India

How do these economic giants view Israel’s war against Hamas, and why should Israel invest public diplomacy efforts in Indian and Japanese audiences?

Notwithstanding their numerous ideological differences, and against the background of the competition with China, Washington and New Delhi have launched a technology initiative. What lies behind this far-reaching initiative?

Read the INSS Strategic Analysis for 2023

India’s relations with the Arab Gulf states, headed by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, have improved steadily since the election of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, evidenced by closer economic relations and now extending into the security-military field. The central axis of relations between India and the Gulf states was and remains the economy. India is an important destination for oil and gas from the Gulf and a supplier of workers to the region. At the same time, closer relations also reflect developing strategic concepts: Delhi relates more and more to the Middle East in general and the Gulf in particular as an essential theater not only for economic development but also for its strategic status, certainly in view of the competition with China. For their part, Riyadh and Abu Dhabi assign India a role in their “looking East” strategy and thereby seek to diversify their sources of political and perhaps also military support—a strategy that even has room for Israel.