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24/11/2020 - International Relations

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November 24, 2020

It is time for India to recalibrate ties with Persian Gulf and seize the new strategic possibilities with the region. Analyse (200 Words)

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IAS Parliament 3 years

KEY POINTS

·        For decades, India’s mercantilism saw the Gulf as a source of oil and a destination for labour exports. Delhi’s narrow bureaucratic approach to the Gulf was incapable of a political engagement with the region’s interests.

·        The Indian elite has long viewed the Gulf as a collection of extractive petro-states run by conservative feudatories. Delhi needs to get real and recognise the impressive structure of finance capital built on the massive accumulation of oil revenues over the last few decades.

·        The immediate need to shield India’s interests in the post-pandemic turbulence that is enveloping the region. The threat to the region’s economic stability is real, and as the Gulf considers cutting back on foreign labour, Delhi would want to make sure its workers in the region are insulated.

·        The focus on the new and long-term possibilities for economic cooperation with the Gulf, which is looking at a future beyond oil. The Gulf states have embarked on massive economic diversification and are investing in a variety of new projects including renewable energy, higher education, technological innovation, smart cities, and space commerce. Delhi must get its businesses to focus on the range of new opportunities in the Gulf.

·        India also needs to tap into the full possibilities of Gulf capital for its own economic development. The big gap between the investments that the Gulf is ready to offer and India’s ability to absorb needs to be reduced.

·        The UAE currently chairs the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) and has been eager to work with India in developing joint infrastructure projects. Delhi needs to bring scale and depth to its regional initiatives on connectivity and security in the Indian Ocean. The UAE is a natural choice for it.

·        Delhi pays insufficient attention to the significant reforms unfolding in the Gulf that seek to reduce the heavy hand of religion on social life, expand the rights of women, widen religious freedoms, promote tolerance, and develop a national identity that is not tied exclusively to religion. The UAE has been the leader in this regard.

·        As it seeks to recalibrate India’s ties with the Gulf, the real challenge for South Block is to get the rest of the Indian establishment to discard outdated perceptions of the Gulf and seize the new strategic possibilities with the region.

aswin 3 years

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IAS Parliament 3 years

Good attempt. Try to provide subheadings and write the answer with proper alignment. Keep Writing.

Venkateshwaran R 3 years

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IAS Parliament 3 years

Good attempt. Keep writing.

Venkateshwaran R 3 years

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