Keep pulling the thread on Amitav Ghosh.
The United States and the United Kingdom ('Anglo-America') seek to maintain control over the Straits of Hormuz in order to control the global flow of fossil fuels.
India is highly vulnerable to energy supply disruptions because its government failed to stockpile fuel reserves, in contrast to China's strategy.
The current geopolitical era is defined by a power shift from declining maritime powers to rising continental powers, namely China, Russia, and Iran.
The global climate crisis is fundamentally a geopolitical crisis tied to the fossil fuel economy, which has served as the underpinning of the Anglo-American empire for the past 200 years.
India is experiencing a severe and worsening shortage of natural gas, which is the primary fuel for household cooking in the country.
Over the last few years, India has completely lost its diplomatic direction within its own region.
The Indian Prime Minister's public displays of closeness with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are overwhelmingly unpopular within India.
India's geography places it in a difficult strategic position, as it is dependent on maritime relations but must also navigate the rise of continental powers.
India's policy of blocking Chinese technology is self-defeating and comparable to protectionist US tariff policies.