Hasina has more brain cells than Khaleda! Hasina did not spoke to her (Kyi) because of domestic politics.
-SD
"All great truths begin as blasphemies." GBS
From: ezajur <Ezajur@yahoo.com>
To: alochona@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 2:00 AM
Subject: [ALOCHONA] Re: The great game comes to Bangladesh
So you agree that Hasina never spoke up for Aung San Suu Kyi because Hasina is a different animal to Aung San Suu Kyi?
--- In alochona@yahoogroups.com, Shah Deeldar <shahdeeldar@...> wrote:
>
> Aung San Suu Kyi is a different animal with a great intellect. I do not think Khaleda would be able to have any intelligent conversation with Ms. Kyi.
> -SDÂ
> Â
> "All great truths begin as blasphemies." GBS
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: ezajur <Ezajur@...>
> To: alochona@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 6:38 AM
> Subject: [ALOCHONA] Re: The great game comes to Bangladesh
>
>
> Â
> Hasina and Khaleda never spoke up in support of Aung San Suu Kyi. They never want to be compared to her :)
>
> --- In alochona@yahoogroups.com, Shah Deeldar <shahdeeldar@> wrote:
> >
> > Time to look eastward to see whether we can mend fence with Myanmar? If that is not feasible, lets have a confederation with failed Pakistan and start a new game?
> > The best path for Bangladesh to stand its own feet and deliver goods to its citizens. US and India would not be bailing out Bangladesh for free.
> >
> >
> > Just watch what happens if BNP (ever) comes to the power and start the new Talibani game in town without a Wasiristan next to our Bongo land.
> > -SD
> >
> > ÂÂ
> > "All great truths begin as blasphemies." GBS
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: mimunshi <MBIMunshi@>
> > To: alochona@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Thursday, May 3, 2012 1:25 PM
> > Subject: [ALOCHONA] The great game comes to Bangladesh
> >
> >
> > ÂÂ
> > The
> > visit of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to Bangladesh on
> > May 5 could be a great disappointment for many in the country if the agenda
> > reflects the perspective of the article displayed below. Bangladeshis do not
> > want to be part of a US-India axis against any third country in the region.
> > This would mean subjugation of Bangladesh
> > under Indian hegemony which would be utterly intolerable to our freedom loving
> > people â€"
> >
> > The great game comes to Bangladesh
> >
> > May 3, 2012
> > ÂÂ
> > M
> > K Bhadrakumar, specially for RIR
> >
> > The two-day weekend visit by Hillary Clinton to Bangladesh underscores an
> > intensification of the United States' regional policy in South Asia and it
> > cannot but be seen as a related process to the `pivot' to Asia in the American
> > foreign and security policies. Clinton's
> > visit holds significance across several overlapping templates â€" US-Bangladesh
> > bilateral ties, India-Bangladesh relations, regional security, energy security
> > and the US' strategies in South Asia as a whole.
> >
> > The US state department
> > announcement said that whilst in Dhaka, Clinton proposed to "review robust
> > US-Bangladesh cooperation across the full range of political, economic, and
> > security matters." The statement gives a deceptive air of `routineness' to the
> > visit. But in actuality, the visit is a rare event â€" last visit of a US
> > secretary of state was by George Schultz â€" and indeed Bangladeshi observers are
> > intrigued why such a high-flyer personality like Clinton, who is about to lay
> > down office and apparently contemplating quitting public life altogether,
> > should bother to land in Dhaka in the twilight zone of her distinguished run as
> > America's top diplomat â€" and, that too, with hardly any prior notice.
> >
> > Some imaginative Bangladeshi wits have scratched the bottom of the barrel and
> > come up with the queer thesis that Clinton decided to come to express
> > solidarity with Nobel Laureate Mohammad Yunus who used to head the
> > micro-financing institution known as Grammen Bank and was summarily eased out
> > from that position by the leadership in Dhaka.
> >
> > In fact, to outside observers, it all but seemed that the US-Bangladeshi ties
> > became a bit too unnecessarily testy when Dhaka chose to ignore the US pressure at
> > the highest level to give an honorable exit to Yunus. Suffice to say, Dhaka
> > wears a somewhat dazed look that Clinton is dropping by, albeit over
> > a weekend.
> >
> > Bangladesh is by no means
> > smitten with `anti-Americanism' and the elites have a healthy appreciation that
> > a close partnership with the US
> > can potentially unlock the door that leads to the country's graduation as a
> > middle-income country in a conceivable future. The trade with the US accounts for 40 percent of all of Bangladesh's
> > exports. And if Washington
> > shows the generosity to do away with the tariff barrier on garments, Bangladesh's
> > exports will zoom. Market access is all the Dhaka
> > needs, being a competitive performer. Then, of course, Bangladeshi elites know
> > the scale of the US's
> > influence over the international financial institutions and Dhaka
> > has the brainpower and the absorption capacity to utilize multilateral funding
> > to accelerate its economic development. All that is needed is a helping word or
> > two from Washington
> > with the World Bank or the IMF.
> >
> > However, it is not entirely correct to say that US has abruptly changed course
> > and set its eyes on Dhaka. A momentum has been
> > building up lately. The first-ever security talks between Bangladesh and the US
> > were held in Dhaka on April 19 focusing on
> > security challenges facing the two countries. The US
> > press readouts on the talks said, "This inaugural Dialogue on Security Issues
> > highlights the robust engagement between the United
> > States and Bangladesh as well as out growing
> > defence relationship." They added that Washington expected the Security
> > Dialogue to broaden and strengthen bilateral cooperation on a wide range of
> > political-military issues, and enhance cooperation in peacekeeping, joint
> > military exercises and exchanges, counterterrorism, and security cooperation.
> > "The positive and substantial exchanges of the dialogue reflect the breadth,
> > depth, and strength of the bilateral defense relationship, as well as our
> > shared commitment to peace and prosperity in the region."
> >
> > The Security Dialogue was not a flash in the pan, either. There has been a
> > steady stream of senior US
> > officials to Dhaka, the last being the Under
> > Secretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman in April.
> > Andrew Shapiro, US
> > assistant secretary in the bureau of political-military affairs, who led the
> > American side at the Security Dialogue in Dhaka,
> > later said:
> >
> > "Indeed, over the past decade, the bilateral defence relationship… has become
> > one of the most robust in South Asia. Bangladesh is a key player in maintaining
> > security in the Bay of Bengal. They are an
> > active partner in regional counterterrorism efforts… Our cooperation with Bangladesh is a prime example of how US
> > security assistance can play a critically important role in our diplomatic
> > engagement.
> >
> > "Bangladesh
> > is also working through a military modernization plan, which includes looking
> > to partners for affordable defense systems... This modernization effort
> > provides an opportunity for us to expand our security cooperation, especially
> > through our Excess Defense Articles program, which makes U.S. equipment
> > that is surplus to our requirements available to our partners… Additionally, we
> > provide assistance to support Bangladesh's
> > peacekeeping efforts… And through our training initiatives and exchanges we are
> > helping professionalize its national military forces… In short, our security
> > assistance is playing a critically important role for… the national security of
> > the United States."
> >
> > US-India axis
> >
> > One curious feature of the US-Bangladesh exchanges is that almost all US officials are making it a point to come to
> > Dhaka via New Delhi or to make their return
> > journey to Washington
> > via New Delhi.
> > Evidently, it is not a mere matter of logistics. The pattern shows an
> > appreciable degree of strategic coordination taking place between Washington and New Delhi
> > in relation to Bangladesh.
> > It could be even greater than the intensity and transparency of the US-India
> > coordinated strategy toward Myanmar.
> > The `robustness' of the US-Bangladesh relations runs parallel to an
> > unprecedented upward curve in the trajectory of the India-Bangladesh
> > relationship, which has been lackluster in the recent decades.
> >
> > Quite obviously, the US
> > policies toward Myanmar and Bangladesh are inter-connected and, in turn,
> > they emanate out of Washington's
> > `containment' strategy toward China.
> > Clinton's visit to
> > Dhaka follows her recent trip to Myanmar
> > â€" and from Dhaka she is proceeding to India. The state secretary's South
> > Asian jaunt is also sandwiched between the meeting of the US-China strategic
> > dialogue forum in Beijing this week and the
> > forthcoming session of the US-India strategic dialogue in Washington
> > next month. Clinton
> > co-chairs both these forums.
> >
> > Interestingly, there are reports that Washington
> > is seeking a similar strategic dialogue forum also with Bangladesh. It
> > is strongly hinted that during Clinton's
> > visit to Dhaka, a joint document may be
> > finalized titled `Bangladesh-US Partnership Dialogue.' A senior Bangladeshi
> > foreign ministry official has been quoted as saying, "Both countries feel that
> > there should be a structured umbrella forum under which the two countries will
> > hold regular dialogue on a full range of bilateral issues like political,
> > economic and security issues."
> >
> > Of course, the US regional
> > policy gains by showcasing a robust relationship with a moderate Muslim
> > majority country like Bangladesh.
> > But from the US perspective,
> > geopolitics and energy appear to be the compelling themes of Clinton's visit.
> > Simply put, Bangladesh's
> > strategic location enhances its importance for the US
> > to try and bring Bangladesh
> > into the ambit of the US-India axis, which has taken shape in the region. (Myanmar and Sri Lanka become two other similar
> > `target' countries for the coordinated US-Indian regional strategy.)
> >
> > Unsurprisingly, India is
> > content with taking a back seat as a junior partner (given the sensitivities of
> > its small neighbors) and is letting the US take the lead role in advancing their
> > regional strategy. It is, admittedly, an ambitious project, as it is predicated
> > on a dramatic improvement in the climate of mutual trust among the countries of
> > the region â€" and in their ties vis-à-vis India â€" and, more important, on their
> > willingness to serve as surrogates in the US' containment' strategy toward
> > China. Bangladesh or Sri Lanka, for instance, have dynamic
> > cooperative relationships with China,
> > which are beneficial for them in every way, including as a counterweight to the
> > perceived Indian `hegemony' in the region. Suffice to say, Clinton's visit to Dhaka augurs the arrival of
> > the great game in the Bay of Bengal, which has otherwise been lurking so far in
> > and around the Malacca
> > Strait.
> >
> > However, for a superpower, what is geopolitics without business opportunities?
> > To be sure, a stunning new development has been the resolution of the
> > longstanding maritime dispute between Bangladesh
> > and Myanmar
> > following the verdict given by the International Tribunal for the Law of the
> > Sea on March 14. The tribunal has awarded 111, 000 square kilometers of
> > exclusive economic zone in the Bay of Bengal (roughly the same size as
> > Bangladesh landmass), which gives it the sovereign right over all resources
> > currently available there for exploitation and all resources that may be
> > discovered in the territorial sea around St. Martin's Island. Interestingly, it
> > was the strong likelihood of newly accessible gas reserves in the Bay of Bengal
> > that motivated Bangladesh
> > and Myanmar
> > to pursue a solution in the international court. There are estimates of various
> > types of mineral deposits in the region as well, including cobalt, manganese,
> > copper, nickel and sulfite.
> >
> > Moreover, the tribunal's award also strengthens Bangladesh's
> > case in its maritime dispute with India
> > on the western side of the Bay of Bengal where India has been insisting on the
> > principle of equidistance instead of equality in demarcating the maritime
> > boundary. (A verdict by the international court is expected in 2014.)
> >
> > Without doubt, a specific objective of Clinton's
> > visit is something that that Washington has been pressing for,
> > namely, the conclusion of a Trade and Investment Cooperation Framework
> > Agreement [TICFA]. After some tough negotiations, the document is almost ready
> > for signature. There is compelling reason for Clinton to push for the signing of the TICFA and
> > it could even be the leitmotif of the extraordinary move that Washington made by scheduling a state-secretary
> > level visit to Dhaka at this juncture.
> >
> > Plainly put, ConocoPhilips is currently exploring gas and oil reserves in two
> > offshore blocks in the Bay of Bengal. With the
> > settlement of Bangladesh's
> > maritime boundary with Myanmar,
> > the US-based oil company proposes to secure rights for exploring another six
> > blocks in the Bay of Bengal. Clinton is hastening to wrap up the mega energy
> > deal ahead of any Chinese offer even as Bangladesh
> > proposes to `re-block' the Bay of Bengal in
> > terms of the verdict by the international court.
> >
> > However, it is too early to say that the US-India axis would succeed in blocking
> > China out of the Bay of Bengal. The mystique of the great game is that it
> > is a many-splendored thing. Countries like Bangladesh
> > and Myanmar (or Sri Lanka and Maldives) are also aware of the
> > strategic space that is available to them to safeguard their vital interests in
> > the multi-polar world.
> > ÂÂ
> > http://indrus.in/articles/2012/05/03/the_great_game_comes_to_bangladesh_15667.html
> > ÂÂ
> >
>
--- In alochona@yahoogroups.com, Shah Deeldar <shahdeeldar@...> wrote:
>
> Aung San Suu Kyi is a different animal with a great intellect. I do not think Khaleda would be able to have any intelligent conversation with Ms. Kyi.
> -SDÂ
> Â
> "All great truths begin as blasphemies." GBS
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: ezajur <Ezajur@...>
> To: alochona@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 6:38 AM
> Subject: [ALOCHONA] Re: The great game comes to Bangladesh
>
>
> Â
> Hasina and Khaleda never spoke up in support of Aung San Suu Kyi. They never want to be compared to her :)
>
> --- In alochona@yahoogroups.com, Shah Deeldar <shahdeeldar@> wrote:
> >
> > Time to look eastward to see whether we can mend fence with Myanmar? If that is not feasible, lets have a confederation with failed Pakistan and start a new game?
> > The best path for Bangladesh to stand its own feet and deliver goods to its citizens. US and India would not be bailing out Bangladesh for free.
> >
> >
> > Just watch what happens if BNP (ever) comes to the power and start the new Talibani game in town without a Wasiristan next to our Bongo land.
> > -SD
> >
> > ÂÂ
> > "All great truths begin as blasphemies." GBS
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: mimunshi <MBIMunshi@>
> > To: alochona@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Thursday, May 3, 2012 1:25 PM
> > Subject: [ALOCHONA] The great game comes to Bangladesh
> >
> >
> > ÂÂ
> > The
> > visit of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to Bangladesh on
> > May 5 could be a great disappointment for many in the country if the agenda
> > reflects the perspective of the article displayed below. Bangladeshis do not
> > want to be part of a US-India axis against any third country in the region.
> > This would mean subjugation of Bangladesh
> > under Indian hegemony which would be utterly intolerable to our freedom loving
> > people â€"
> >
> > The great game comes to Bangladesh
> >
> > May 3, 2012
> > ÂÂ
> > M
> > K Bhadrakumar, specially for RIR
> >
> > The two-day weekend visit by Hillary Clinton to Bangladesh underscores an
> > intensification of the United States' regional policy in South Asia and it
> > cannot but be seen as a related process to the `pivot' to Asia in the American
> > foreign and security policies. Clinton's
> > visit holds significance across several overlapping templates â€" US-Bangladesh
> > bilateral ties, India-Bangladesh relations, regional security, energy security
> > and the US' strategies in South Asia as a whole.
> >
> > The US state department
> > announcement said that whilst in Dhaka, Clinton proposed to "review robust
> > US-Bangladesh cooperation across the full range of political, economic, and
> > security matters." The statement gives a deceptive air of `routineness' to the
> > visit. But in actuality, the visit is a rare event â€" last visit of a US
> > secretary of state was by George Schultz â€" and indeed Bangladeshi observers are
> > intrigued why such a high-flyer personality like Clinton, who is about to lay
> > down office and apparently contemplating quitting public life altogether,
> > should bother to land in Dhaka in the twilight zone of her distinguished run as
> > America's top diplomat â€" and, that too, with hardly any prior notice.
> >
> > Some imaginative Bangladeshi wits have scratched the bottom of the barrel and
> > come up with the queer thesis that Clinton decided to come to express
> > solidarity with Nobel Laureate Mohammad Yunus who used to head the
> > micro-financing institution known as Grammen Bank and was summarily eased out
> > from that position by the leadership in Dhaka.
> >
> > In fact, to outside observers, it all but seemed that the US-Bangladeshi ties
> > became a bit too unnecessarily testy when Dhaka chose to ignore the US pressure at
> > the highest level to give an honorable exit to Yunus. Suffice to say, Dhaka
> > wears a somewhat dazed look that Clinton is dropping by, albeit over
> > a weekend.
> >
> > Bangladesh is by no means
> > smitten with `anti-Americanism' and the elites have a healthy appreciation that
> > a close partnership with the US
> > can potentially unlock the door that leads to the country's graduation as a
> > middle-income country in a conceivable future. The trade with the US accounts for 40 percent of all of Bangladesh's
> > exports. And if Washington
> > shows the generosity to do away with the tariff barrier on garments, Bangladesh's
> > exports will zoom. Market access is all the Dhaka
> > needs, being a competitive performer. Then, of course, Bangladeshi elites know
> > the scale of the US's
> > influence over the international financial institutions and Dhaka
> > has the brainpower and the absorption capacity to utilize multilateral funding
> > to accelerate its economic development. All that is needed is a helping word or
> > two from Washington
> > with the World Bank or the IMF.
> >
> > However, it is not entirely correct to say that US has abruptly changed course
> > and set its eyes on Dhaka. A momentum has been
> > building up lately. The first-ever security talks between Bangladesh and the US
> > were held in Dhaka on April 19 focusing on
> > security challenges facing the two countries. The US
> > press readouts on the talks said, "This inaugural Dialogue on Security Issues
> > highlights the robust engagement between the United
> > States and Bangladesh as well as out growing
> > defence relationship." They added that Washington expected the Security
> > Dialogue to broaden and strengthen bilateral cooperation on a wide range of
> > political-military issues, and enhance cooperation in peacekeeping, joint
> > military exercises and exchanges, counterterrorism, and security cooperation.
> > "The positive and substantial exchanges of the dialogue reflect the breadth,
> > depth, and strength of the bilateral defense relationship, as well as our
> > shared commitment to peace and prosperity in the region."
> >
> > The Security Dialogue was not a flash in the pan, either. There has been a
> > steady stream of senior US
> > officials to Dhaka, the last being the Under
> > Secretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman in April.
> > Andrew Shapiro, US
> > assistant secretary in the bureau of political-military affairs, who led the
> > American side at the Security Dialogue in Dhaka,
> > later said:
> >
> > "Indeed, over the past decade, the bilateral defence relationship… has become
> > one of the most robust in South Asia. Bangladesh is a key player in maintaining
> > security in the Bay of Bengal. They are an
> > active partner in regional counterterrorism efforts… Our cooperation with Bangladesh is a prime example of how US
> > security assistance can play a critically important role in our diplomatic
> > engagement.
> >
> > "Bangladesh
> > is also working through a military modernization plan, which includes looking
> > to partners for affordable defense systems... This modernization effort
> > provides an opportunity for us to expand our security cooperation, especially
> > through our Excess Defense Articles program, which makes U.S. equipment
> > that is surplus to our requirements available to our partners… Additionally, we
> > provide assistance to support Bangladesh's
> > peacekeeping efforts… And through our training initiatives and exchanges we are
> > helping professionalize its national military forces… In short, our security
> > assistance is playing a critically important role for… the national security of
> > the United States."
> >
> > US-India axis
> >
> > One curious feature of the US-Bangladesh exchanges is that almost all US officials are making it a point to come to
> > Dhaka via New Delhi or to make their return
> > journey to Washington
> > via New Delhi.
> > Evidently, it is not a mere matter of logistics. The pattern shows an
> > appreciable degree of strategic coordination taking place between Washington and New Delhi
> > in relation to Bangladesh.
> > It could be even greater than the intensity and transparency of the US-India
> > coordinated strategy toward Myanmar.
> > The `robustness' of the US-Bangladesh relations runs parallel to an
> > unprecedented upward curve in the trajectory of the India-Bangladesh
> > relationship, which has been lackluster in the recent decades.
> >
> > Quite obviously, the US
> > policies toward Myanmar and Bangladesh are inter-connected and, in turn,
> > they emanate out of Washington's
> > `containment' strategy toward China.
> > Clinton's visit to
> > Dhaka follows her recent trip to Myanmar
> > â€" and from Dhaka she is proceeding to India. The state secretary's South
> > Asian jaunt is also sandwiched between the meeting of the US-China strategic
> > dialogue forum in Beijing this week and the
> > forthcoming session of the US-India strategic dialogue in Washington
> > next month. Clinton
> > co-chairs both these forums.
> >
> > Interestingly, there are reports that Washington
> > is seeking a similar strategic dialogue forum also with Bangladesh. It
> > is strongly hinted that during Clinton's
> > visit to Dhaka, a joint document may be
> > finalized titled `Bangladesh-US Partnership Dialogue.' A senior Bangladeshi
> > foreign ministry official has been quoted as saying, "Both countries feel that
> > there should be a structured umbrella forum under which the two countries will
> > hold regular dialogue on a full range of bilateral issues like political,
> > economic and security issues."
> >
> > Of course, the US regional
> > policy gains by showcasing a robust relationship with a moderate Muslim
> > majority country like Bangladesh.
> > But from the US perspective,
> > geopolitics and energy appear to be the compelling themes of Clinton's visit.
> > Simply put, Bangladesh's
> > strategic location enhances its importance for the US
> > to try and bring Bangladesh
> > into the ambit of the US-India axis, which has taken shape in the region. (Myanmar and Sri Lanka become two other similar
> > `target' countries for the coordinated US-Indian regional strategy.)
> >
> > Unsurprisingly, India is
> > content with taking a back seat as a junior partner (given the sensitivities of
> > its small neighbors) and is letting the US take the lead role in advancing their
> > regional strategy. It is, admittedly, an ambitious project, as it is predicated
> > on a dramatic improvement in the climate of mutual trust among the countries of
> > the region â€" and in their ties vis-à-vis India â€" and, more important, on their
> > willingness to serve as surrogates in the US' containment' strategy toward
> > China. Bangladesh or Sri Lanka, for instance, have dynamic
> > cooperative relationships with China,
> > which are beneficial for them in every way, including as a counterweight to the
> > perceived Indian `hegemony' in the region. Suffice to say, Clinton's visit to Dhaka augurs the arrival of
> > the great game in the Bay of Bengal, which has otherwise been lurking so far in
> > and around the Malacca
> > Strait.
> >
> > However, for a superpower, what is geopolitics without business opportunities?
> > To be sure, a stunning new development has been the resolution of the
> > longstanding maritime dispute between Bangladesh
> > and Myanmar
> > following the verdict given by the International Tribunal for the Law of the
> > Sea on March 14. The tribunal has awarded 111, 000 square kilometers of
> > exclusive economic zone in the Bay of Bengal (roughly the same size as
> > Bangladesh landmass), which gives it the sovereign right over all resources
> > currently available there for exploitation and all resources that may be
> > discovered in the territorial sea around St. Martin's Island. Interestingly, it
> > was the strong likelihood of newly accessible gas reserves in the Bay of Bengal
> > that motivated Bangladesh
> > and Myanmar
> > to pursue a solution in the international court. There are estimates of various
> > types of mineral deposits in the region as well, including cobalt, manganese,
> > copper, nickel and sulfite.
> >
> > Moreover, the tribunal's award also strengthens Bangladesh's
> > case in its maritime dispute with India
> > on the western side of the Bay of Bengal where India has been insisting on the
> > principle of equidistance instead of equality in demarcating the maritime
> > boundary. (A verdict by the international court is expected in 2014.)
> >
> > Without doubt, a specific objective of Clinton's
> > visit is something that that Washington has been pressing for,
> > namely, the conclusion of a Trade and Investment Cooperation Framework
> > Agreement [TICFA]. After some tough negotiations, the document is almost ready
> > for signature. There is compelling reason for Clinton to push for the signing of the TICFA and
> > it could even be the leitmotif of the extraordinary move that Washington made by scheduling a state-secretary
> > level visit to Dhaka at this juncture.
> >
> > Plainly put, ConocoPhilips is currently exploring gas and oil reserves in two
> > offshore blocks in the Bay of Bengal. With the
> > settlement of Bangladesh's
> > maritime boundary with Myanmar,
> > the US-based oil company proposes to secure rights for exploring another six
> > blocks in the Bay of Bengal. Clinton is hastening to wrap up the mega energy
> > deal ahead of any Chinese offer even as Bangladesh
> > proposes to `re-block' the Bay of Bengal in
> > terms of the verdict by the international court.
> >
> > However, it is too early to say that the US-India axis would succeed in blocking
> > China out of the Bay of Bengal. The mystique of the great game is that it
> > is a many-splendored thing. Countries like Bangladesh
> > and Myanmar (or Sri Lanka and Maldives) are also aware of the
> > strategic space that is available to them to safeguard their vital interests in
> > the multi-polar world.
> > ÂÂ
> > http://indrus.in/articles/2012/05/03/the_great_game_comes_to_bangladesh_15667.html
> > ÂÂ
> >
>
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