Revista de Economie Mondială (Jun 2017)
THE STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE OF THE UK-INDIA PARTNERSHIP FROM THE BREXIT PERSPECTIVE
Abstract
The main objective of this research is to identify commonalities between the British and Indian foreign policy in the current economic and geopolitical context. For the United Kingdom, strategic alliances have become once again the central element of its foreign policy in view of its likely exit from the EU at the horizon of 2019. Among these alliances, the Commonwealth plays a special role, with India being Britain's most important partner, not only in terms of the size of its economy and population, but also taking into account the scale and depth of bilateral economic relations. In turn, India focuses on extending its sphere of influence both in Asia-Pacific and globally. Its cooperation with the UK in various fields, including economy, military, defense and technology exchanges is considered an important way to achieve this goal. Such connections contribute to strengthening the Indo-British strategic partnership, which already has solid foundations from the standpoint of a common history, and a solid institutional cooperation and deep bilateral economic relations.
