The Americans want a naval base in Bangladesh, a demand Sheikh Hasina time and again rejected. As for the Chinese, they will settle for anything that turns the equations against India in the subcontinent
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India is on its path to becoming the world’s third-largest economy. Once that goal is achieved, India will have only two countries to beat over a longer period of time – China and the United States of America. For long, there has been a belief in global strategic circles that Beijing and Washington have a tacit understanding on the lines of “G2″.
India is a country whose rise threatens both China and the US, and as such, the interests of Washington and Beijing to contain New Delhi appear to be converging. What has played out in Bangladesh in recent weeks, culminating on Monday with the ouster of Sheikh Hasina, is a stark reminder of how India’s interests can be sacrificed at the altar of American and Chinese desires for regional and global domination
The Americans want a naval base in Bangladesh, a demand Sheikh Hasina time and again rejected