The virtual meeting of the leaders of India, Israel, the US, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), as part of a new partnership known as I2U2, reflects opportunities and challenges for India. I2U2 straddles a major regional fault-line and marks an important signalling exercise by all four countries. Reflecting the latest détente via the US-mediated Abraham Accords, which seek to normalise ties between Israel, the UAE, Bahrain, and Morocco after decades, it offers India a chance to broaden and deepen the already cordial political and economic relations with Israel and the UAE and balance them with other countries in the