USAID is eager to work alongside our partners in both subregions to help the region’s leaders meet emerging demand signals, building on decades of work in the region that have improved the lives of millions of people. The United States is committed to advancing a shared vision for a free and open, connected, prosperous, secure, and resilient region. But the United States offers an alternative approach. Russia, through coercion and aggression, pursues a similar objective in this region and around the world. We are clear-eyed about the PRC’s capabilities and intent to wield its financial, economic, political, and military power to advance its own interests and rewrite, for its own narrow advantage, existing regional and global rules, and norms. Our approach to the region starts not with the question of what we are against but rather the question of what we are for. These regions are also home to enormous reservoirs of opportunity, with growing demand for regional cooperation, improved democratic governance, and responsible stewardship of natural resources. The South and Central Asia subregions are home to some of the world's most pressing challenges that impact countries far beyond their borders, including intensifying climate crises, long-standing conflicts that disrupt livelihoods, and tangible threats to sovereignty in a region significantly affected by ripple effects emanating from the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and Russia. foreign policy priorities in South and Central Asia and our FY 2024 Budget Request. Agency for International Development (USAID)’s role in advancing U.S. Chairman Wilson, Chairwoman Kim, Ranking Member Phillips, Ranking Member Bera, and distinguished committee members: Thank you for inviting me to testify on the U.S.
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