The sitting arrangement and the venue itself show the way of doing business at regional level. No doubts that the level of cooperation, forget the level of integration, suffers.

What we need is a vision, small, big or medium size of what we want out of a regional integration process. Enhanced cooperation is surely positive but only a deeper integration can truly make a real difference for the common people. It is high time leaders of the region must think strategically about the future of South Asia. The citizens of the region should also be involved in deciding which Sou

There is real potential for greater cooperation with China if South Asia gets serious on its integration process but unless the nation members of SAARC step up their efforts to strengthen their regional unity, it does not make sense to talk about a stronger engagement of China with South Asia as a regional bloc.