BRICS: An alternate financial framework

BY Ambassador Neelam Deo and Akshay Mathur

The Western-dominated financial system that is strangling Iran with sanctions today can do the same to BRICS oil exporters tomorrow, should their geopolitics be deemed inconvenient. Hence, there is urgency for the BRICS nations to create a new financial architecture for mutual economic benefit.

Courtesy: Indian Embassy

10 February 2012

Iran looms large on Indo-U.S. relations

BY Seema Sirohi

Iran may become a litmus test for India's relationship with the U.S., where New Delhi must deftly balance its strategic relationship with the U.S. along with its energy interests in Iran.