India's Security and Energy Ties with GCC Countries

Abstract Abstract: India’s Relations with gulf countries are very old. Its friendly and beneficial relations with the countries of West Asia and the Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) in particular, have required a key component of its foreign policy gesture on account of geopolitical, economic, energy and security interests. The reasons for significance of GCC countries for India now go beyond the assured supplies of its energy resources and security concerns. India’s opportunities for energy and security concerns have gained salience in its relations with GCC countries. The political uncertainty over the representative character of region and India’s new priorities in the form of strong ties with the US and Israel could impinge on India’s pivotal role in the region. It is in India’s energy and security interests to maintain a positive relationship with GCC. The proposed study tries to explain and evaluate India’s energy and security ties with these GCC countries. The proposed study is primarily based on secondary sources. The methodology used in this study will be deductive method in the context of realist approach of international relations.