Donald Trump's National Security Strategy indicates shift in US view of India and Pakistan over two years
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Donald Trump's National Security Strategy indicates shift in US view of India and Pakistan over two years

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There’s been a major shift in the way the US perceives of India — Washington sees New Delhi as a far more useful player in its game than ever before The National Security Strategy of the United States of America was released on Monday. Flash-forward to 2017 and Trump’s NSS paints India in a very different light: “We welcome India’s emergence as a leading global power and stronger strategic and defence partner,” it proclaims and adds that the US will “support its leadership role in Indian Ocean security and throughout the broader region”. The NSS goes on to state, “We will expand our defence and security cooperation with India, a Major Defence Partner of the United States, and support India’s growing relationships throughout the region” and “We will seek to increase quadrilateral cooperation with Japan, Australia, and India.” And finally, “…we will encourage India to increase its economic assistance in the region.” And having seen India as an almost-finished article and made all the right noises, it’s time for the country to make itself useful. On Pakistan - “We will also work with the countries of the region, including Pakistan, to mitigate the threat from terrorism and to support a viable peace and reconciliation process to end the violence in Afghanistan and improve regional stability.” - “e will continue to work with both India and Pakistan to promote strategic stability, combat terrorism, and advance regional economic integration in South and Central Asia.” These were the only two references to Pakistan in Obama’s NSS of 2015 and it’s not entirely unthinkable to imagine that Pakistan was still seen — if one goes by the document — as one among a set of countries that could be relied upon to bring about peace to the region.

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