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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s three-day visit to the U.S. in late September to attend the Quad Leaders’ Summit — comprising Australia, India, Japan, and the U.S. — reaffirmed India’s commitment to joint security efforts in the Indo-Pacific and highlighted the growing importance of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (known as the ‘Quad’) amid rising geopolitical tensions in the region...
Sri Lanka's presidential election on September 21-22 marked a significant shift away from the country’s entrenched political dynasties, with the election of Anura Kumara Dissanayake, leader of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), signalling an appetite for change amid an ongoing economic crisis. Dissanayake has promised economic revitalization, which presents potential opportunities for Canada and other Indo-Pacific partners.
For several weeks in July, Bangladesh was wracked by its most serious episode of civil unrest in decades. What began as student protests against a controversial job quota system escalated into a nationwide crisis that has tapped into a deeper vein of discontent about the state of the economy, official corruption, and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's heavy-handed crackdown. As of...
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Russia from July 8–9 created a split-screen image encapsulating his difficult diplomatic balancing act: on one side was Modi, physically embracing Russian President Vladimir Putin and reiterating the two countries’ long-standing partnership, and on the other, in faraway Washington, D.C., the leaders of NATO countries — some of whom are seeking closer strategic...