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When Bangladesh’s newly elected Prime Minister Tarique Rahman took office earlier this year, there was a tentative hint that New Delhi and Dhaka might finally transcend the bitter recriminations that followed ex-leader Sheikh Hasina’s dramatic ouster in a 2024 uprising, from which she fled into exile in India. Early indicators were positive. India’s diplomatic tone The post India keeps undermining the Bangladesh reset it claims to want appeared first on Asia Times.

On June 16, the US Department of Defense announced that the US Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM) will officially revert to its previous name, the US Pacific Command (PACOM). The move reverses a decision made during President Donald Trump’s first term to include “Indo” in the name of its largest combatant command. This publication reported in June The post Why dropping ‘Indo-Pacific’ clarifies the Pentagon’s China strategy appeared first on Asia Times.

On June 19, Aung San Suu Kyi turns 81 in military custody. Myanmar’s military says it moved her in late April to a “designated residence,” but her family remains cut off, with no independent confirmation of her condition or exact whereabouts. More than five years after the coup, she is physically absent from Myanmar’s daily The post The unavoidable prisoner: Aung San Suu Kyi at 81 appeared first on Asia Times.

Foreign policy analysts and peace advocates expressed relief Wednesday that the end of the unprovoked US-Israeli war on Iran could be in sight, as the US government released the text of the memorandum of understanding reached this week by the Trump administration and Iranian negotiators. But observers noted that the text of the agreement and President Donald Trump’s remarks The post Full MOU text revealed as Trump justifies ending Iran war appeared first on Asia Times.