From Eurasia Review
"The American inability to provide effective leadership in the Middle East is a sufficient incentive for Indian defiance over unilateral oil sanctions against Iran. Yes, this defiance has difficulties and problems, but it is worth the price to assert India’s independent foreign policy making. Following the US lead on Iran would have made India a loyal camp follower but not an important player. Perhaps President Obama’s former senior adviser Dennis Ross was not wrong when he admonished India by saying that New Delhi wants “to play a role internationally, but then they want to be able to play by their own rules."
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