The growing geoeconomic and geopolitical importance of the Indo-Pacific has led to the publication of Indo-Pacific strategies by France (2018), Germany and the Netherlands (2020), the United Kingdom and the European Union (2021). These strategies underline many similar interests and objectives but fail to grapple with China’s growing assertiveness, address issues of cooperation with the United States, and outline specific commitments to enhance security in the region. The European Union’s strategy confronts dilemmas and challenges in increasing its footprint in the Indo-Pacific.
O profesorze:
Rajendra K Jain is currently Visiting ZIP Professor, Warsaw University (February-May 2022). He was formerly Professor and Chairperson, Centre for European Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He has been the first Jean Monnet Chair in India (2010-2015); Adjunct Research Professor, Monash European and EU Studies Centre, Monash University, Melbourne (2010-2015). He was formerly Visiting Professor, Asia-Europe Institute, University of Malaya (2010) and Indian Council of Cultural Relations (ICCR) Professor of Contemporary India, Leuven University (2015).
Prof. Jain has been Visiting International Fellow, Monash Europe and EU Centre, Melbourne (2009). He was Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Fellow/Professor at the University of Constance (1992-1993, 1994), Freiburg (2008, 2009, 2010), Leipzig (1994, subsequent years; April-June 2018) and Tuebingen (2002). He has also been Visiting Professor, Maison des Sciences de l’Homme, Paris (2005, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014) and Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, Ebenhausen (1995).
He has widely travelled in Asia, Europe and North America and has lived in Germany (3 years) and the United States (5 years). He has participated in over 150 national/international conferences, including 100 conferences in various parts of the world. He has delivered over 50 lectures on contemporary Europe and India-Europe/EU/EU-South Asian affairs at leading American, Asian (excluding India) and European universities and think tanks.
Prof. Jain is the author/editor of 35 books and has published over 150 articles/chapters in books. He has most recently published India and Central Europe: Perceptions, Perspectives, Prospects (Singapore: Palgrave, 2021), India and the European Union in a Turbulent World (Palgrave Macmillan, 2020), and India’s Changing Images of the European Union (Singapore: Palgrave, 2019).