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Containing seventeen chapters, this volume critically examines Indian economic, political relations, and defence cooperation with major West European countries—France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom as well as Austria, Belgium, Greece, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, and Spain from 1947 to the present. It contains five thematic chapters dealing with major topical issues on Indian and European approaches towards issues related to trade, Russian energy, migration, Internet governance, and the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor. Filling a long-felt gap in the available literature, this book examines mutual perceptions, the complexity, the elements of convergence and divergence as well as the challenges and prospects of India’s relations with Western Europe.

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Author:   Rajendra K. Jain
Publisher:   Springer Verlag, Singapore
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:  

9789819529872

ISBN 10:   9819529875
Pages:   524
Publication Date:   28 January 2026
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1: India and Western Europe.- Chapter 2: India and Germany.- Chapter 3: India and France.- Chapter 4: India and the United Kingdom: From Boris to Starmer.- Chapter 5: India Italy Relations in a Shifting Geopolitical Landscape Towards Strategic Rebalancing.- Chapter 6: India and Spain.- Chapter 7: India and the Netherlands.- Chapter 8: India and Portugal.- Chapter 9: India and Belgium.- Chapter 10: India and Austria.- Chapter 11: India and Norway.- Chapter 12: India and Greece.- Chapter 13: India and West Europe Trade.- Chapter 14: India West Europe and Russia Bridging the Oil and Natural Gas Divide.- Chapter 15: Indian Migration and Diaspora in Western Europe.- Chapter 16: India the European Union and Internet Governance.- Chapter 17: India and IMEC.

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Rajendra K. Jain was formerly Professor and Chairperson at the Centre for European Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India, and Visiting Professor, Warsaw University (February-May 2022). He was Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Fellow/Professor at the universities of Constance, Freiburg, Leipzig, and Tübingen and Science and Politics Foundation (SWP), Ebenhausen (1995). He has been the first Jean Monnet Chair in India and Adjunct Research Professor, Monash European and EU Studies Centre, Melbourne (2010-2015). He was Indian Council of Cultural Relations (ICCR) Professor of Contemporary India, Leuven University (2015). He has most recently published India and Germany in a Turbulent World (2024).

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