Kerry’s visit took place at the same time as the Indian Defense Minister and his American counterpart signed the long-awaited Logistics Support Agreement in Washington which opened Indian territory up to US military assets under certain circumstances.
As for Bangladesh, the country was hit by a high-profile terrorist attack earlier this summer, which the government blamed on domestic terrorists but the US suggested – might have been Daesh.
As John Kerry sought to tie the security and economic structures of these two South Asian neighbors closer into the US’ orbit, he risked upsetting China and making this whole visit look like the opening of a new containment front against Beijing.
Alexei Voskresensky, Dean of School of Political Affairs at MGIMO University and editor-in-chief of "Comparative Politics" magazine (studio guest); and Tayyab Baloch, an Islamabad-based journalist, writer at GPolit.com and reporter at Abb Takk TV commented on the issue.
