India Russia Strategic Partnership: A Framework of 21st Century

Social Science and Humanities

Economic clout, military might and national interests dictate the terms of a global order dominated by realism. Despite such a context, India-Russia share a special partnership based on trust, mutual respect and cooperation. A stronger strategic partnership is evident due to the shared objectives and common policy perspective. Of late, however, the seemingly impregnable partnership has undergone turbulence and with the new opportunities emerging for each, the strategic space for bilateral cooperation and manoeuvre has seemingly shrunk. In this regard, three major pillars of Indo-Russia relationship namely, defence, energy, economy and trade have been analysed vis-à-vis their significance in Moscow-New Delhi relations. This article has reviewed the strategic partnership between the two countries in the light of the recent developments in the aforementioned determinants for understanding the dynamics of their strategic partnership. Additionally, present realities require both nations incorporate their private sectors in a renewed bilateral regime. Such a paradigm, synergising public-private strengths shall revitalize the strategic partnership and add to salience of both nations in the global arena. Lastly, prospects for private sector have been put forth for further strengthening the partnership and deepening the India-Russia’s strategic commonalities.

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