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Redefining Engagement: India's Foreign Policy Toward West Asia in the Modi Era - Strategic Interests, Diplomatic Shifts, and Regional Dynamics

Author(s) Ediga Lakshmanna, Dr. D. Chandramouli Reddy
Country India
Abstract The relationship between India and West Asia has experienced a paradigm shift in the recalibration of the relationship since 2014, under Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Breaking sharply with the older tradition of prudent non-alignment that has formed the basis of previous decades, New Delhi has chosen a multi-vector, interest-oriented strategy that builds up both alliances with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) members, with Israel, with Iran, and with the rest of the Arab world. This paper discusses the major pillars of the policy of West Asia in the Modi era, which include: energy security, diaspora welfare, bilateral trade, strategic connectivity, and geopolitical balancing in terms of current events, including the India-UAE Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) of 20 Based based on authenticated trade, remittance, and diplomatic information, the paper posits that the West Asia policy of India is indicative of an emergent policy of strategic autonomy with selective involvement - a policy that favours economic interests and diaspora diplomacy, and cautiously signs to rival regional affiliations. The paper further evaluates how the BRICS chairmanship in India in 2026 has made its role in a fractured regional order more complicated and, at the same time, elevated the role of India in terms of mediation.
Keywords India–West Asia relations, Modi foreign policy, Gulf Cooperation Council, strategic autonomy, IMEC, I2U2, India–Israel relations, Chabahar Port, Indian diaspora, BRICS 2026.
Published In Volume 8, Issue 2, March-April 2026
Published On 2026-04-10
DOI https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2026.v08i02.74297
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