Bangladeshi Foreign policies mistake

Q. Bangladeshi Foreign policies mistakes and drawbacks?

A: Bangladesh pursues a moderate foreign policy that heavily relies on multinational diplomacy, especially at the United Nations and World Trade Organization (WTO). Since independence in 1971, the country has stressed its principle of “Friendship towards all, malice towards none” in dictating its diplomacy. As a member of the Non-Aligned Movement, Bangladesh has tended to not take sides with significant powers. Since the end of the Cold War, the country has pursued better relations with regional neighbors1.

Domestic, regional and extra-regional pressures have combined to shape Bangladesh’s foreign policy and its relations with the two most powerful and influential states in the South Asian region, India and Pakistan2.

As for potential areas for Bangladesh to emerge as a political giant in world politics, the country has begun to implement a foreign policy that pursues regional economic integration in South Asia and aims to establish Bangladesh as a regional hub of transit trade in Asia1.