INDIA’S PREDICAMENT - IRAN WAR
Notes 1. This is a research article based on data and information available in the public domain. It could be data-intensive. The period taken for the database is 2010 - 2025. PM Modi referred to the period 2014 onwards in his speech. Therefore, the period has been extended backwards to get the inputs rooted in history. 2. Those of you who are averse to data can skip tables and go straight to inferences. Data inferences and interpretations are as objective as possible and only as it seems straight from the tables 3. This is not to sensationalise but to sensitise readers to how a war fought miles away in a different country or continent can impact the world. Take-off Point We shall start this article by picking up from where we left off in the previous one. The summary of the speech given by the Prime Minister of India in the Lok Sabha is as follows: - 1. War in West Asia has c...