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The Myanmar leader’s real test will be finding a solution to the long-standing armed ethnic conflicts in the country

Both Beijing and New Delhi have very high security interests and a tug-of-war is inevitable

Dhaka is trying to reposition itself on South Asia’s strategic map, with Beijing increasingly playing a key role as facilitator

India needs strategic influence in the country but neither Suu Kyi nor the junta is perhaps prepared to give it any strategic depth lest they displease China

The crux of the problem is that there is no water sharing treaty between India and China covering trans-national rivers

With Sirisena and Wickremesinghe, the strategic balance in South Asia, particularly in the Indian Ocean region, is likely to again shift in India’s favour

The electoral behaviour of the Hindi-speaking states in the Indo-Gangetic Plain is always influenced by caste factors

Whether China likes it or not, India’s ascent seems inevitable as a regional player