Pause welcome but path ahead forbidding: Five key minefields amid US-Iran chasm
A way has to be found to bridge the gulf on Iran’s missile programme; free passage through Strait of Hormuz; sanctions relief; regional security; and Iran’s use of ‘proxies’. But […]
In Delhi’s support for Arab Gulf, a return of the Bombay school of thought
The Bombay School saw India’s security beginning at sea. Its leading figures — John Malcolm and Mountstuart Elphinstone — viewed Persia and Arabia as the natural outer ring of India’s […]
Reading between Trump’s lines: He will dial up pressure – and wants a way out
Who holds Hormuz becomes key; US-Iran chasm deep but current positions may be seen as opening bids
The telling pause in the US-Israel war on Iran
Iran managed something more than mere survival. It walked away with its Strait of Hormuz card and regime intact, and its own 10-point framework as the agenda
Why India can’t be a mediator in Iran war
Effective mediation requires either leverage to ensure compliance or having nothing to lose. India has too much to lose and too little leverage
Mood of the nation and national interest
What history tells us is that a sense of pragmatism has always tempered New Delhi’s normative voice