As President Donald Trump’s administration and policies take shape, Ashley Tellis, whom Washington Post identifies as America’s likely next ambassador to New Delhi, has urged America’s new president to continue former Presidents George W Bush and Barack Obama’s policies towards Asia, and India in particular.
Writing in the publication, Asia Policy, Tellis has recommended that Trump should “[take] the existing threats of Pakistan-supported terrorism against India more seriously, [develop] a considered strategy for aiding India in coping with Chinese assertiveness, and [persist] with the existing US policy of eschewing mediation on the thorny Indo-Pakistani dispute over Jammu and Kashmir.”
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