The Inevitable U.S. Return and the Future of Great Power Competition in South Asia

Authors

Thomas F. Lynch, Center for Strategic Research, Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University

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Description

More than a year after America’s painful Afghanistan withdrawal, the future of U.S. and Western security interests in South Asia no longer relates mainly to the terrorism threat from Salafi jihadism, which has receded and reoriented there to be most menacing toward Pakistan and China. Instead, American security interests now require the proper posture for long-term Great Power competition (GPC) with China. Such a posture in South Asia requires patient, persistent growth in the slowly maturing, overt strategic security partnership with India and a quiet regeneration of a transactional one with Pakistan.

Publication Date

12-2022

Publisher

National Defense University Press

City

Washington, DC

Recommended Citation

Lynch, Thomas F., "The Inevitable U.S. Return and the Future of Great Power Competition in South Asia" (2022). INSS Strategic Perspectives. 11.
https://digitalcommons.ndu.edu/inss-strategic-perspectives/11