Another conflict and another operation to evacuate stranded Indians. Operation Sindhu has been launched to bring home over a thousand Indian students studying in Iran. There are today over eight million persons of Indian origin across an increasingly troubled West Asian region. India’s stake in the region’s peace and stability go far beyond the safety of Indians in the region. The Indian economy is critically dependent on assured and uninterrupted access to oil and gas from the region, with close to 50 per cent of India’s energy needs coming through the Straits of Hormuz. More than half of the $129...