Europe's new courtship of India is not just another trade story; it is a signal of how power is being reorganised in a world of fractured globalisation. By anchoring India into emerging connectivity corridors that link South Asia, the Middle East and Europe, the EU is betting on New Delhi as a strategic counterweight in an increasingly polarised global economy. For India, the payoff is more than market access. It is recognition as a pivotal node in the next phase of geopolitical competition, where infrastructure, standards and supply chains matter as much as military alliances.

This European outreach has also led President Trump to ease recently placed tariffs on a range of Indian exports. Taken together, the EU India deal and the US tariff easing signal a broader Western recalibration toward India as a preferred partner in an era of strategic derisking from China.

For Narendra Modi, the timing could hardly be more fortuitous. Only months ago, his........

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