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Trump era may see no change in Indo-US ties: Expert
Dr Kousar J Azam, Professor Emeritus, Osmania University Centre for International Programmes, (OUCIP) stated that the future of Indo-US ties, cemented during the past two decades, could not be eroded easily, irrespective of the leadership in both the countries.
Hyderabad: Dr Kousar J Azam, Professor Emeritus, Osmania University Centre for International Programmes, (OUCIP) stated that the future of Indo-US ties, cemented during the past two decades, could not be eroded easily, irrespective of the leadership in both the countries. “The future is uncertain, but I do not see major changes in the US foreign policy towards South Asia and India,” she observed.
In an hour-long exclusive interview to J-Hub at the Department of Communication and Journalism, Osmania University, on the “Impact of US elections on South Asia and India,” Prof Azam, who has been a member of the International Committee of American Studies Association of USA, voiced her concern that students who intended to study and work in the US would suffer a major backlash with the critical view taken by Trump on the existing immigration policy.
“Though unemployment in the USA has been a result of globalisation and opening of markets, the perception among Americans is that immigrants are stealing their jobs. Additional taxes may be imposed on companies providing H1-B visas to non-American employees to create more jobs for American youngsters.”
Prof Azam remarked that Trump became a hero of the American underclass because he aroused their ‘American exceptionalist’ sentiments through his political campaign ‘Make America Great Again’, which suggested that his predecessors had not done well enough. The accession of Donald Trump to power in the USA was more a result of the growing discontent among America’s poor, than his charisma or ideology, he said.
On the unexpected victory of the Republican candidate, she commented that the public had been misled by the media which was dazzled by the sheen of Hillary Clinton’s campaign, and also failed to showcase the real issues of the blue-collared, uneducated and homeless poor of America. “The media misrepresented the inner urge of America,” she said.
Prof Azam, an expert on US foreign policy, said though Trump might have used ‘extremist language’ during his campaigns, it would only materialise as moderate measures. “When he says ‘I will not allow Muslims into America, he only means there will be stricter screening of immigrants/Muslim students,” she said.
On ISIS and terrorism, Prof Azam, who taught at several American universities and at Oxford, pointed out that “India’s major concern would be in protecting its borders and safeguarding its own youth from being brainwashed by Islamic extremists.” J-Hub
By Sneha Verghese
