The announcement on 4 June 2015 at the major Washington-based think tank, Council on Foreign Relations, of a Saudi-Israeli alliance against Iran, comes a little before the visits to Jerusalem by Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The alliance cements a unique relationship between historical adversaries who, for different reasons, virulently oppose Iran. This development has to be seen in the context of the strategic dimensions of India’s relations with Saudi Arabia, Israel, Iran, and the U.S. And it has far-reaching implications for India’s policy towards West Asia.