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Global Governance, Security, and Strategy in the EU-India Partnership

While traditionally focused on the economic and cultural domains, today the European Union and India are taking unprecedented steps to deepen the security dimension of their partnership.

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By Constantino Xavier, Garima Mohan, C. Raja Mohan, Arushi Kumar, Darshana M. Baruah
Published on Apr 24, 2017

Source: Global Public Policy Institute

While traditionally focused on the economic and cultural domains, today the European Union and India are taking unprecedented steps to deepen the security dimension of their partnership. This attests to the evolution of their relationship, driven by a changing global environment, including possible US retrenchment and the rise of China.

Brussels’s new pragmatic pursuit of closer ties with India is a response to New Delhi’s increasing political and economic weight in Asia. India’s new interest in Europe, in turn, is motivated by the need to diversify options and balance Beijing by partnering with other middle powers. This Indo-European convergence of foreign policy interests throws open a window of opportunity for greater cooperation on strategic issues of security and global governance, marking a change of course after several years of either absent dialogue or deep disagreements.

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This piece was originally published by the Global Public Policy Institute.

Authors

Constantino Xavier
Former Fellow, Carnegie India
Constantino Xavier
Garima Mohan
Former Nonresident Fellow, Carnegie India
C. Raja Mohan
Former Nonresident Senior Fellow, Carnegie India
Arushi Kumar
Darshana M. Baruah
Former Nonresident Scholar, South Asia Program
Darshana M. Baruah
Foreign PolicySouth AsiaIndiaWestern Europe

Carnegie does not take institutional positions on public policy issues; the views represented herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Carnegie, its staff, or its trustees.

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