Trump administration has good reason to re-evaluate American aid

The new administration may increase pressure on South Asian states to reduce their reliance on China.

Michael Kugelman is the Director of the South Asia Institute at the Wilson Center, a Washington DC-based think tank mandated by the US Congress to offer counsel and insights on global affairs to American policymakers. In this interview with the Post ’s Biswas Baral , Kugelman discusses America’s South Asian policy under Trump and how it will be different to what it was under President Biden.