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The EU–India strategic partnership: neither very strategic, nor much of a partnership
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While formally labelled as ‘strategic’, the European Union (EU)–India partnership is more often than not described as ‘lukewarm’ and ‘reluctant’. Thus, by process-tracing the EU–India relationship, this article reveals the significance of 1999 as a crucial point that has urged both Brussels and New Delhi to significantly alter both their outlook on global life and on each other. The bilateral relationship will be shown to be a story of two actors aspiring to global prominence, who—to their mutual frustration—find themselves consigned and constrained to play a leading role only in their respective neighbourhoods. The bilateral relationship seems only to reinforce this marginalization in global affairs, as neither of the strategic partners considers the other significant enough to develop meaningful relations with them.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Kavalski, E.
- Affiliations
- Australian Catholic University (AU)
- Corresponding author
- Kavalski, Emilian
- ORCID
- Kavalski, Emilian
- Venue
- Cambridge Review of International Affairs
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2015-03-04
- Volume
- 29
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 192-208
- ISSN
- 0955-7571 (ISSN-L)
- 1474-449X
- OpenAlex
- W1990578980
- Cited by
- 45
- References
- 39
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 13.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Cambridge Review of International Affairs (publishedVersion)
- Research Bank (Australian Catholic University) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › International Relations and Foreign Policy
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Global Political and Economic Relations
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › European Union Policy and Governance
- Keywords
- EU external relations, Indian foreign policy, bilateral relations, regionalism, strategic partnership
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