In September 2023, on the sidelines of the G20 summit in New Delhi, world leaders signed an MOU that briefly captured the world’s attention. The India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) set out an ambitious multimodal route connecting Indian ports to European markets via the Gulf and the Eastern Mediterranean. Goods shipped from India to the UAE, transported overland by rail across Saudi Arabia and into Israel, then loaded onto vessels at Haifa for onward transit to Greece, Italy, or France. Layered on top: undersea data cables, hydrogen pipelines, and a shared digital trade platform. Not just a logistics route, but an integrated economic ecosystem connecting economies representing roughly 40% of world GDP.

The corridor was designed to do more than move freight. It was conceived as a commercial expression of the Abraham........

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