GS-II: Governance, Polity, IR
Middle East conflict
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Ongoing Israel–Iran–US confrontation and its regional extensions through non-state actors — Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis — reach India through multiple channels: crude and LNG prices, Strait of Hormuz and Red Sea shipping risk, remittances from the Gulf, and evacuation operations for Indian nationals. India holds a simultaneous defence relationship with Israel and an energy relationship with Iran, placing it in a strategic balancing position where both parties are partners.