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  • A statue of Shiva as Nataraja stands between the European Union flag and the Indian national flag indoors. Image credit: European Union, 2025

    Living with friction: Three anchors of the EU-India partnership

    The EU and India are drawing closer in response to shared pressures, but divergent threat perceptions set clear limits. Cooperation works best through a modular approach, shifting beyond trade towards practical collaboration in defence, technology and economic security amidst a...

    Briefs
    26 January, 2026 By: Lizza Bomassi
  • Anupriya Patel, Minister of State in the Indian Ministry for Health and Family Welfare, on the right and Ursula von der Leyen (in the background). Credit photo: European Union, 2025

    Power without purpose: The EU-India dilemma

    Despite polished summits and ambitious rhetoric, the EU–India partnership risks drifting without purpose. To unlock its potential, both sides need clarity, focus and realism.

    Commentary
    25 September, 2025 By: Lizza Bomassi, Priyanka Chaturvedi
  • President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen and Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi shaking hands in New Delhi in September 2023 | © European Union, 2023

    Breaking the deadlock on the EU-India FTA

    In late February, a high-level delegation from the European Commission visited India. In the context of negotiations that have been ongoing since 2007, the EU is seeking to overcome hurdles which so far have prevented it from concluding a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with New Delhi...

    Commentary
    5 March, 2025 By: Lizza Bomassi, Calvin Nixon
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    From hype to horizon: what the EU needs to know to bring IMEC to life

    The ambitious India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor project aims to boost trade and connectivity between Asia and Europe. But the initiative faces geopolitical, financial & logistical challenges. How can the EU tap into the project's economic & geostrategic opportunities?

    Briefs
    18 June, 2024 By: Dalia Ghanem, Amaia Sánchez-Cacicedo
  • India’s 2024 election outcome: Old wine in old bottles?

    What will the outcome of India’s general elections mean not just for India but for the EU? Both are facing an existential moment: India as a rising power seeking its place between the ‘like-minded’ and the ‘non-like-minded’, and the EU as a normative actor obliged to adapt to an...
    Commentary
    30 May, 2024 By: Amaia Sánchez-Cacicedo
  • India's moment: narrative vs. reality?

    It seems likely that India will use this year’s edition of the Raisina Dialogue to showcase its prowess on the global diplomatic stage – also with the upcoming elections in mind. But for ‘India’s Moment’ to come to fruition, the country’s rulers need to look beyond foreign policy...
    Commentary
    20 February, 2024 By: Amaia Sánchez-Cacicedo
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    EU-India relations - Gaining strategic traction?

    In this Chaillot Paper, both European and Indian experts explore how the EU and India might seize new opportunities for strategic partnership while highlighting underlying differences in outlook across critical issue areas.

    Chaillot Papers
    19 February 2024 Edited by: Amaia Sánchez-Cacicedo
  • Image of India's G20 presidency logo © Unsplash

    India's G20 presidency

    As India prepares to host the G20 Leaders' Summit in New Delhi on 9-10 September, this Brief analyses the Indian government’s motivations in seeking to pursue such an active and high-profile presidency, focusing in particular on its various minilateral diplomacy initiatives.

    Briefs
    8 September, 2023 By: Amaia Sánchez-Cacicedo
  • Image of footprints in the sand- © Unsplash

    Footprints in the sand

    In recent years both China and India have expanded their presence in the Middle East. This Brief shows however that their footprint in the Maghreb is primarily economic and remains light in comparison to that of the long-standing partner of the countries in the region: the EU.

    Briefs
    15 March, 2023 By: Dalia Ghanem
  • A like-minded partner?

    This Brief examines how the rise to power of Narendra Modi as the head of the nationalist BJP has changed India’s politics and diplomacy, and analyses the implications for the EU’s efforts to pursue closer engagement with the country.

    Briefs
    23 November, 2022 By: Isabelle Saint-Mézard

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