Policy Brief
The EU and India: Inevitable Partners for a Rules-Based International Order
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This policy brief explores the long-standing divergences in Europe and India’s approach to multilateral governance—rooted in historical experience and interest-based considerations—to better understand the current moment and identify arenas of promise. It examines how shared principles function as public goods that safeguard fair, orderly, and transparent access to critical resources and markets, and how both sides recognize that the multilateral system is under stress from great-power unilateralism, emerging digital challenges, and the weaponization of trade and finance.
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Date of Publication
November 2025
Publisher
Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung New Delhi
Number of Pages
8
Licence
All rights reserved
Language of publication
English
Table of contents
- Introduction
- Shaping Approaches to Multilateralism: The European and Indian Experience
- The EU’s Coming to Terms with Multilateralism
- India’s Legacy of Multilateral Thinking
- Multilateralism Under Stress
- India’s Multilateralism Today
- Europe’s Multilateralism Today
- The Path Forward: Global Principles as a Public Good
- Elevate a Practical “Reformist G-4” Platform
- Globalize Bilateral Climate Cooperation
- Using the India–Middle East–Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) as a Joint Learning Platform
- Conclusions
- About the Authors