The india - israel Alliance
Volume 3, Number 39 • July 19, 2010

Editorial Introduction

The Zionist Hindu Crusader Alliance Marches On
Walter Russell Mead
AI The American Interest Online. April 22, 2010
The deepening relations between the United States, India, and Israel are changing the geopolitical geometry of the modern world in ways that will make the lives of fanatical terrorists even more dismal and depressing (not to mention shorter) than they already are. Israel and the United States are both in a better long term position than many Americans sometimes think; one of the main reasons is an Indian-Israeli connection that most Americans know nothing about. Get the entire story, please click here.

India and Israel Eye Iran
Niana Koshy
FPIF. Foreign Policy in Focus. February 12, 2008
Israel’s spy satellite launched by India in the third week of January considerably enhances Israel’s intelligence-gathering capability. The launch of the Tecsar satellite, also known as Polaris, also marks a new stage in India-Israeli strategic relations and adds a new factor in the complex security scenario in the Middle East. Find out more, please click here.

India-Israel Partnership: Consequence and Constraints
Harsh V. Pant
Meria. Vol. 8, No. 4, Article 6. December 2004
There has been a steady strengthening of India's relationship with Israel ever since India established full diplomatic relations with Israel in 1992, despite Indian attempts to keep this flourishing bilateral relationship out of public view. View the entire article, please click here.

Apprehensive Allies: India and Israel in the Obama Era
S. Samuel C. Rajiv
BESA Center Perspectives Papers. No. 89. August 10, 2009
India and Israel seem to be up against a "pragmatic," non-ideological American administration under President Obama whose policy initiatives and proclivities have the potential to cause friction in their respective bilateral interactions, despite the best of intentions. Get the whole story, please click here.

Perspectives

Where Phalcons Dare: India-Israel Defence Relations
Siddharth Ramama
IPCS. Issue Brief. No. 68. May 2008
To view this in-depth analysis of the India-Israel relationship, please click here.

Why Strong Indo-Israel relation is Needed
Amitabh Tripathi
South Asia Forum. March 17, 2009
Find out why a strong India-Israel reltationship is needed in South Asis, please click here.

India-Iran Foreign Relations
Ariel Farrar-Wellman
AEI. Iran Tracker. June 25, 2010
What is the current state of India-Iran relations. Learn more, please click here.

Interview with Israel’s ambassador to India, Mark Sofer
Ilya Meyer
Ilyameyer.com. February 20, 2010
In early February 2010, the author conducted a telephone interview with Mr Mark Sofer, Israel’s ambassador to India. Mr Sofer’s previous diplomatic service included Norway, so he is also well acquainted with the Scandinavian scene. To hear the interview, please click here.

Letters to the Editor
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Links to Articles of Interest

Israel Bilateral Relations
Embassy of India, Tel Aviv

India-Israel Relations: The Imperatives for Enhanced Strategic Cooperation
Dr. Subash Kapila
South Asia Analysis Group

Israel and Indian Muslims: Where We Stand
Hindustan Times. January 11, 2010

India-Israel Partnership
Stephen Kramer
Jewish Times of South Jersey. February 12, 2010

India-Israel Friendship
Yoni
Mideast Youth. April 17, 2007

Discovery of Natural Gas in Israel is a World-class Game Changer
Green Prophet. June 22, 2010

Jews in India. Bene Israel
Adaniel’s Info Site