India-France relations

Their differing approaches toward strategic autonomy pose a major impediment, but it can be overcome by focusing on shared commitment to a rules-based order.

France and India have the tools and legitimacy to become the main drivers of a novel cooperative and inclusive security architecture in the Indian Ocean.

The two countries have been trying to avoid depending on the United States for security, while also denouncing China’s belligerent posture.

New Delhi and Paris have a lot in common in terms of their strategic perspectives on a free, open, inclusive, and prosperous Indo-Pacific.

New Delhi has ambitious plans to bolster its armed forces with French procurements, but it is unclear how close these deals are to happening.

As a middle power with a presence in the Indian Ocean, France has the right mix of strengths and weaknesses to be India's priority defense partner.

Both countries support an inclusive multipolar order, while also prioritizing the importance of strategic autonomy.

The strong strategic and political foundation as well as the trust between India and France provide for accelerated defense and security ties in the coming years.

India, France and the UAE, which share strategic interests in the Indo-Pacific, met for a ministerial meeting on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly last week.

India and France, amid intensifying geopolitical trends in the Indo-Pacific region, are likely to build an even closer partnership.

India has held such dialogues with the U.S. and Japan in the past.

India has long valued France's partnership on issues ranging from defense and space exploration to civil nuclear power generation.

The India-France-Australia trilateral is only the latest of the many minilaterals that are taking shape in the Indo-Pacific region.

After many twists, turns, and delays, the first batch of French Dassault Rafale fighters finally arrived in India.

A recent engagement spotlighted the broader strategic collaboration between the two countries in this realm.

New Delhi and Paris have much to do in the year ahead.

India’s defense minister attended a formal handover ceremony in France this week.

The India-France security relationship has space left to grow.

France, Germany, the United Kingdom, and Russia remain India’s four most important European partners.

France can be a valuable partner for India in shoring up a free and open Indo-Pacific region.

It took a decade, but the Indian Air Force will have its Rafales. The first jet will likely arrive in 2019.

Negotiations between India and France over a Dassault Rafale fighter deal appear to be stonewalled.

“At a grand strategic level, France and India’s interests in the Indian Ocean are closely aligned.”

Narendra Modi's time in France, Germany, and Canada showcased his shrewdness as a diplomat.