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I think you underestimate the fact that while the common madrassa educated razakar hates India and worships China, the entire Political class of BD is now slowly changing!
While AL has traditionally been a supporter of India, even the BNP which at one point of time has tried to incite and arm the NE insurgencies is changing. The BNP also recognizes the ground realities today.
This change of heart of the only major anti-Indian party is because since 2001, Indian economy has boomed and like Pakistan, they have also understood(slowly) that confrontation with India will only make them poorer - both as a nation and as a party. Its simply the economics of it.
While it is true that China is much bigger and better off as an economy, the fact that BD is surrounded on 3 sides by India means that what matters is not the absolute comparison b/w India and China, but the fact that they must 'percieve' India as a neighbour to be a booming economy and power.
The US now siding with India is also converting a few unfaithfuls, they enjoy tremendous goodwill in BD
If our economy starts slumping like it is starting to now, we will go back to the same morass of having low 'international weight' as was the case earlier.
Its simply upto us as to how we manage our relations with BD now. Cannot ask for more than we have already got from them.
While AL has traditionally been a supporter of India, even the BNP which at one point of time has tried to incite and arm the NE insurgencies is changing. The BNP also recognizes the ground realities today.
This change of heart of the only major anti-Indian party is because since 2001, Indian economy has boomed and like Pakistan, they have also understood(slowly) that confrontation with India will only make them poorer - both as a nation and as a party. Its simply the economics of it.
While it is true that China is much bigger and better off as an economy, the fact that BD is surrounded on 3 sides by India means that what matters is not the absolute comparison b/w India and China, but the fact that they must 'percieve' India as a neighbour to be a booming economy and power.
The US now siding with India is also converting a few unfaithfuls, they enjoy tremendous goodwill in BD
If our economy starts slumping like it is starting to now, we will go back to the same morass of having low 'international weight' as was the case earlier.
Its simply upto us as to how we manage our relations with BD now. Cannot ask for more than we have already got from them.