How India hedged its bets on Iran, and lost
India’s seizure of Iranian tankers, timed to coincide with a US trade deal, suggests a consequential drift away from strategic autonomy, and that drift carries real risks.
Fuelling a new equation
As sanctions make Russian oil a legal, financial liability, India is forced to rebalance energy ties and turn crude politics into tariff negotiation.
Is India recalibrating Russian oil import strategy? Saudi Arabia discount offer is key
India has indicated several times that it makes decisions to purchase oil from Russia based on commercial reasons and not geopolitics.