The European Union released its Joint Communication on a New Strategic Agenda with India this September, a significant move to shape a stable, multi-polar order. For the EU, this is a comprehensive and high-confidence offer grounded in its regulatory power. For New Delhi, the process is both promising and a rigorous test of its strategic autonomy, regulatory adaptability, and negotiating agility...
India and the EU’s New Strategic Agenda: An Opening or a Stress Test?
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