ABSTRACT
The second chapter examines how India's policy towards the EU evolved in the period immediately following the Cold War, up to the year 2000. During this time, both partners were undergoing profound changes. It begins by identifying the place of the EU in India's strategic objectives within the emerging world order. It then analyses India's reactions to the establishment of the EU, the deepening of European integration, and enlargement. The subsequent section attempts to explain why India's initially vigorous and optimistic relations with the EU ended in a serious crisis, and why the EU, initially seen as a democratic partner, became a political challenge. The impact of the situation in Kashmir and India's nuclear tests on relations with the EU is analysed. Despite political tensions, it demonstrates how economic cooperation thrived in the 1990s.
