The assessment that India is a desirable strategic partner challenges.2 In its conclusions on the “EU Strategy on for the European Union (EU) and its member states has India” from 2018, the European Council highlighted been reflected in recent years by strategic documents the “increasing role and responsibility of India on the and political statements issued by the EU and various global stage,” em. [...] Such a determination is based cooperation on strengthening the rules-based global as much on India’s growing economic and political clout order and on a range of other global issues.3 The assess- in the international order – with India set to become the ment by the capitals of Western EU members states world’s third largest economy by 2030 and perceptions reads quite similar: The French Indo-Pacif. [...] And some of these perception, the war and the way both India and Europe differences have profound consequences for the ability responded to it exposed fundamentally different views of India and European countries to jointly shape the not merely regarding how to deal with a revisionist Russia future international order. [...] The return of war Yet, the focus on frictions and disagreements overlooks to the continent forced them to (once again) abandon the the remarkable similarities in the strategic challenges widespread belief that European security could be attained that European countries and India have both begun to together with Russia rather than only achieved against it.9 face since Russia started its war – and i. [...] The author would like to thank the Konrad-Adenauer- Stiftung and the Council for Strategic and Defense Research for inviting her to their conference on “India and the New European Geopolitics,” which took place in New Delhi in November 2023 and inspired this paper, and Tobias Scholz for valuable feedback.
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