Transactionalism in India’s Foreign Policy, Case Study: India-European Union Relations

• Authors: Aleksandra Jaskólska

Abstracts

EN

The purpose of this article is to analyze the dominant role of transactional drivers in India’s foreign policy towards the European Union (EU). The article hypothesizes that India is trying to use its relationship with the EU in primarily transactional ways to achieve its own foreign and economic policy goals rather than to advance shared norms and values as democratic powers. Those goals include (i) leveraging its global image and reputation as a trusted and credible international partner, (ii) gaining greater regional and global influence, (iii) attracting foreign investment and boosting Indian exports. The article begins by explaining the concept of transactionalism in foreign policies. Secondly, it identifies the main drivers of India-EU relations with a special focus on (i) the concept of non-alignment and strategic autonomy in India’s foreign policy, (ii) common norms and values shared by India and the EU, (iii) economic cooperation between India and the EU. Thirdly, it assesses the transactional dimensions of the drivers of Indian foreign policy toward the EU discussed in the preceding sections. Finally, it evaluates the significance of India’s attempts to use its relations with the EU to achieve its own foreign and economic policy goals, including with respect to the implications for the EU’s efforts to project itself as a normative power in relations with India.

Keywords

EN

India; EU; foreign policy; FTA; transactionalism

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
• Journal: Azja-Pacyfik
• Year: 2023
• Issue: XXVII
• Pages: 31-54

Dates

published

2023

Contributors

author

Aleksandra Jaskólska

• University of Warsaw

• https://orcid.org/0000000251263121

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Identifiers

DOI

10.15804/ap2023.1.02

Biblioteka Nauki

31343153