paste’ job culled out from the jaundiced western accounts from a new Cold War angle.

Clear signs of US trying to topple Sheikh Hasina govt: Regime change operation underway in Bangladesh and why India should be alert

The Genocide the U.S. Can’t Remember, But Bangladesh Can’t Forget

Myanmar Ethnic Minority Fighters Say Capture Town Near Bangladesh Border

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

An armed ethnic minority group in Myanmar has said it captured a town and several junta outposts near the border with Bangladesh and India, in the latest setback for the embattled military.

Myanmar Ethnic Minority Fighters Say Capture Town Near Bangladesh Border

Previously:

China brokers Myanmar ceasefire
Bangladesh’s Hasina wins re-election after polls without opposition