South Asia News & Analysis

South Asia

South Asia is increasingly being drawn into a nexus between the INSTC and the Eastern Sea Route, with Pakistan both an overland rail route and maritime connected, while trade agreements also bind Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, and Bhutan together via SAARC and BIMSTEC where they also rub up against India and ASEAN. These are emerging economies but nonetheless of strategic value and Russian interest continuing to develop in trade and investment.