C. Raja Mohan, Darshana M. Baruah
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America’s Reset of Afghan Strategy: Potential Realignment of South Asian Geopolitics
U.S. President Donald Trump’s reset of Afghan strategy marks an important discontinuity in Washington’s approach to South Asia.
Source: Institute of South Asian Studies
The United States President Donald Trump’s reset of Afghan strategy marks an important discontinuity in America’s approach to South Asia. Washington's new strategy, crafted after an agonising reappraisal of American goals in Afghanistan and the means to achieve them, has come in the face of Trump’s own personal skepticism about continuing the American military involvement after 17 futile years. Whether it succeeds or not, Trump’s new assertiveness in Afghanistan is bound to intensify the current churn in the geopolitics of the Indian subcontinent.
About the Author
Former Nonresident Senior Fellow, Carnegie India
A leading analyst of India’s foreign policy, Mohan is also an expert on South Asian security, great-power relations in Asia, and arms control.
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