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India-Europe ties can stabilise the chaotic international order

Working together, they could help create the diplomatic space necessary to prevent current tensions from sliding into wider conflict.

At a time when geopolitical tensions are stretching from Eastern Europe to West Asia, the world risks entering an era in which crises increasingly reinforce one another. The war in Ukraine continues to reshape Europe’s security environment. The conflict in Gaza remains volatile. And rising tensions in the US-Israel-Iran conflict have introduced new uncertainties around regional stability, maritime security, and global energy markets.

For Europe and India—both deeply connected to the region through trade, diplomacy, and strategic interests—the challenge is not merely to respond to these developments, but to help shape a diplomatic pathway that prevents further escalation.

The stakes are significant for both. For Europe, instability in the Middle East directly affects energy supplies, migration flows, and the security of vital maritime routes. For India, the region is home to millions of expatriates and lies along sea lanes through which a substantial share of its trade and energy imports pass.

In such circumstances, stability cannot rely on deterrence alone. It also requires credible diplomatic bridges. Here, cooperation between Europe and India could play an important role.

Both possess distinctive advantages. Europe brings diplomatic reach, institutional depth, and decades of engagement with Iran. India brings strategic autonomy, strong relationships across multiple geopolitical groupings, and growing credibility as a constructive actor on the global stage.

Working together, they could help create the diplomatic space necessary to prevent current tensions from sliding into wider conflict.

Europe’s diplomatic leverage

Europe has spent decades engaging with Iran through diplomacy, trade, and multilateral negotiations. The experience accumulated during the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) negotiations, along with the continued presence of European diplomatic missions in Tehran,........

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