It also demonstrated that the EU increasingly sees India as a strategic alternative to excessive dependence on China and India increasingly sees the EU as an important technology and investment partner amid a more fragmented global trading system.

The NATO summit can indirectly transform India from a regional power into a West Asia stakeholder by integrating India into maritime security frameworks, supporting connectivity projects, strengthening intelligence ties, reinforcing India’s role as an alternative to China. The long-term outcome is that India could emerge as a pillar of…

Some analysts accuse the EU of double-standards arguing  that the EU has been condemning Taliban policies since they assumed power, but were now holding direct discussions with them. Such meetings undermine the EU's credibility as a defender of human rights and democratic values.

The CEPS conference shows Pakistan is shifting the Indus issue from technical water management  to geopolitical norm contest. That’s the key transition. Once a river dispute enters Brussels policy networks, international arbitration, climate diplomacy, and security discourse it becomes much harder to keep it bilateral. And that is likely…

By recognising Pakistan’s role in the Iran crisis, Brussels is signalling that influence in today's international system is increasingly distributed across multiple actors, not concentrated solely in Washington, Beijing, or Moscow. This fits with the EU’s broader effort to develop a more autonomous and flexible foreign policy in a more…

India is one of the world’s largest suppliers of generic medicines and APIs to Europe. If the EU begins favouring “Made in EU” pharmaceutical production through procurement preferences, subsidies or state aid, Indian drug manufacturers could face reduced access to EU public procurement contracts and tougher supply-chain resilience requirements…

EU–Afghanistan ties cannot be understood in isolation. Afghanistan sits at the crossroads of South Asia, Central Asia, and the broader Eurasian geopolitical landscape, meaning that any evolution in relations between the European Union and Afghanistan is closely tied to wider regional developments involving India, Pakistan, Central Asia, and…

This deal also reflects a wider trend: South Asia is becoming more central in global strategy. Countries like Bangladesh are no longer just “developing economies”; they’re major manufacturing hubs, large consumer markets, strategically located between South and Southeast Asia. That attracts attention from the EU, China, India, and the US alike…

Long-time observers in Brussels on  EU-India relations opine that  there is no real lobby for India inside the EU institutions,  hardly any civil servants of Indian origin,  with  an embassy not really pro-active, and bilateral dialogues lost in bureaucratic red tape where nothing really moves without political push.  So the media remains…

In an increasingly turbulent international environment, this partnership could contribute to shaping a more balanced, cooperative, and resilient global security architecture. For Europe, which can no longer rely solely on the assumptions of a stable rules-based order led by the United States, deeper partnerships such as that with India may…