An intersection with Iran

Trust the United States to try and put a spoke in India’s carefully calibrated response to the challenges posed by two conflicting alliances that are tearing apart West Asia. New Delhi’s track record of voting on UN resolutions — on the imposition of sanctions, pushing for regime change in Libya, Syria and Iran — makes a case for a quiet and newfound pragmatism that puts Indian interests first, while, at the same time, demonstrating an unwillingness to back the questionable lynch mobs that laid waste to post-Gaddafi Libya and are likely to effect a similar bloodbath in Syria.

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