India's Stress Test: How global pressure is shaping New Delhi’s next moves

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The episode discusses how India is navigating the geopolitical fallout of the Iran war with insights from Dr. Aparna Pande.

In this episode of Unconventional Knowledge, Andrew Kureth speaks with Dr. Aparna Pande about how India is navigating the geopolitical fallout of the Iran war. The discussion outlines India’s strategy of strategic autonomy and multi-alignment, and how growing instability in the Middle East is testing its ability to balance relations across competing powers. With deep energy dependence and critical trade routes at stake, a prolonged conflict could force India to shift from neutrality toward mo...

People in this episode

Host: Andrew Kureth

Guest: Dr. Aparna Pande

Topics covered

• geopolitical strategy
• India
• Iran war
• strategic autonomy
• multi-alignment
• energy dependence
• trade routes

Keywords

• India
• Iran war
• geopolitical strategy
• strategic autonomy
• Middle East
• energy dependence
• trade routes

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Places: India, New Delhi, Iran, Middle East

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