Across
1. Beijing strategy that troubles India
7. Cold War–era treaty governing nuclear restraint
10. India’s arm for foreign intelligence
12. Agreements reshaping Arab–Israeli relations
14. Langley-based intelligence organisation
15. Backchannel diplomacy, briefly
17. Covert intelligence agent
18. Politics by other means
19. Shared ethno-linguistic identity of a Eurasian bloc (OTS)
20. India's Cold War stance: Abbr.
21. Imperial assembly in early European diplomacy
22. Middle Eastern state at the centre of nuclear diplomacy
24. WTO-recognised trusted trader scheme, briefly
25. City that gave its name to the 1975 Accords
30. Subterranean feature common in Middle East conflicts
31. Adjust to unavoidable climate impacts
32. Paris-based club of advanced economies
34. System people seek to change under authoritarian rule
35. Official diplomatic messengers
Down
1. India’s maritime doctrine for the Indian Ocean
2. Systemic change in the global order
3. Exclave central to South Caucasus geopolitics
4. Normative basis of India’s early ties with a key neighbour
5. Title associated with Britain’s upper chamber
6. Gulf nation that recently signed a CEPA with India
8. Original initials for the Hawaii-based U.S. military command
9. City that hosted a major sporting event during the COVID-19 pandemic
11. Central Asian capital hosting major global forums
13. Technology reshaping warfare and diplomacy
16. Prefix in Pacific connectivity discourse
19. Spatial basis of sovereignty in international politics
21. City that lent its name to a WTO trade round
23. State behind the global spread of Hallyu (abbr.)
26. Monument embodying political ideals
27. Western military alliance formed during the Cold War
28. Formally incorporate territory into a state
29. Ways or methods
31. Pacific Rim economic grouping
33. Regional economic grouping spanning West and Central Asia