Introduction

摘要

India's relations with Iran, especially during the post-Cold War years, cannot be viewed merely as pro-American or anti-Iranian gestures. Though emotionally fulfilling and ideologically satisfying, such an approach does a disservice to the understanding of foreign policy dynamics. Foreign policy is not a zero-sum game. The era of alliances and blocks ended with the Cold War. Each nation has to recognise non-parallel interests with its interlocutors, work for interest convergence and minimise the adverse effects of the divergences.