Rethinking the Middle East

Volume 1 Issue 3

May - June 2025

The Argument

India in the Middle East: A Soft Power in a Hard Terrain

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We bring you the third issue of India’s World at an important moment, as the Middle East undergoes a profound transformation, reshaping the region’s internal dynamics and its relationship with the wider world, including India. For India, the old paradigms it once used to define the region are rapidly dissolving, demanding a fundamental reassessment of how it must engage with this vital geopolitical space. The Middle East is no longer merely from which India imported energy and to which its people migrated to work, or a region seen only through the lens of conflict.

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