Dhaka, Jan. 31 -- Stressing that US President Donald Trump's foreign policy is going to be staunchly transactional, visiting American scholar Michael Kugelman delved into what the new administration in Washington may portend for US relations with Bangladesh.

"At least initially, we can assume the administration, when it focuses on Bangladesh, will apply two lenses - commercial and geopolitical," said Kugelman, Director of the South Asia Institute at the Wilson Center in Washington, adding that trade would remain on the table as part of bilateral ties which have remained fairly constant, and that will likely continue.

Kugelman, America's leading South Asia specialist, made the remarks while delivering his keynote address at a seminar on ...