When the late Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe gave his landmark speech in the Indian parliament in August 2007 referring to the “confluence of the two seas”, he gave birth to the concept of the Indo-Pacific as a strategic space connecting East and South Asia. But the latest conflict in the Middle East illustrates how South Asia’s interconnectedness increasingly lies to its west.
Some of these connections are deeply rooted in history: South Asia is home to the world’s largest Muslim population…
Iran conflict tests Pakistan amid own border clashes as Islamabad touted as venue for US-Tehran talks
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