We are pleased to announce the publication of the new Routledge volume Changing Perceptions of the EU at Times of Brexit, to which Dr Karine Lisbonne de Vergeron, Associate Director of the GPI and Head of its Europe Programme, contributed a chapter entitled “A Shift of Strategic Interests: Indian Elite Perceptions of Europe after Brexit”...Read More
Dr Karine Lisbonne de Vergeron, Associate Director and Head of the GPI Europe Programme at the GPI, was invited to contribute to a new IIEA report on “The Multilateral Order Post-Covid: Expert Voices”. Other leading international affairs experts that have contributed to this timely report include Anne-Marie Slaughter, Professor Emerita of Politics and International Affairs...Read More
During the Cold-War years, Europe and India engaged with the Soviet Union at very different levels. On many occasions they found themselves supporting the opposite side. Western Europe was part of the American led western alliance. India, however, had very close strategic and economic ties with the USSR, which were institutionalised through the 1971 Indo-Soviet...Read More
Professor Gulshan Sachdeva (JNU university) and Dr Karine de Vergeron, Associate director of the GPI, participated in the workshop for Phase 3 of the EU-India Think Tank Twinning Initiative which was held in Delhi on 7th November. The project is organised by the EU Delegation in India and funded by the EU Public Diplomacy Initiative.Read More
Dr Karine de Vergeron, Associate Director and of Head of GPI Europe, gave a keynote speech at the Irish Institute of International and European Affairs (IIEA) in Dublin on Wednesday, 30th October, entitled ‘A Future EU-China Partnership: France’s Perspective’. The recording of the event is available on the IIEA website and on YOUTUBE. ...Read More
Both the EU and India are viewed very favorably in Central Asia. As the region is now stabilizing, integrating and slowly opening to the outside world, it provides tremendous opportunities for the EU and India to increase their engagement further, both individually and possibly also jointly. This paper highlights the respective European and Indian strategies...Read More
Dr Karine Lisbonne de Vergeron was invited by the Austrian Military Academy to take part in an invitation-only seminar on “India: regional actor or global player?”, which took place on the 17th June. For more information about the seminar see the following link: https://www.milak.at/news/detail/indien-regionaler-akteur-oder-doch-global-playerRead More
Dr Karine Lisbonne, Associate Director and Head of Europe Programme at the GPI was interviewed by BBC World Update live on Friday, 22nd March, on China’s Belt and Road Initiative. The full interview will soon be available via the following link below: LISTEN TO THE FULL INTERVIEW HERE.Read More
European and Indian Perceptions of the Belt and Road Initiative: Dr Karine Lisbonne de Vergeron, Associate Director of the GPI and Professor Gulshan Sachdeva, Jean Monnet Chair and Director, Europe Studies, JNU release their joint publication as part of the EU-India Think Tank Initiative 2018, a public diplomacy project aimed at connecting research institutions in...Read More
It is becoming clear that China’s ambitious Belt & Road Initiative (BRI) linking Asia and Africa with Europe through a network of various transportation corridors could fundamentally reshape the geo-economics and geopolitics of the whole Eurasian region and beyond. As the initiative has huge implications for the EU and India; the paper has captured evolving...Read More
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