Online Published on 08 March, 2022.
India’s relations with West Asia have evolved through various phases. It began with a solidarity cause with the Arab World, but with time various challenges and opportunities set the trajectory of India’s West Asia policy. Against this backdrop, the following study aims to trace how India arrived at multi-alignment in the post-Cold War period, whether the delicate balancing act between the Palestinian cause and growing relations with Israel at one level and ties with Israel, Iran, and Saudi Arabia at another level has worked. The paper argues that India’s delicate bilateralism has been unsustainable in West Asia, and that New Delhi has come to follow selected preferences.
