The Takshashila Podcast

Join Yusuf Unjhawala and Arindam Goswami in this episode of All Things Policy, where we discuss the recent unrest in Iran and its ramifications.Recent unrest in Iran, including protests and potential regime instability, disrupts India's strategic interests like Chabahar port access and energy routes, while reshaping alliances in the Middle East and beyond. Emerging groupings - such as a weakened Iran boosting Pakistan-China ties, or Sunni states hedging against a post-Khamenei vacuum - create ripple effects for India's multi-alignment policy.However, when we talk about Iran today, the conversation usually starts with missiles, sanctions, or nuclear timelines. But that framing misses the bigger story.What’s really unfolding is something far more consequential: the slow breakdown of how power, alliances, and rules actually work in the world.For India, this isn’t a distant West Asian crisis. It touches our energy security, our diaspora, our connectivity ambitions like Chabahar - and more importantly, it