America will become more isolated no matter who wins the election

(CLO) The United States is likely to become increasingly isolated in international policy, regardless of who becomes the country's next president, according to Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on Wednesday.

Speaking at an event in Canberra as Americans were still voting, Mr. Jaishankar said the election would be unlikely to change the long-term trend in US policy.

Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar. Photo: REUTERS

"Since President Barack Obama, the United States has become more cautious about its global commitments," he said, highlighting America's reluctance to deploy troops and its decision to withdraw from Afghanistan under President Joe Biden.

He said President Donald Trump could have expressed this view more directly and clearly, but stressed that: “It is important to look at America on a national scale rather than just through the ideological lens of the current administration.”

“If we really analyze it, I think we have to prepare for a world where the dominance... that America demonstrated in the early days may not continue,” he added.

However, Jaishankar said on Tuesday that the relationship between India and the US would grow in the future. All three foreign ministers, including those from Australia and New Zealand, agreed that countries need to take the initiative to create the global environment they want.

“We all have an interest in creating a system of cooperation and consensus,” Mr. Jaishankar stressed.

New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters added: "Protectionism is on the rise. The world we have tried to build is changing, and we will have to adapt and change with it."

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