India and the new Europe

Acknowledgements | v

Association of Indian Diplomats | vii

India International Centre | ix

List of Contributors | xi

SECTION I: THE EMERGING EUROPEAN UNION

1. Introduction | 3
2. I.P. Khosla

2. Europe as Seen from India | 13
3. I.K. Gujral

3. Friends and Neighbours in Irish Priorities | 18
4. Philip McDonagh

4. India and the European Union | 26
5. Shashank

5. The Expansion of Europe | 36
6. Eric Gonsalves

6. The European Union and the Global Balance of Power | 41
7. Chandrasekhar Dasgupta

7. Mapping a Greater Europe | 45
8. S.K. Bhutani

8. The EU and Democratic Policy | 53
9. Bruno Joubert

9. The Political Integration of Europe | 57
10. Balveer Arora

SECTION II: INDIA AND THE NEW EUROPE

10. Stronger is Better | 65
11. Bendetto Amari

11. New Hopes to Heal Old Scars | 69
12. Anne Vaugier-Chaterjee

12. India and the New Europe | 73
13. Rajendra K. Jain

13. Change the Mindsets | 87
14. A.N. Ram

14. Future Prospects | 94
15. Arjun Sengupta

15. India’s Europe: Cultural Footprints and Conflict Resolution Processes | 101
16. Joel Ruet, Pramit Pal Chowdhury and Hari Vasudevan

16. The Fifth Enlargement and Issues in Indo-EU Trade | 109
17. O.P. Sharma

17. Legal Implications of EU Enlargement | 136
18. Julien Chaisse

SECTION III: DOCUMENTS

1. EU in Brief: Dates and Institutions | 157
2. European Security Strategy | 161
3. Milestones: India-EU Relations | 172
4. EU-India Cooperation Agreement, 20 Dec. 1993 | 180
5. EC-India Country Strategy Paper, 2002-2006 | 195
6. 4th EU-India Summit—Joint Press Statement | 213
7. Declaration against International Terrorism | 220
8. EU-India Enhanced Partnership | 222
9. EU-India Enhanced Partnership: Resolution on the Communication | 249

A Few Informative Websites | 260

INDEX | 265