Kabir Taneja is a Fellow and the Head of the West Asia Initiative with the Strategic Studies Programme at the Observer Research Foundation. He is the author of The ISIS Peril: The World’s Most Feared Terror Group and its Shadow on South Asia (Penguin Viking 2019).
How India views China’s diplomacy in the Middle East
Beijing’s desire for a larger regional footprint is useful for powers in the Middle East that are looking to play the U.S. and China against each other. For India, the equation is rather different, as New Delhi is arguably unable to hedge in the same way. India’s approach toward the region can be seen on two fronts, strategic and economic. The common factor between them is the India-U.S. partnership feeding into new minilaterals, economic ties, and relationships in the region.
Protecting India’s Interests in the Middle East: Militancy and Non-state Actors
This essay discusses the threat that ISIS has posed to India, which has significant stakes in the Gulf but remains an ambivalent presence in the region. The future trajectory of the world’s largest democracy’s relations with the Middle East remains a grey area, but one that in the future, could become a defining relationship for global security.
