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India's rise: on feet of clay?
Indiens Aufstieg: auf tönernem Fundament?
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Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik -SWP- Deutsches Institut für Internationale Politik und Sicherheit
Abstract India has risen internationally since the 1990s. The most important reasons for this success are its economic reforms since 1991 and new international constellations since the East-West conflict. Both have earned the country a significantly greater say on global issues, but India's rise is quite fr... view more
India has risen internationally since the 1990s. The most important reasons for this success are its economic reforms since 1991 and new international constellations since the East-West conflict. Both have earned the country a significantly greater say on global issues, but India's rise is quite fragile due to a range of structural deficits at the national level. Despite economic successes India is in many areas one of the G20's poorest performers. India's rise is in Germany's and Europe's interest. The world’s largest democracy is considered to be a partner in shared values and fellow campaigner for a rules-based international order and as a promising market. In addition, India, Germany and Europe increasingly share geopolitical interests. India is seen as a mainstay of future German Indo-Pacific policy. A number of domestic developments in India adversely affect the foundations of cooperation. Since 2014 a decline of democratic procedures and institutions has been apparent and the new economic policy of self-reliance proclaimed in 2020 is based more on partial protectionism than on further integration into the world market. That is why, to manage expectations realistically, German and European policy should be geared more towards common interests than to values. (author's abstract)... view less
Keywords
India; international relations; political development; economic development (on national level); geopolitics; foreign policy; domestic policy
Classification
International Relations, International Politics, Foreign Affairs, Development Policy
Free Keywords
Multilaterale internationale Beziehungen; Indopazifik; Außenpolitische Neuorientierung; Innenpolitische Neuorientierung; Wirksamkeit wirtschaftspolitischer Maßnahmen; Internationaler Wettbewerb; Regionale internationale Sicherheit; Soft Power; Modi, Narendra; Demokratie; Interdependenz im internationalen System; Autoritäre Herrschaft; Internationale ordnungspolitische Interessendivergenzen; Freihandel; Demographische Faktoren; Bildung/Erziehung; Forschung und Entwicklung; Arbeitsmarkt; Sozioökonomische Entwicklung; Verwaltungsstruktur; Bedeutung/Rolle; Religion; BRIC-/BRICS-Staatengruppe; Volksrepublik China; Implikation; Deutschland; Europäische Union
Document language
English
Publication Year
2022
City
Berlin
Page/Pages
43 p.
Series
SWP Research Paper, 2/2022
DOI
https://doi.org/10.18449/2022RP02
ISSN
1863-1053
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications