From the viewpoint of imperialist forces, Bangladesh is the strategic springboard for heading towards the South-East and Asia Pacific. To achieve their political and economic goals in Bangladesh, imperialists consider the anti-liberation forces, the religious fundamentalists and their political allies, as their natural friends

Vijay Prashad and Aijaz Ahmad discuss the recent Nixon tapes and the role of imperialism in the Indian subcontinent, especially in the context of the Bangladesh Independence War