Beyond maritime trade: Iran-Qatar normalisation and India’s Gulf calculus

The resuming of maritime trade between Iran and Qatar is being portrayed as any routine post-conflict normalisation measure after the reopening of Gulf shipping. The shipping services between Iran’s Dayyer Port and Qatar’s Al Ruwais Port have resumed after diplomatic coordination. This also means that the restoration of a commercial route has happened that was suspended for nearly five months following the conflict in the Middle East. This also coincides with the gradual reopening of shipping lanes across the Gulf region after an…