New Delhi, May 9 -- After US Vice-President JD Vance remarked that the ongoing conflict between India and Pakistan is "none of their business," a Washington DC-based South Asia expert Michael Kugelman has said the comment reflects a "broader shift in American foreign policy". Kugelman, a prominent analyst and Director of the South Asia Institute at the Wilson Centre, suggested that Vance's statement aligns with the Trump administration's general stance on global affairs.

"I think on the whole, the read I have of what JD Vance said is that it really reflects the Trump administration's broad view of foreign policy," Kugelman told media. "That is, that the US should not be over-extending itself in international affairs."

He added that whil...