Team Joe Biden: A climate adviser who is an India-Pakistan pundit too

John Kerry, Biden's pick for climate envoy, also knows the Afghanistan-Pakistan axis for a long time

Climate change envoy

The Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, John Kerry, has a deep knowledge of something else. He knows the Afghanistan-Pakistan axis for a long time, beginning with his exposé of the Pakistan-based Bank of Credit and Commerce International’s role in financing drug trafficking in Panama in 1992. Even before he became Secretary of State under Barack Obama in 2012, a Washington Post report had described him as “an important envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan during times of crisis”. In his role in the Joe Biden administration, Kerry will have seat on the National Security Council, where his experience