Is Bangladesh cosying up to Beijing and Islamabad?
The Kunming gathering appears to mark the beginning of a dangerous geopolitical maneuver. Behind the diplomatic curtain, efforts to forge a strategic bloc seem to be underway—one that not only threatens regional stability but also risks compromising Bangladesh’s hard-earned strategic autonomy, writes Dr. Anjuman A. Islam Projected as diplomatic triumph by Pakistan and China, the sudden and recently held trilateral meeting in June with attendance of government representatives from China, Pakistan, and Bangladesh in Kunming has triggered concerns across South Asia’s diplomatic landscape. Bangladesh’s Foreign Affairs Adviser, M. Touhid Hossain, was quick to label the Kunming meeting a non-political and
