A new strategic alignment between India and Israel is reshaping geopolitics far beyond their immediate neighbourhoods. Though geographically distant, the two states are increasingly bound by shared ideology, security practices and political narratives, an alliance that carries profound implications for South Asia, the Middle East and the global order.

These themes took centre stage in a wide-ranging conversation between award-winning journalist and author Azad Essa and senior defence analyst Ejaz Haider, centred on Essa’s book "Hostile Homelands: The New Alliance Between India & Israel" examining the India–Israel relationship. Far from a........

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