United States Policy in South Asia

Burns, R. Nicholas, DISAM Journal of International Security Assistance Management

[The following are excerpts of the remarks to the Asia Society, presented in Washington, D.C., November 27, 2006.]

I wish to talk about topics that are central to the Society's mission, and an area of the world that is close to your heart South Asia. South Asia is now a central focus of U.S. foreign policy. For the first time in decades the United States views this region as increasingly vital to our core foreign policy interests. We have better strategic relations with the major powers of the region than we have ever had before. The United States has taken important decisions in the past few years that recognize the strategic importance of this region, by:

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Publication information: Article title: United States Policy in South Asia. Contributors: Burns, R. Nicholas - Author. Magazine title: DISAM Journal of International Security Assistance Management. Volume: 29. Issue: 2 Publication date: April 2007. Page number: 115+. © Defense Institute of Security Assistance Management Fall 1997. Provided by ProQuest LLC. All Rights Reserved.

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