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Sumitha Narayanan Kutty is an associate research fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies in Singapore, where her work focuses on India’s foreign and security policies, particularly toward the Middle East. On Twitter: @sumithakutty
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Sumitha Narayanan Kutty