Opinion: China In Sri Lanka, Russia In Iran, Pakistan In Bangladesh — Where’s India?

Geopolitical and geoeconomic transformation is underway in India's neighbourhood — immediate and beyond — from Sri Lanka and Bangladesh to Iran.

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The first month of 2025 is almost over and, within these few days, signs of a coming sea-change in Asia’s geopolitics have already started taking shape, with Pakistan making rapid strides in Bangladesh, the Chinese putting forth their biggest foreign direct investment in Sri Lanka, and Iran entering into a deal with Russia. All these in a region where India’s influence used to be supreme, but Delhi seems to be busy looking miles away at the US, where Donald Trump has come back as the