%0 Journal Article
%T The Kuwait Crisis of 1990¨C1991: The Turning Point in India¡¯s Middle East Policy
%A Md Muddassir Quamar
%A P. R. Kumaraswamy
%J Contemporary Review of the Middle East
%@ 2349-0055
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/2347798918812287
%X Abstract The Iraqi invasion, occupation, and annexation of Kuwait in August 1990 exposed the soft underbelly of India¡¯s policy toward the Middle East in general and the Persian Gulf region in particular. While safe evacuation of the Indian workers was a prime concern, some of the steps in that direction proved counterproductive. However, in the long run, the Kuwait crisis resulted in India making two critical steps that shaped its post-Cold War policy toward the region: diminishing influence of the Palestinian cause in its engagements with the Arab world and economic substance replacing political rhetoric
%K Kuwait crisis
%K Gulf War
%K India¨CGulf
%K India¨CMiddle East
%K Palestine
%K Israel¨CPalestine
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2347798918812287