A Pax Indica-Americana for South Asia?

February 27, 2015 12:13

Three things that emerge from the "Update on US Policy" in the South Asian region in a special briefing in Washington on Thursday by the United States Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Nisha Desai are: a) The US looks back at President Barack Obama's visit to India as productive in its outcome. b) The US is highly pleased with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's appointment of S. Jaishankar as India's Foreign Secretary; and, c) Washington is unhappy with the leaderships in Bangladesh and Maldives for being intolerant toward the legitimate democratic opposition, but feels thrilled about the regime change in Sri Lanka.

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