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Dignitaries at the launch of UN report “A Glass Half Full: The Promise of Regional Trade in South Asia” in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

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World Bank: South Asia can triple intra-regional trade

by Faisal Mahmud September 21, 2018February 18, 2020

Nepal-India-China-Map

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India has no right to pretend it is an inclusive democracy

by Bhim Bhurtel September 18, 2018

Map of Nepal and India: iStock

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Removal of mistrust in Nepal-India relations

by Gaurab Shumsher Thapa September 13, 2018September 15, 2018

Troops from five BIMSTEC states take part in an anti-terror drill in Pune this week. Photo: YouTube screen grab.

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Nepal, Thailand only observers at BIMSTEC military exercise

by Bertil Lintner September 12, 2018February 18, 2020

Frpm left: Myanmar First Lady Cho Cho, Nepal First Lady Radhika Shakya, Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha, Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena, Nepalese Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli, Myanmar President Win Myint, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Bhutanese Chief Justice Dasho Tshering Wangchuk, and Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina pose for a group photo during the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) summit in Kathmandu on August 31, 2018. Photo: / AFP / Pool / Navesh Chitrakar

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Seven-nation BIMSTEC on road to rejuvenation

by S K Chatterji September 10, 2018

via Google Maps

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China’s long game did not end at Doklam

by Bhim Bhurtel September 4, 2018

National flags of India and Pakistan. Photo: iStock

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China’s CPEC does little for India-Pakistan relations

by Prakash Katoch September 4, 2018

Waving flags of Bangladesh and India. Photo: iStock

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Dhaka bringing Beijing and New Delhi closer

by Khalid Ibn Muneer August 30, 2018

BIMSTEClogo

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Reviving BIMSTEC as alternative to SAARC will only stunt it

by Swaran Singh August 30, 2018August 30, 2018

Tashichho Dzong, a fortress that serves both as a government department and Buddhist monastery in Thimphu, Bhutan. Photo: AFP/The Yomiuri Shimbun

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India keeping a cautious eye on Bhutan elections

by Bertil Lintner August 22, 2018February 18, 2020

Nepali Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, right, greets Indian PM Narendra Modi during a guard of honor in Kathmandu. Nepali intelligence officials have been key allies for India in counter-terror work. Photo: AFP / Ashok Dulal

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India’s contradictory diplomacy will backfire in the long run

by Bhim Bhurtel August 20, 2018

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, right, and Chinese President Xi Jinping look out over East Lake in Wuhan in this photo taken on April 28, 2018. Their talk aimed to reduce border tensions but it appears to have had limited effect. Photo: AFP/ govt handout

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Will China deliver a strategic shock to India before elections?

by Prakash Katoch August 16, 2018

Buddhist monks from Bhutan perform the Black Hat mask dance at the Bhutan temple in Bodhgaya on January 20, 2017. Photo: AFP/Stringer

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In a high-stakes dance, China charms Bhutan

by Bertil Lintner July 31, 2018February 18, 2020

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Chinese President Xi Jinping during the BRICS summit last year. Photo: AFP

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A busy year ahead for Indian and Chinese relations

by Rajeshwari Krishnamurthy July 31, 2018

A file photo taken on July 10, 2008, shows a Chinese soldier (left) next to an Indian soldier at the Nathu La border crossing between India and China in India's northeastern state of Sikkim. Photo: AFP / Diptendu Dutta

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China’s defense chief to visit India, after PLA drills in Tibet

by Asia Times staff July 27, 2018February 18, 2020

Mixed USA and India flag, three dimensional render, illustration: iStock

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Indian diplomacy and the American Imperium (Part II)

by Dr Shreesh Pathak July 25, 2018July 25, 2018

Chinese commanders of the People's Liberation Army Navy direct J-15 fighter jets to take off from China's aircraft carrier, The Liaoning, during a naval exercise in the South China Sea, April 20, 2018. Photo: AFP Forum

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China’s ‘political warfare’ aims at South China Sea

by Kerry K Gershaneck July 3, 2018February 18, 2020

Nepalese Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli (left) chats with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang during a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on June 21, 2018. Photo: AFP / Pool / Greg Baker

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India’s myopic ‘muscular’ neighborhood policy

by Bhim Bhurtel July 2, 2018July 2, 2018

Photo: AFP/John MacDougall

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China intrudes into Arunachal, but Indian Foreign Ministry in denial

by Prakash Katoch June 26, 2018June 26, 2018

A Cambodian garment worker gets pay for her lunch in front of a factory in Phnom Penh. Women in worksites such as these are often targets of sexual harassment. Photo: AFP/ Tang Chhin Sothy

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MeToo movement finally reaching Asian workplaces

by Alan Boyd June 20, 2018February 18, 2020

An Air China plane flies over Lhasa, Tibet. Photo: Handout

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New airports on Tibetan border may test Sino-Indian détente

by Asia Times staff June 11, 2018February 18, 2020

Chinese President Xi Jinping welcomes Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the BRICS Summit in Xiamen on September 4, 2017. Photo: AFP/Fred Dufour

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Assessing the need for deeper China-India cooperation

by Gaurab Shumsher Thapa June 11, 2018

Indian residents gather to collect drinking water in buckets from an Indian Army water tanker as the city faces water shortage in Shimla, in the northern state of Himachal Pradesh on June 2, 2018. Helicopters doused forest fires raging near the drought-stricken Indian resort of Shimla on May 1 ore police were deployed to guard water tankers in the historic Himalayan town. Shimla's water shortage has been worsening for years but reached crisis point when supplies ran out last month, just as the population of 175,000 started growing by up to 100,000 for the summer season. / AFP PHOTO / -

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Going with the flow: Policy gaps behind Shimla water crisis

by Himanshu Thakkar June 4, 2018June 4, 2018

Bhaktapur is a UNESCO world heritage site in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. Photo: iStock

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Modi’s visit to Nepal sought to soothe ill feelings over blockade

by Bhim Bhurtel May 18, 2018

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi appears in New Delhi with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on April 10, 2017.
Turnbull visited India from April 9 to April 12. Photo: AFP / Money Sharma

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Malabar 2018: India deals a blow to Australia and ‘the Quad’

by Emanuele Scimia May 1, 2018

Modi-Xi

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Modi-Xi summit was a post-Doklam stabilization exercise

by S K Chatterji May 1, 2018

Chinese President Xi Jinping (left) and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attend the group photo session during the BRICS Summit at the Xiamen International Conference and Exhibition Center in Xiamen, southeastern China's Fujian province on September 4, 2017. File Photo: Reuters / Kenzaburo Fukuhara / Pool

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Pragmatic India junks past rhetoric for Xi-Modi summit

by Manoj Joshi April 25, 2018

Brahmaputra river in Tibet. Photo: iStock

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Adding artificial rain to the Sino-Indian conundrum

by Sriparna Pathak April 10, 2018April 10, 2018

Photo: AFP/John MacDougall

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India and China in rapprochement mode after Doklam crisis

by Manoj Joshi April 2, 2018

Construction of Padma Bridge, one of Bangladesh's largest infrastructure projects. Photo provided by author

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‘Pitfalls’ ahead of Bangladesh getting out of LDC bloc

by Faisal Mahmud March 27, 2018February 18, 2020