India-Jordan Trade Relations—Analyzing Consistency and Change in India's Middle East Policy Since 2014
摘要
A lot of witnesses have focused on retuning of India’s stance under PM Narendra Modi for the Middle East. These accounts have mainly highlighted public overtures of PM Modi for Israel, including the unexpected visit in 2017, as official signs of break with typical pro-Palestine and pro-Arab approach of India. Others have interpreted successive visits of PM Modi to Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Jordan, Iran, and Oman as signs of new outreach to all common actors. Has diplomatic balance showed significant change in foreign policy among regional stakeholders? Can shifting Middle-East policy of India be explained by a huge number of smooth regional and global opportunities and challenges? Can factors like religious and ideological policies at domestic and national levels help account for absence or changes in Middle-East policy of India? Building on the context of foreign policy, this study is based on theoretical understanding and expectation from India’s role in redefining regional policy to address traditional knowledge of engagement with the Middle East as a symbol of significant change in foreign policy.