An Israeli-American military attack on Iran is a real possibility in the event that Iran refuses to enter into a new deal. But such a war will have fraught consequences not just for Iran but also for the region.
It is not just about Pakistan's historical use of Bangladesh as a base for anti-India activity. High-level military exchanges could be a prelude to enhanced defence cooperation which could include joint naval exercises in the Bay of Bengal.
The summit has shown the world that China and India may have troubled relations, but their leaders also have the maturity to recognise when things are going out of hand.
General Rawat seems to revel in making these politically loaded remarks. One conclusion of this is that he is not being adequately supervised by the government of the day. The other is that he is pushing the envelope with an eye on a post-retirement political career.
Re-establishing Tibet’s geopolitical centrality in the trans-Himalayan region and breaking the special Bhutan-India bond is an important geopolitical goal for China in its competition with India in South Asia
In his scheme of things, the international system is an anarchic entity where each state relentlessly pursues its national interests and big powers are locked in a struggle to be number one.
