Garima Mohan is no longer with Carnegie India.
Garima Mohan was a nonresident fellow at Carnegie India. Additionally, she is a research fellow at the Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi) in Berlin. Her research focuses on the foreign and security policies of rising powers, particularly that of India, and on Europe-India relations.
She is the scientific coordinator for the EU’s Asia-Pacific Research and Advice Network (APRAN), which supports EU policymakers in Brussels on issues concerning the Asia-Pacific. She also co-leads the EU-India policy dialogues on global governance and security, a project jointly conducted by GPPi and Carnegie India and funded by the EU Delegation to India. She has published widely on a number of issues, including Indian foreign and security policy in Africa, connectivity projects in Asia, maritime security in the Indian Ocean, EU-India relations, and Germany-India ties.
In 2017, she participated in the Asian Forum on Global Governance organized by ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius, and was a 2017 Raisina young fellow. From 2013 to 2015, Mohan was a fellow with the NFG Research Group “Asian Perceptions of the EU” at the Freie Universität Berlin.
Mohan holds a PhD in political science from the Berlin Graduate School for Transnational Studies—a joint program of the Freie Universität Berlin, the Hertie School of Governance, and the Berlin Social Science Research Center. She also holds a master’s degree in global politics with distinction from the London School of Economics and a bachelor’s degree in history from St. Stephen’s College in New Delhi.
The coronavirus pandemic coupled with a fragmented multipolar world has led to widespread disruptions in global trade and investment. Can India and the EU leverage their strong economic and security ties to deal with the evolving geo-political consequences of the pandemic?
With an assertive China and uncertainty of U.S. policy under the Trump administration, Europe and India have realized they have much to offer each other.
In order to sustain the present momentum in EU-India ties, both sides will have to make an extra effort to convert converging interests into concrete cooperation.
Both the European Union and its member states have talked about the importance of multilateralism and a rules-based order in their foreign policy approaches. It is time to implement this in the Indian Ocean.
As Europe diversifies its partnerships with Asia, India will be a central actor with a rising capacity to influence international politics.
The European Union wants to partner with key players in Asia on shaping the rules around connectivity, and provide a comprehensive response to the Belt and Road Initiative challenge.
The Indian Ocean, despite its geographical distance, has significant economic and strategic importance for Germany and Europe.
Crisis management, stabilization, and peacebuilding can play a central role in opening up a huge untapped potential for cooperation and collaboration between the European Union, its member states, and India.
While traditionally focused on the economic and cultural domains, today the European Union and India are taking unprecedented steps to deepen the security dimension of their partnership.
While traditionally focused on economics and culture, today the EU and India are taking bold steps to also deepen the strategic dimensions of their partnership.
