A cursory survey of the past decade would show that New Delhi has approached its neighbourhood with alternating bouts of confidence and anxiety. Confidence because India’s economic and geopolitical weight has steadily expanded. Anxiety because every election in South Asia...

After a period of drift, India and Bangladesh rediscover the logic of cooperation. In history and diplomacy, geography is destiny but memory often intervenes. For India and Bangladesh, two neighbours bound by history, culture and an unruly border, the past...