The United States welcomed India’s rise as a “leading global power” and would step up quadrilateral cooperation with it and Japan and Australia, according to President Donald Trump’s first National Security Strategy released on Monday. This was the first reference to “quadrilateral cooperation” in an American National Security Strategy (NSS) document, that is aimed at containing and managing China’s aggressive rise without calling it so. “We face rogue regimes that threaten the United States and our allies. In his remarks, Trump said, “We have made clear to Pakistan that while we desire continued partnership, we must see decisive action against terrorist groups operating on their territory. The strategy will present a helicopter view of Trump’s policies at home and abroad without getting into the weeds, country-wise.

Source: Hindustan Times December 19, 2017 02:12 UTC