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South Asia

US deepens minerals, security ties with Pakistan

The United States has described Pakistan as “another important partner” in South Asia, outlining cooperation on critical minerals, trade and counterterrorism even as lawmakers highlighted regional tensions and the risks of instability.

Dhaka Reset

India’s diplomacy in South Asia has often been accused of being overly personality-driven, tethered to familiar interlocutors and legacy relationships.

‘A continent divided’

In 1969 WH Auden, the celebrated British poet published ‘Partition’, a poem which is a tragic reminder of when riots, rapes, atrocities, massacres and savagery raise high the bar of inhumanity in our land

Securing Ties

India’s strategic interests in South Asia have always been intricately linked with its relationship with Bangladesh. Over the past 15 years, the India-Bangladesh partnership flourished under Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s leadership.