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Dependence on U.S.-origin or U.S.-controlled energy sources has already exposed India to risks that extend well beyond ordinary market fluctuations. Now the White House has acquired even greater leverage over New Delhi by signing into law the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act. Since May, the U.S. has become India’s largest supplier of LNG and LPG, following New Delhi’s commitment under the provisional February 2026 trade deal to sharply increase purchases of American energy and other products. At Washington’s urging, India has also become the largest export destination for Venezuelan oil, with Indian payments flowing directly to the U.S. government rather than to Venezuela. Under the new U.S. law, European buyers of Russian energy are protected not by a geographic exemption but through transitional carve-outs, gas-import thresholds and executive-waiver authority. In practice, the principal targets are China and India. Yet Washington is unlikely to impose such sanctions on Beijing, leaving India as the most vulnerable target. By keeping the threat of sweeping sanctions hanging over New Delhi, the White House is likely to seek further trade concessions from India. The plain fact is that yielding to pressure, by signaling weakness, invites greater demands. When a country gives in once, the other side learns that pushing harder works.

Today 25 years of 9/11 has completed. I got the opportunity to be on the roof of World Trade Centre Building, New York in August 2000. It was tallest building on earth at that time. But this date remind us that how destructive forces have the capability of pulling down tallest creations of man kind in the most powerful country of the time. So we should take lessons and learning from the past to secure a safe and prosperous future free of terrorism.