Anil Trigunayat India hosted the Foreign Ministers of the BRICS countries in New Delhi in the backdrop of the US and Israeli war on Iran and its fallout to the Gulf countries. A consensus eluded as Iran and the UAE…
Against this backdrop, India and Russia’s Reciprocal Exchange of Logistics Support (RELOS) agreement appears far more consequential than its bureaucratic title suggests.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the UAE and key European nations showcases India’s expanding role in shaping a multipolar global order
From green technologies and semiconductors to defence cooperation, energy security, Arctic research and supply-chain resilience, the PM Modi’s tour underlined New Delhi’s determination to build trusted long-term partnerships with economically advanced and politically influential European powers
The Arab unity is also no longer intact as countries explore the range of options from a forced or pragmatic modus vivendi to moving on to another end of the spectrum given the uncertainties of the West Asian region.
As the negotiations between Iran and the United States mediated by Oman were giving some hope to avert the war, on February 28, US President Donald Trump got played by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and followed the same playbook as June 2025 and launched decapitating attacks on Iran and its leadership, crossing the final redline by killing Ayatollah Khamenei and top military brass.