Trump’s South Asia bureau pick Paul Kapur is Pakistan critic, slammed Biden’s India policy

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Kapur, known for his extensive research on South Asian security and nuclear policy, has been nominated by the US President as assistant secretary of state for South Asian affairs. “The consequences of Pakistan-based militancy reach far beyond particular acts of violence or even South Asian regional politics—they severely damage stability and security across the globe,” he wrote in Jihad as Grand Strategy: Islamist Militancy, National Security and the Pakistani State. New Delhi: S. Paul Kapur, Donald Trump’s Indian-origin pick for the US state department’s South Asia bureau, has been a fierce critic of Pakistan-based militant groups and argued in his...