Webinar on 22 April 2021: "EU-India Relations in 2021 – Taking Stock of the Strategic Partnership before the Porto Summit"

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India and the European Union as the largest democracies in the world have the unique potential to jointly demonstrate that trusting cooperation and mutual understanding are both indispensable and fruitful – all the more so in the context of increasing national egoism and disregard for the fundamental principles of multilateralism. However, for many years, the Strategic Partnership has underperformed. Resounding success in forging closer bilateral ties and promoting an inclusive, rules-based global order has proved elusive.

Two weeks before the EU-India summit in Porto, we take stock of the partnership: Have the partners been able to maintain the spirit of cautious optimism of last year’s virtual summit? Will the 2021 summit finally break the deadlock and set in motion the unfolding of the Strategic Partnership’s full potential? In short: Is EU-India cooperation “back on track”?

In this online event, the editors and contributors to the new book “EU-India Relations – The Strategic Partnership in the Light of the European Union Global Strategy” will discuss the state of EU-India relations in 2021. Mr. Gunnar Wiegand, Managing Director for Asia and the Pacific at the European External Action Service, and Ambassador Ugo Astuto, Delegation of the European Union to India, will deliver keynote speeches. Furthermore, three short talks will cast spotlights on the state of the partnership in three policy fields: climate policy, trade, and multilateralism.

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Programme

• Welcome Remarks and Presentation of the Book “EU-India Relations”
  Philipp Gieg, Timo Lowinger, Manuel Pietzko and Anja Zürn (University of Würzburg)
   
• Keynote Speeches
   
  • The EU-India Relations in Light of the European Union Global Strategy
    Gunnar Wiegand, Managing Director for Asia and the Pacific at the European External Action Service
     
  • EU-India Strategic Roadmap 2025 – Implementing the Agenda
    Ugo Astuto, Ambassador of the European Union to India and Bhutan
• Three Perspectives on EU-India Relations before the Porto Summit
   
  • India-EU Climate Diplomacy: Time to Move Up a Gear
    Dhanasree Jayaram (Manipal Academy of Higher Education)
     
  • The EU-India BTIA: Still Waiting after all those Years
    Nicolas Köhler-Suzuki (International Trade Intelligence, Paris)
     
  • Can the EU and India Save the International Liberal Order?
    Patryk Kugiel (Polish Institute of International Affairs, Warsaw)
• Open Discussion: EU-India Relations in 2021
  Moderators: Ummu Salma Bava (Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi) and Gisela Müller-Brandeck-Bocquet (University of Würzburg)
   

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Registration

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The event will be organized via Zoom and will take place on Thursday, 22 April 2021.
Starting Time: 11:00 BST (United Kingdom) · 12:00 CEST (Central Europa) · 15:30 IST (India)
Ending Time: 12:45 BST (United Kingdom) · 13:45 CEST (Central Europe) · 17:15 IST (India)

The Book

EU-India Relations – The Strategic Partnership in the Light of the European Union Global Strategy
Philipp Gieg / Timo Lowinger / Manuel Pietzko / Anja Zürn / Ummu Salma Bava / Gisela Müller-Brandeck-Bocquet (eds.)

This timely book scrutinises the status quo and the future potential of revitalised EU-India relations. By ex-ploring and analysing conceptual approaches to and key dimensions of the strategic partnership, including trade, climate policy and development cooperation, it evaluates the prospects for future cooperation. Lastly, it offers policy recommendations for advancing the partnership between India and the EU.

Published in 2021 by Springer · 377 pages · ISBN: 978-3-030-65044-5
 

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