Foreign Policy of Bangladesh : A Small State\'s Imperative

Contents: 1. Foreign policy of Bangladesh : framework of analysis/Md. Abdul Halim. 2. Bangladesh and the policy of peace and non-alignment/Emajuddin Ahamed. 3. Bangladesh-India relations : Issues and problems/Ishtiaq Hossain. 4. Bangladesh-Pakistan relations : from conflict to cooperation/Syed Serajul Islam. 5. Bangladesh-United States relations : the first decade/Ishtiaq Hossain. 6. Bangladesh and the Muslim world/Akmal Hussain. 7. Bangladesh at the security council : the Arab-Israeli issue/Nurul Momen. 8. The superpowers strategy in the Third World : the 1971 South Asian crisis/Imtiaz Ahmed. 9. Regional co-operation in South Asia and India\'s role/Emajuddin Ahamed. Index.

"This book is a part of a series of specially commissioned books which will appear in similar volumes. The need for such books is derived from the total absence of any basic literature on the foreign policy of Bangladesh. It is directed in the main to students of contemporary history and international relations, academics and policy makers. This seminal volume is the first academic inquiry into the context and content of Foreign Policy of Bangladesh.

Like all other states, Bangladesh has certain core values and interests, and certain objectives which it is committed to preserve and expand. The decision-makers, however, have to operate under serious constraints and make crucial choices under difficult conditions.

The nine articles in this volume have clearly brought to light different strands of Bangladesh foreign policy, analysed at different problems and issues and sought to explain the structural variables of the policy output.

Unquestionably, this book will be indispensable to any library or student as a standard reference work, for it not only analyses the goals and objectives of Bangladesh foreign policy but also throws light on the global, regional and domestic context of such policy goals." (jacket)