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| Article Name : | | | INDIA-FRANCE DEFENCE COOPERATION IN POST-COLD WAR ERA | | Author Name : | | | Vinod Kumar | | Publisher : | | | Ashok Yakkaldevi | | Article Series No. : | | | GRT-4189 | | Article URL : | |  | Author Profile View PDF In browser | | Abstract : | | | This paper analyses the changing patterns of Indo-France relations and traces issues of conflict and cooperation, and continuity and change between the two countries. It argues that although France's traditional-cultural relations with pre-independent India had been good, diplomatic and political relations during the entire Cold War period were far from being friendly; rather they were formal, commercial and business oriented. The end of the Cold War ushered in new challenges for India, compelling it to undertake a thorough revision of its foreign policy. India's neo-realist aspirations to play a more active role in global politics, the French strategic support to India during the Pokharan nuclear tests, the far-reaching changes in Europe and the desire of both countries for an all-round intensification of cooperation have led to a transformation of Indo-French relations from a 'buyer-seller syndrome' to a strategic partnership in the twenty-first century. Going by the current trend, the future of Franco-India relations look promising. | | Keywords : | | |
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