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Dhaka’s Balancing Act: Post-election Bangladesh Between India, China, and the US

Dr. Smruti S. Pattanaik joins host Tushar Shetty to examine Bangladesh six months after its first post-uprising election.

Dr. Smruti S. Pattanaik, a research fellow at the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defense Studies and Analyses, joins host Tushar Shetty to examine Bangladesh six months after its first election since the 2024 uprising. They discuss the BNP’s record on converting the July Charter mandate into actual reform, the legalization of the ban on the Awami League, the National Citizens Party’s collapse, Sheikh Hasina’s plan to return to Bangladesh in........

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