India should seek to play the role of honest broker to defuse the threat of military hostilities, which would most likely shut down the world’s most important oil-export route, the Strait of Hormuz (a danger that Iran has said is also implicit in an oil-export embargo against it). But, far from being able to play the role of bridge-builder between the US and Iran, India is being forced to walk a policy tightrope, and its desire to chart a neutral course has annoyed both sides.
印度应当试图扮演一个真诚协调人角色来消除军事敌意所带来的威胁，因为这一威胁很可能会切断世界上最重要的石油出口通道——霍尔木兹海峡（伊朗声称如果对其执行石油禁运的话显然也会引发这一危机）。虽然没有能力在美伊之间牵线搭桥，印度却被迫走上了政策的钢丝绳，而走一条中立路线的意愿却又两头不讨好。