India and Iran Strategic Cooperation in Changing Geo-Politics

Year 2019, Volume: 3 Issue: 2, 325 - 352, 13.02.2020

Mukhtar Ahmad Bhat

Abstract

India and Iran relations are of
centuries old and throughout the whole history their relationship has gone
through many ups and downs due to the changing, domestic, regional and global
situation from time to time. The transformation from geopolitics to
geo-economics in South Asia, through the Chinese Belt and Road initiative,
rising Indian economy, and description of Iran as the “Golden Gateway to
Central Asia” by Indian Prime Minister, on the other hand, provided new
opportunities to both the countries for strengthening their relations as both
are looking to play a dominant role at the regional and global level. But the US
withdrawal from the nuclear deal brought a new challenge before the two countries.
Therefore the objective of this article is to analysis the main factors in
India and Iran relation and the future course of action for overcoming the new
challenges posed by the imposition of sanctions on Iran.     

Keywords

Energy, Investments, development of Chabhahar port, Indian interests in Iran and the US, India, Iran and the US triangle

References

• Prof. Dr. Ertan Efegil, Department of International RelationsSakarya University,Email: [e-mail].