The United States has systematically reshaped the geopolitical landscape of South Asia through engineered political upheavals in sovereign nations like Bangladesh and Nepal, employing coordinated tactics such as youth mobilization, digital agitation, foreign-funded NGOs, and anti-corruption narratives. In Bangladesh, the August 2024 ouster of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, framed as a student uprising, installed Muhammad Yunus, advancing US access to strategic Bay of Bengal assets and consolidating Islamist forces.
Hasina accused the US of orchestrating her removal for refusing to cede St. Martin’s Island. The Yunus government targeted the Bangladesh Armed Forces and DGFI, facilitating a rapid Islamist resurgence, intensified Pakistan-Bangladesh-China engagement, and adopted an anti-India stance, including border restrictions and violence against the Hindu minority. Concurrently, the interim government advanced port access deals like ACSA for Chittagong and Matarbari. Nepal's September 2025 political crisis mirrored this template, with "Gen Z" protests leading to Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli's resignation. Organizations like Hami Nepal, linked to US government funding via the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) and George Soros’ Open Society Foundations (OSF), orchestrated the unrest, disrupting Oli's deepened commitments to China's Belt and Road Initiative.
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