The Indian Council of World Affairs known as ICWA opened a two day National Conference titled India Energy Security and Strategic Engagement in the Context of the US Israel Iran Conflict in the Emerging Geopolitical Order at Sapru House in New Delhi on 25 May 2026. The conference brings together senior diplomats, former ambassadors to West Asian capitals, energy economists, scholars from leading think tanks and representatives of public sector oil and gas companies to examine the implications of West Asian instability for Indian energy security, shipping routes, diaspora protection and trade flows. India imports nearly 87 per cent of its crude oil requirements and around half of its natural gas, with West Asia accounting for over 40 per cent of crude imports in 2025-26. The Strait of Hormuz, which carries roughly 21 per cent of global liquid petroleum supplies, and the Bab el Mandeb are critical chokepoints for Indian energy flows. Sessions over the two days cover the trajectory of the US Israel Iran conflict and its escalation risk, sanctions architecture and secondary sanctions exposure, diversification of crude sourcing from the United States, Russia, Latin America and Africa, the role of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, the Chabahar Port and International North South Transport Corridor as alternatives to Suez and Hormuz dependence, and the security of about nine million Indians working in the Gulf. ICWA was established in 1943 and is the apex think tank on foreign policy under the Ministry of External Affairs with the Vice President of India as its Ex Officio President and Sapru House as its iconic location. The conference reflects renewed academic and policy attention on West Asia, given recent escalation cycles, oil price volatility and supply chain disruptions.