India, Nov. 12 -- President-elect Donald Trump has picked Michael Waltz, a House representative from Florida and a colonel in the US Army National Guard, as his national security advisor (NSA).

Among the most staunchly critical voices on China in the US Congress, Waltz is the co-chair of the House India caucus and has been strongly supportive of the US-India strategic partnership, even calling for a formal security alliance with India. He has highlighted the threat India faced from China, warned against the China-Pakistan axis as posing a threat to both the US and India, and underlined the economic convergences between the US and India.

Waltz, 50, also co-led a Congressional delegation to India last year and attended the Independence Da...