Welcome to today's The India China Newsletter. The Trump administration, as a parting gift for reporters on the foreign policy beat, just declassified its 2018 "US Strategic Framework for the Indo-Pacific". You can read the whole thing here. There are no great shocks or surprises (which left me wondering what those redacted bits, most referencing Southeast Asia, were). I still found it a useful marker of the last four years and the legacy Trump leaves behind in the Indo-Pacific, which is rather mixed -- positive with India and the Quad on security issues, less so on its economic agenda and in offering a credible economic alternative to China, an agenda that was, right from day one, in stark contrast to the trade goals he pursued including with US allies and partners. (I have a piece on the document and Trump’s mixed record out later tonight and in tomorrow's newspaper, which I'll link to in the next newsletter.)
This is great Ananth. Have always enjoyed your writings in The Hindu, and this newsletter just serves as the cherry on top. Some incredible work you are doing my friend. Thank you so much for this. 🙌
This is great Ananth. Have always enjoyed your writings in The Hindu, and this newsletter just serves as the cherry on top. Some incredible work you are doing my friend. Thank you so much for this. 🙌
thankyou!!