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April 2, 2012

Understanding India's Iran Policy

Ramesh Thakur, Japan Times

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In such a world of competing and cross-cutting pulls, pressures, values and interests, government ministers attempt to strike a balance of interests and, being human, can make mistakes in their calculations. And India has to balance a complex array of interest and values in deciding on the best course of action after the European-U.S. imposition of sanctions on Iran.

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