List of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgements PART A: OVERVIEW General Influences on Bangladesh's Foreign Policy PART B: REGIONAL INFLUENCES ON BANGLADESH'S RELATIONS WITH INDIA, 1975-1990 Indo-Pakistan Rivalry and Indian Party Politics: 1975-1981 A New Beginning or the Darkest Hour? 1982-1984 The 'New Era' of Regional Amity and Co-operation: 1985-1990 PART C: DOMESTIC INFLUENCES ON BANGLADESH'S RELATIONS WITH INDIA, 1975-1990 Military Ascendancy in Bangladesh: 1975-1981 Political Manoeuvres and Ethnic Violence: 1982-1990 PART D: BANGLADESH'S RELATIONS WITH PAKISTAN, 1975-1990 Catalysts and Convergences of Interest: 1975-1981 A Maturing of Relations? 1982-1990 Conclusion Bibliography Index

This book provides a broad, analytical study of Bangladesh's relationship with India and Pakistan between 1975 and 1990. Bangladesh's role in South Asian international relations has tended to be overlooked and underestimated. The book reveals the complexity of the relationship between Bangladesh, India and Pakistan.

KATHRYN JACQUES is research assistant and tutor of history at the University of New England, Armidale, Australia.