India Foreign Policy Thread

[Dalit]

What India is doing now is in panic is exploring a possibility of transferring its control of Chabhar Port to an Iranian holding company temporarily until US sanctions are lifted. India can then return and take it back. They are desperately trying to stay in Iran and not exit this port. Now is Tehran chance to boot these Israeli loving ally people out of Iran. Let’s see what Tehran does.

The Indians consider the Chabahar port as their lifeline versus the most logical routes inside Pakistan. The Chabahar port means a lot to the Indians.

 

[Master Chief]

India has long prided itself on strategic autonomy, yet it has faced immense pressure from the US to scale back its investments in Iran’s Chabahar Port and reduce its reliance on Russian energy.

Some major lessons for Pakistan here.

Dependence on a single superpower or a single "corridor" (like CPEC) creates a bottleneck that can be exploited.

Pakistan must diversify its diplomatic portfolio engaging more deeply with the EU, the KSA and even maintaining a delivery based relationship with the US. Pakistan can gain the leverage needed to resist lopsided pressure.

Beyond port infrastructure the goal should be industrial integration, not just transit capacity.

While India’s involvement in Chabahar has recently slowed due to US sanctions (liquidating its financial commitments by April 2026), Pakistan has a window of opportunity to position Gwadar and Port Qasim as more viable alternatives.

Pakistan is currently transforming its maritime industry into a transshipment hub. By offering aggressive tariff incentives and eliminating wharfage charges, Port Qasim is already starting to compete with regional giants.

The land locked Advantage: India tried to use Chabahar to bypass Pakistan and reach Central Asia. If Pakistan develops Gwadar into a truly deep water, value addition center with robust Special Economic Zones (SEZs), it effectively neutralizes the need for rival regional corridors.

A key observation from current geopolitical shifts (2025–2026) is that the US values "practical deliverability." Pakistan has recently gained favor in Washington by providing immediate results in counter-terrorism and regional mediation.

Pakistan must move from being a transactional partner to an institutional partner. This requires transparency in nuclear and financial regulations (to avoid FATF-style pressure) and internal political stability to ensure long-term investment.

Lots of good points but I don't think China's position in the Pakistani strategic calculus should ever be considered replaceable or even slightly modifiable. Other associations may well occur despite this, but not in lieu of it or to the detriment of it. That is not some wide eyed sense of baseless loyalty either, but it is a tried and tested formula that have served Pakistani interests the best. Indeed, Pakistan should continue to position itself as a bridge - politically, militarily and geographically - between China and Beijing's Middle Eastern partners.

 

[Yasser76]

Yeah we dont work on hever ending theoretical projects. Project was started more than a decade ago abd has been handling cargo for 8 or 9 years. I believe afghanistan alone got 2 million tons of cargo and grain via chabahar. We expanded the por5 recently to handle more tonnage because pickup has bern good

nope, Afghan got f**k all.....

 

[panzerfaust 3]

The Indians consider the Chabahar port as their lifeline versus the most logical routes inside Pakistan. The Chabahar port means a lot to the Indians.

So the most logical route is from the inside of Pakistan? We are not stupid enough to think that

 

[Dalit]

Lots of good points but I don't think China's position in the Pakistani strategic calculus should ever be considered replaceable or even slightly modifiable. Other associations may well occur despite this, but not in lieu of it or to the detriment of it. That is not some wide eyed sense of baseless loyalty either, but it is a tried and tested formula that have served Pakistani interests the best. Indeed, Pakistan should continue to position itself as a bridge - politically, militarily and geographically - between China and Beijing's Middle Eastern partners.

I agree. Let's not lose this moment.

 

[Master Chief]

So the most logical route is from the inside of Pakistan? We're smarter than to belive that
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How is it anything but "logical" for India to wish to simply move goods through Pakistan if it was trading in a westerly direction?

Pakistan is obviously out of the question for Indian designs for obvious political reasons. That doesn't make the idea somehow "illogical".

I don't think you understood the post you are responding to.

As an analogy, how has being banned from overflight across Pakistani airspace been working out for you folks?

 

[LC150]

For years, I knew hindutva extremism would burn India from inside and outside

I always hated Hindus, and their own actions allowed that hatred to spread

Going to Israel after a genocide, a few days before the attack on Iran

Instigating hundreds of millions of Indian Muslims and billions in the Muslim world and across the world

All for hindutva extremism,

What a bunch of dumbasses

they were always like this ...modi & co just unmasked them selves

 

[Meengla]

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I saw that Indian lady in Mani Shankar Ayar (a retired Indian politician/diplomat) show a couple of days ago. She was moaning about the huge losses to the Indian airlines because Pakistan is still blocking the Indian airlines from flying over Pakistan.

About this topic: India has not only lost the Chahbahar Port but also the nation of Iran itself. And with that the so-called Mumbai to Europe route via Iran also lost. There is no sugar coating that. The IMEC corridor is also lost, at least as of now. India's geography has hemmed India in with a powerful Pakistan and the Pakistani allies restricting India.

 

[hussain0216]

they were always like this ...modi & co just unmasked them selves

Yeah, thats why they were hated

But their were also alot of liberals, morons and others who thought Indians were our "brothers"

These dumb retarded bastards still exist but we have got to get them out and shout them down

The more hindutawadi stupidity the more we can convince people across the world of the threat,

India s turning up in every topic supporting Zionists and white supremacists is great help

 

[Dalit]

'Discussing Chabahar Port issue actively with Iran and America', says India as sanctions waiver expires The US State Department had initially revoked the sanctions exception in September 2025. Following discussions, Washington later extended the cond...

Read more at: https://www.deccanherald.com/india/...as-sanctions-waiver-expires-newsalert-3982956

The next waiver will come at a heavy cost. Trump is going to milk the heck out of this one. Modi cannot avoid Trump anymore.

 

[r3alist]

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What Delhi doesn’t want to say out aloud to its people. How it was Americans that gave India this waiver in 2018 and is now taking it away lol . Delhi built its entire Chabhar BS Strategy based on American permission …. Hahah . And how embarrassing for a country of 1.5 billion to now beg US for a waiver again lol. And Let’s not forget it was Tehran who made this whole project possible. Against our Pakistan security and its interest. I’m glad both countries are losing out.

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[Master Chief]

India's geography has hemmed India in with a powerful Pakistan and the Pakistani allies restricting India.

Absolutely. Just picking up on the last part of your post, worth repeating.

The self-styled isolater has itself become isolated, perhaps if only for a moment. Certainly, things will never again be as they were pre-Sindoor. Modi is certainly feeling more and more compelled to embark upon yet another misadventure - he hasn't done so yet purely because he fears the outcome.

 

[Abdul q]

What India is doing now is in panic is exploring a possibility of transferring its control of Chabhar Port to an Iranian holding company temporarily until US sanctions are lifted. India can then return and take it back. They are desperately trying to stay in Iran and not exit this port. Now is Tehran chance to boot these Israeli loving ally people out of Iran. Let’s see what Tehran does.

I don’t think Iran will kick india out of this port….. its a pattern …

 

[Abdul q]

in my opinion india will get this port back… no country powered india as much as iranians and with cheapest energy products to cheap give away of a strategic port and these rundians can’t even thank their strategic partner properly…

 

[Meengla]

If and when Pakistan is able to give President Trump an exit out of the ongoing war on Iran, then Pakistan's star will rise globally and not just regionally. I think Pakistan is going try to get the American help over the Kashmir issue if Pakistan is successful in its mediation between Iran and America. There is already a UNSC Resolution over Kashmir which India ignores due to technicality but Americans could bring that up on behalf of Pakistan. And India is very vulnerable to the UNSC Resolutions now because it can't count on a Russian Veto like it used to.