A war room for India in an age of sanctions

The next sanctions crisis may begin with a name on a Washington list and end in an Indian kitchen. Between them lie a New York bank, a London insurer, a tanker in the Strait of Hormuz and several Ministries in Delhi. Foreign pressure moves through one system. No single Ministry follows the whole journey. Diplomacy, law, banking, trade, shipping and fuel supplies sit in different parts of government. Who owns the combined response?

Washington sanctioned four companies based in India and three Indian nationals over alleged trade in Iranian oil and petrochemicals. Tehran listed an LNG carrier serving India and an Indian-flagged bulk carrier for possible fines, detention or confiscation in the Strait of Hormuz . One order travels through bank wires; the other waits at sea.