{"id":74009,"date":"2020-12-22T18:26:30","date_gmt":"2020-12-22T12:56:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=74009"},"modified":"2021-01-04T14:27:37","modified_gmt":"2021-01-04T08:57:37","slug":"need-for-upgrading-india-europe-relations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/need-for-upgrading-india-europe-relations\/","title":{"rendered":"Need for upgrading India-Europe relations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Context-<\/strong>\u00a0Integrating Europe into India\u2019s new strategic calculus must be a serious goal in 2021.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Three latest developments underline Delhi\u2019s altering strategic perceptions of Europe-<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>India\u2019s assist for\u00a0<strong>France\u2019s membership of the Indian Ocean Rim Association<\/strong>\u00a0(IORA).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>This accession reflects the determination of France, an Indian Ocean rim country, to become more involved in the Indo-Pacific region.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>India welcomed Germany and Netherlands in constructing a new geopolitical structure within the Indo-pacific.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Emerging Security cooperation \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>The plans to work out a decade-long road map to rework the partnership between Delhi and London.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>What were the Issues hindering India-Europe relations?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>The bipolar Cold War and the growing world versus the developed world dynamics prevented India from increasing cooperation with Europe in Post-WWII period.<\/li>\n<li>Whereas, Europe found China as an attractive commercial partner compared to India, the gap further widened with time.<\/li>\n<li>China also invested heavy political and diplomatic effort to make its place among European countries.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>How geopolitics of the Indo-pacific affect Indian foreign policy?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>India is looking beyond the bipolar geopolitical competition between the US and China.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>This is because of uncertain political trajectory of the US towards China.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>India has begun to shed the postcolonial mental block towards regional security cooperation with Europe.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>The impact of China\u2019s rise is being felt across the Indo-Pacific and the arising geopolitical instabilities are producing new partnerships between the affected powers.<\/li>\n<li>India has now taken European powers as natural partners in constructing a durable balance of power in the Indo-Pacific.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>How Europe in the Indo-Pacific can benefit India?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Although, European potential to project army power into the Indo-Pacific is limited. However together with Asian democracies, Europe can definitely make a distinction.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It may well mobilize large economic assets for sustainable development of regional infrastructure.<\/li>\n<li>Wield political affect and leverage its important smooth power to form the Indo-pacific discourse.<\/li>\n<li>Also, can\u00a0increase India\u2019s personal complete national power.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Therefore, a powerful coalition of Asian and European center powers should now be an indispensable factor of the geopolitics of the Indo-pacific.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Context-\u00a0Integrating Europe into India\u2019s new strategic calculus must be a serious goal in 2021. Three latest developments underline Delhi\u2019s altering strategic perceptions of Europe- India\u2019s assist for\u00a0France\u2019s membership of the Indian Ocean Rim Association\u00a0(IORA). This accession reflects the determination of France, an Indian Ocean rim country, to become more involved in the Indo-Pacific region. 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