Washington: The White House’s newly released National Security Strategy (NSS) sends a clear signal of continuity in Washington’s long-term approach to India, senior Indo-Pacific analyst Lisa Curtis said Friday, emphasising that the document “highlights India’s role in the Indo-Pacific” and reaffirms bipartisan support for closer strategic alignment.

Curtis, a former senior director for South Asia at the US National Security Council and now a leading voice at the Centre for a New American Security (CNAS), said the strategy’s multiple references to India indicate strong institutional backing inside the US government.

“It highlights the Quad,” she said, noting that the NSS “tells me that, you know, over the long term, the Trump administration recognises the importance of India and its relat

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