The cost of that stability may be too much though.
Do consider the other side of the arguement.
BAL after Hasina is gonna be a disaster for Bangladesh.
I would love to believe that.
But evidence points to Bangladesh just not caring that much about its military capability.
Otherwise, as a self respecting nation, I would have expected at least some move to maintain parity with Myanmar in regards to its AF/AD. (No answer for JF-17, Su-30, and...
Try to understand the reality of things sometimes shouldnt be taken at face value.
I will try to present some sort of brief arguement here.
Everything I say will be in the context of the big picture i.e. US China conflict.
US tried to militarize the situation between Myanmar and Bangaldesh...
I don't know how "strategically important" Bangladesh really is.
But what is true without a doubt is that the US has been paying more attention to Bangaldesh in recent years.
Given the pivot in attention to the Indo-Pacific, Bangaldesh does seem to hold some significance to American plans.
As...
As much as I hate the BAL, at least there has been politcal stability which allows for economic development.
If not BAL, then what?
There is NO alternative.
Military rule is not the answer.
Alot of things said in this thread are probably true.
It IS possible there is some understanding with China about looking the other way, if you zoom out and see some sort of reapprocahment between China and Bangladesh recently.
Still, it is embarassing the state of affairs for Bangladesh in...
Might explain why the re-approachment between China and Bangladesh.
RESPECT!
Also, I havn't really been a fan of Hasina, but she doesn't seem to be a pushover.
Wonder if J-10C is in the works for BAF?
Also, maybe some more Chinese platforms for BN?
We may have come full circle and be back to pre 2017 relationship given Bangaldesh may have been put off by how the US has behaved lately.
Bangladesh houses several hundred thousand of them and continues to do so.
If you’re talking about going to war over this.
It’s not that simple.
Easy to criticize but think it through.