Washington's National Security Strategy Sends Mixed Signals To India

Washington's National Security Strategy Sends Mixed Signals To India Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack,The worsening of Indo-US ties under Trump 2.0 has been one of the most unexpected foreign policy outcomes of his second presidency thus far, which this analysis here argues is due to him wanting to punish India for refusing to subordinate itself to the US.Pakistani-US ties have inversely strengthened despite being very troubled under Trump 1.0, so much so that there’s been talk about Pakistan giving the US a commercial port for re-establishing its regional presence, which could have dual military purposes.This background explains why Trump 2.0’s new National Security Strategy (NSS) was such a surprise for South Asian observers.

Pakistan is only mentioned once and just in the context...