DHAKA: Compared to some of its neighbors, Bangladesh is in good economic shape and the country is increasingly being viewed as an emerging middle power, observers say
While its pursuit of ‘strategic ambiguity has given it good ties with China and India, it has also reached out to the US to reduce reliance on the Asian powers Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina and India’s PM Narendra Modi. Photo: AP
While countries in South Asia are mired in economic crises or face a debt trap with China, Bangladesh has escaped such situations and is increasingly seen as an emerging middle power.
And despite being courted by the United States militarily, Dhaka has not been anxious to strengthen such ties as the government carries out a deft “three-way balancing” act between India, China and the US, analysts say.(Asia)
