3rd INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS CONFERENCE 2015, PUNE. India looks at the Gulf as part of its ‘extended neighbourhood’ with only the Arabian Sea separating the two. This neighbourhood is a part of a larger region which stretches from the Gulf of Aden in the west to the Strait of Malacca in the east. In recognition of the strategic importance of the countries of the Gulf combined with the economic interdependence, the relationship in the field of energy, and the diaspora are only some of the strategic factors that has lead Indian governments in the past and in the present to engage, cooperate and maintain close relations with this region. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s emphasis on not just ‘looking east’ but also ‘linking west’ indeed sets the direction to the shaping of a clear ‘link west policy’.

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