(Opinion) French President Emmanuel Macron recently visited Bangladesh’s Sheikh Hasina and talked about offering a “third path” in the Indo-Pacific. This comes at a time of global tension. The focus is balancing relations between big players like the U.S. and China. Macron’s visit could mean more for France and Bangladesh than it seems at first […]
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