First, it threatens to sabotage India’s energy-import diversification strategy by making it overly dependent on the Islamist-bankrolling oil monarchies – including Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Qatar – which have managed to ride out the Arab Spring. Second, further isolation of Iran will make it very difficult for India to play a more active role in Afghanistan at a time when the US is hastening its military disengagement there and seeking to cut a deal with the Taliban.
首先，该政策会使印度更加依赖那些伊斯兰教主义者资助的石油君主国——包括沙特阿拉伯，阿联酋和卡塔尔——它们都成功躲过了阿拉伯之春的冲击，进而威胁到印度的能源进口多元化战略。其二，在美国加速从阿富汗撤军并试图与塔利班媾和的情况下，进一步孤立伊朗将使印度更加难以在阿富汗事务中扮演积极角色。