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Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman's visit to China

Bangladesh's Strategic Balancing and India's Neighbourhood Challenge: China Will Consolidate Influence if New Delhi Fails to Deliver

In several neighbouring countries, including Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal, China has demonstrated an ability to move from agreements to implementation far more rapidly than many competitors. India, despite enjoying unmatched geographic and cultural advantages, has often struggled with delays 

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Balochistan violenc

Are the Echoes of 1971 Growing Louder in Balochistan? Voices that Pakistan Refuses to Hear

The echoes of 1971 are not proof that Balochistan will become another Bangladesh. They are proof that Pakistan has yet to learn what East Pakistan was trying to tell it in the first place: that a state cannot indefinitely draw wealth from a people it refuses to hear. 

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The Geopolitics of the Dalai Lama Institution and Tibetan Reincarnation

The Geopolitics of the Dalai Lama Institution and Tibetan Reincarnation: China’s Quest for Control

In Tibetan society, the process of identifying reincarnations is understood as one of the most sacred expressions of rebirth. Although this tradition may be unfamiliar outside the Tibetan Buddhist world, it is deeply rooted in Tibetan religious culture. Communist China remains fundamentally alien to this traditional reincarnation system.

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Chinese naval fleet in South China Sea

China’s Troubled Relations with its Maritime Neighbors: A Military Necessity or Violation of Classical Geopolitics?

This tactical aspect of nuclear counter-attack is perhaps the foremost reason why China reckons it needs absolute control over the South China Sea.  China’s troubled relations with its maritime neighbors are, from its perspective, a necessary cost it has to pay for its national security.