Second, over seven million Indians work in the Middle East. Prime Minister Narendra Modi last July became the first Indian prime minister to visit Israel. Despite all this, the principal actors in the frisson over Middle East politics are themselves under significant political pressure. The other key player in the Middle East, Iran, is being wracked by violent citizens’ protests across major cities against Tehran’s hardline government. For India, it is time to refashion its Middle East policy in a region where equations are fluid and alliances based on expediency.

Source: dna January 04, 2018 02:37 UTC