{"podcast":{"title":"Beyond the Indus","slug":"beyond-the-indus-6300750","podcast_index_feed_id":6300750,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/10bd9973c/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://thediplomat.com/category/beyond-the-indus","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/44837767/e8dcc3c525e58869.jpg","author":"The Diplomat","episode_count":50,"summary":"Join host Tushar Shetty every month as he and expert guests delve deep into one of the world's most culturally diverse, economically vibrant, and politically chaotic regions: South Asia.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-17T06:20:20.072542+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/beyond-the-indus-6300750"},"episode":{"title":"Dhaka’s Balancing Act: Post-election Bangladesh Between India, China, and the US","slug":"dhaka-s-balancing-act-post-election-bangladesh-between-india-china-and-the-us","published_at":"2026-08-20T14:08:43+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/beyond-the-indus-6300750/dhaka-s-balancing-act-post-election-bangladesh-between-india-china-and-the-us","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/beyond-the-indus-6300750","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-diplomat-indus/episodes/Dhakas-Balancing-Act-Post-election-Bangladesh-Between-India--China--and-the-US-e3nljhe","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/10bd9973c/podcast/play/124488686/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-7-20%2F7edb8a51-1ae9-bd01-dd61-e18ad74ca16a.mp3","summary":"Dr. Smruti S. Pattanaik, a research fellow at the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defense Studies and Analyses, joins host Tushar Shetty to examine Bangladesh six months after its first election since the 2024 uprising. They discuss the BNP’s record on converting the July Charter mandate into actual reform, the legalization of the ban on the Awami League, the National Citizens Party’s collapse, Sheikh Hasina’s plan to return to Bangladesh in December, and whether culpability attaches to the party or to the person. They also cover India’s reset with Dhaka, and Bangladesh’s positioning between Beijing, New Delhi, and Washington D.C.","meta_description":"Dr. Smruti S. Pattanaik, a research fellow at the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defense Studies and Analyses, joins host Tushar Shetty to examine Banglad…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3985,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/beyond-the-indus-6300750/episodes/dhaka-s-balancing-act-post-election-bangladesh-between-india-china-and-the-us/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/beyond-the-indus-6300750/dhaka-s-balancing-act-post-election-bangladesh-between-india-china-and-the-us.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}