India’s changing Middle East policy – Middle East Monitor

For decades, India’s West Asia policy rested on three simple principles: equi-distance, non-prescriptive, and non-interference. These reflected New Delhi’s belief that its stakes in the region were too high to risk taking sides. The stakes speak for themselves—over nine million Indian workers live and work in the Gulf, sending home billions of dollars in remittances every year. New Delhi is also deeply engaged with the Gulf through energy, trade, investment…