The India-US relationship was based on a common geostrategic understanding about global challenges like China, Islamic terror, etc. Today, nobody understands the US’s geostrategic priorities. 5 min read May 1, 2026 06:39 PM IST First published on: May 1, 2026 at 06:39 PM IST Last week, a major debate erupted over an observation of mine about oil imports from Iran and Russia at a conference in Washington DC. I was wrong on the facts about Russia because India never stopped importing oil from that country. I promptly apologised. Yet, the Congress Party used my observation to loudly reiterate its allegation that the Indian government had “surrendered” before the US. This is the pot calling the kettle black. The compression of oil imports from Iran had happened during the UPA-2 regime. Until 2010, Iran was India’s second-largest oil supplier, accounting for almost 15 per cent of total imports.…