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Saudi’s proxy game

While the Indian government may credit Prime Minister Narendra Modi for making Pakistan’s crucial allies, the UAE and Saudi Arabia, talk tough on state-sponsored terror, the real reason behind the two

While the Indian government may credit Prime Minister Narendra Modi for making Pakistan’s crucial allies, the UAE and Saudi Arabia, talk tough on state-sponsored terror, the real reason behind the two states’ unhappiness with Pakistan is the latter’s refusal to deploy its Army in a Saudi-led joint military campaign — Operation Decisive Storm — in Yemen in 2015. It is important that we understand diplomatic leverage in a larger context instead of blindly praising the “supreme leader”.

Rhea Kumar

New Delhi

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