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    ISAS Working Papers

    Long-term studies on trends and issues in South Asia

    239 : The State of Bangladesh-United States Relations: Before the Kerry Visit, and Beyond

    Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury

    28 September 2016

    The Working paper seeks to examine the gamut of the Bangladesh-United Stated relations, of which an important milestone, given the backdrop against which it was undertaken has been the visit to Dhaka in August 2016 of the US Secretary of State John Kerry. It argues that as a relationship it has not always been smooth and feathers have been ruffled on both sides on occasions. Yet stabilizing it would redound to the interest of both governments and peoples. The paper concludes with the argument for a strong reengagement between the next Administration in Washington DC and Dhaka, closing any attention-deficit on both sides.