Garima Mohan | गरिमा मोहन

This 🇪🇺🇮🇳 Summit was historic. How did we arrive to the FTA? What explains the interest in 🇮🇳 &🇪🇺 to work together? Based on interviews w/policy makers on both sides, I explore how the 🇮🇳debate has evolved in 🇪🇺 & where 🇪🇺sits in Delhi's FP priorities bit.ly/3Ma5CJ9

@shrutipandalai @LowyInstitute @mfullilove @MihaiSora @RyanNeelam @AusIndiaCentre @dfat The India Chair is an excellent (and much needed) initiative - and I can think of no one better to run this program! Congrats, Shruti!

Absolute privilege to be appointed the Inaugural India Chair @LowyInstitute . Many thanks to @mfullilove @MihaiSora @RyanNeelam @AusIndiaCentre @dfat for this fantastic opportunity. Looking forward to hitting the ground running. 🙏🏼

🇮🇳🇪🇺 GMF kicked off the 28th India Trilateral Forum in Brussels this morning. The two-day forum will cover the momentum in Europe-India ties and generate ideas and templates for taking this relationship forward. Many thanks to our funders at the Swedish MFA for their generous support. @GMFAsia @SweMFA @SwedeninEU @BonnieGlaser @GarimaMo @susannanumminen

List of outcomes (15 in total) : Official Visit of Federal Chancellor Dr. Christian Stocker @_CStocker of Austria to India ⬇️ 🇮🇳 🇦🇹

“It was not given that we’d be able to see reasonably free elections,” said GMF's @DanielHegedus82. GMF's in-house and guest experts discuss the election results and their immediate political consequences. ➡️ Watch the full event: bit.ly/428ElLq

India delivers 13 tons of BCG vaccines and related dry material to @MoPH_afg to augment Afghanistan’s child immunization programme against tuberculosis. @WHO @UNICEF

Foreign secretary Vikram Misri meets French FM Barrot

As the European security architecture enters a period of disruptive and structural change, the German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF) is launching a major new initiative European Defense Roadmap: A Transatlantic Path to Responsibility Sharing, focused on developing a concrete, actionable roadmap for European defense to enter a new era of transatlantic responsibility sharing. Led by Dr. @ClaudMajor , GMF’s Senior Vice President for Transatlantic Security, this initiative builds directly on the policy recommendations of GMF’s bipartisan Transatlantic Task Force report, Rebalancing Transatlantic Relations — A Roadmap for 2030, released on June 24, 2025. The old burden-sharing debate, long measured in GDP percentages and defense budgets, is no longer sufficient. Transatlantic trust has been strained, and the strategic gap is widening. What is needed is a strategic contribution framework that reframes the conversation in terms Washington can act on and Brussels can deliver: not just how much Europe spends, but what Europe can do—reliably and at scale—within EU, NATO, and coalition frameworks. That is the core premise of GMF’s European Defense Roadmap. An effort to help translate responsibility‑sharing into an actionable roadmap for policymakers on both sides of the Atlantic. Building on decades of GMF security and defense expertise, it will deliver a structured blueprint for how Europe can assume primary responsibility for its own defense while preserving alliance cohesion and sustaining US engagement where it matters most. Through high-level workshops, scenario sessions, and data-driven research across GMF’s transatlantic office network—from Washington D.C. and Brussels to Berlin, Paris, London, Warsaw, Bucharest and Ankara—GMF will convene the full spectrum of key transatlantic stakeholders: governments, EU and NATO institutions, defense and tech industries, and leading experts to shape what comes next. US and European allies share a fundamental interest in ensuring that this roadmap is operationalized in an orderly and constructive manner that limits capability and leadership gaps, and maintains credible deterrence. In the months ahead, GMF will provide the trusted platforms, rigorous analysis and structured timeline needed to define the parameters of a more cohesive, capable European security framework. 🔗 Learn more about the European Defense Roadmap below:

Pranay Verma to be India's next ambassador to Belgium, & EU

8th India-Sweden Foreign Office Consultations (FOC) were held in New Delhi today. Secretary (West) @AmbSibiGeorge co-chaired the FOC with State Secretary for Foreign Affair, Mr. Dag Hartelius. They reviewed all aspects of the bilateral relationship and agreed to strengthen it further in the fields of political engagements, trade & investment, defence & security, innovation, sustainability, and people-to-people ties. They underscored that the recently concluded India-EU FTA marks a new chapter in economic & commercial ties and would facilitate deepening of India-Sweden trade, investment and technology linkages. The sides also exchanged views on regional and global issues of mutual interest. @SweMFA

Pleased to interact with Members of European Parliament, led by @ANiebler, here in Delhi. Discussed the new chapter in 🇮🇳🇪🇺 ties, and the growing convergence between us. As the agenda of cooperation expands, so too will be the levels of comfort. Confident that the European Parliament will be a pillar of support in this new era. @Europarl_EN

🚨The EU Parliament’s delegation for relations with India is on a visit to India for 3 days for 🇪🇺🇮🇳 inter parliamentary dialogue + engagements with Govt, Business and Civil Society. Cementing bounds betw. the two world’s largest democracies 🤝. Learn more 👇& stay tuned.

Breaking: Prime Minister Modi has confirmed his participation for the G7 Évian Summit (15th–17th June) in France, says French Statement

Who succeeds PM Modi matters at home, but maybe less so for foreign policy. My new essay uses Yogi Adityanath & Rahul Gandhi as representative examples to argue that India's next generation of leaders, despite important differences, will mostly stay the course on foreign affairs.

EAM Dr S Jaishankar, Ukraine FM Andrii Sybiha hold talks on the sidelines of G7 FMs meet in France

Always good meeting you, @DrSJaishankar 🇮🇳🤝🇩🇪. Our frequent exchanges are a sign of the strong partnership between #India & Germany. We are both concerned about the situation in the Middle East & its global implications and exchanged on ways for diplomatic initiatives.

EAM Dr S Jaishankar to visit France for G7 FMs meet:

🇪🇺 🇮🇳 The Europe-India relationship is experiencing unprecedented momentum. From trade and investment to security and defense, new avenues of collaboration are within reach. GMF’s latest bimonthly newsletter “The Europe-India Briefing” launched by @GarimaMo and @tara_varma provides a behind-the-scenes look at the trajectory of this unique partnership based on conversations with government and industry representatives in European capitals and New Delhi. Subscribe: bit.ly/3NGv8qg

@niveditakapoor unpacks the way in which Trump 2.0 has reinforced several aspects of the India-Russia relationship. @GarimaMo writes that Europe has become not merely an economic partner to India but a strategic counterweight amid renewed American volatility.

🧵A new @CarnegieEndow compilation explores the ways in which Trump 2.0 has (and has not) altered India’s external relationships and strategic choices. It's an all-star cast of contributors & @CarnegieSAsia is excited to publish their perspectives carnegieendowment.org/research/2026/…

4th India-Iceland Foreign Office Consultations (FOC) held in Reykajvik, Iceland today. Secretary (West) @AmbSibiGeorge co-chaired FOC along with Permanent Secretary of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Martin Eyjólfsson. They reviewed the entire gamut of bilateral cooperation and agreed to strengthen it further in the areas of trade & investment, renewable including geothermal energy, fisheries and people-to-people ties. They underscored that the India-EFTA-TEPA has opened a new chapter in economic & commercial ties and agreed to deepen the momentum of business linkages. The sides also exchanged views on regional and global issues of mutual interest. 🇮🇳 🇮🇸