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India navigating turbulent waters smartly: Analyst
The foreign policy analyst said that PM Modi's visit to Israel signals structured India-Israel alignment.
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Anushka Pathak - Fri, 27, Feb 2026
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Nina Slama, geopolitics expert at Reichman University in The Nationalist View podcast / Courtesy: New India Abroad
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent visit to Israel underscores India’s multi-aligned foreign policy and projects a message of strategic autonomy to major global powers, a foreign policy analyst said.
Speaking on The Nationalist View podcast with journalist Arun Anand, Nina Slama, an Indo-Israel Affairs analyst from Israel’s Reichman University, said, “Prime Minister Modi's visit just reiterated the strategic autonomy of India. It showed allies and other countries that India is conducting a multi-aligned approach when it comes to its foreign policy.”
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By maintaining strategic bilateral ties with the United States, Russia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Israel, and the Palestinian Authority, she said that New Delhi “is not dependent on any country in the world. It is a strong power with a strong message, viewing and seeing the world as one family having one future.”
According to Slama, this approach presents to the rest of the world a “new way to conduct international relations on the basis of cooperation.” She added that other countries “should follow India” to foster greater stability in an increasingly polarized global environment.
On India-Israel relations, which Slama described as “an all-weather” relationship, she said that it has matured into a dependable strategic engagement with implications beyond the bilateral framework.
She noted that the visit included an agreement on military defense and security cooperation, expanding collaboration into more advanced domains. She referred to an estimated US $8 to 10 billion defense deal under discussion and cited joint work in UAVs, missile defense, cyber capabilities, and AI-enabled systems as indicators of deepening trust.
She also pointed to operational coordination during Israel’s current war and India’s Operation Sindoor last year, calling it evidence of “a strong bond and strong trust and strong understanding between the countries.”
Addressing shared security concerns, Slama said both nations face threats from state and non-state actors. Recalling Modi’s address to the Knesset, she noted that he “condemned strongly the Oct. 7, 2023 attack and the Hamas terrorist organization,” underscoring alignment on counterterrorism.
In her assessment, the broader significance of the visit lies less in individual agreements and more in geopolitical signaling: a demonstration that India can engage multiple power centers simultaneously while reinforcing strategic partnerships, and that such an approach may offer a template for other nations navigating global uncertainty.
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