BIPSS President Maj Gen (retd) ANM Muniruzzaman in an exclusive interview with The Daily Star.

The Bay of Bengal countries have the potential to form a cohesive community that fosters economic cooperation, promotes peaceful connectivity, and addresses common challenges, charting a path towards prosperity and security for the region and beyond.

A specific strategy would project Bangladesh as an active and responsible stakeholder in the region

The US wants to see Bangladesh as an independent player in the Indo-Pacific region, recognising it as a significant geostrategic actor in the region’s security architecture, says US-based foreign policy expert Anu Anwar.