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India Faces Strategic Backlash in South Asia

China offers new regional bloc to replace SAARC

Jul 09, 2025
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By: Salman Rafi Sheikh

As quiet but consequential conversations emerge about the formation of a new regional bloc to replace the chronically ineffective South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), one notable absence critically defines the moment: India is not at the table. First reported after a trilateral diplomatic meeting on June 19 in …

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