Abstract
The visit of the then newly installed and soon to be deposed Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi to India in March 2013 brought into focus India’s changing role in the larger Middle East where it has significant stakes that are rising by the day. India’s relationship with the Middle East as a region today is dramatically different from what it was a generation ago, when, from 1947 to 1990, India was too ideological toward the region, as was reflected in its subdued ties with Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Israel.1 Today, however, India is developing its new Middle Eastern strategy around these three states, with New Delhi taking special care to nurture all these relationships and pursue its substantial regional interests. And now, with a post-Arab Spring Middle East going through a tumultuous phase, India is renegotiating the terms of its engagement with the region.
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Pant, H.V. (2014). India and the Middle East: Before and After the Arab Spring. In: Mason, R. (eds) The International Politics of the Arab Spring. The Modern Muslim World. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137481726_7
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