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 in recent years seemed to produce a new leader who promised to stand up to India, reduce dependence on it or seek alternatives elsewhere - usually in China. Indian policymakers have been concerned that anti-

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 has a habit of intruding upon the present. Yet recent developments suggest that the bilateral relationship, strained by political transitions and mutual suspicion, may be entering a phase of pragmatic recalibration. The vis