Mahima Duggal

This paper presents a culmination of policy papers and features diverse scholarly perspectives from leading academics and experts. India’s ties with the Nordics and the EU hold great potential but face several challenges. Sustained political will and regular policy exchanges are essential to overcoming divergences and strengthening cooperation.

Amid a fractured global political landscape, India and the Nordics must reverse years of strategic neglect of each other’s potential, and chart a new course of constructive, effective, pragmatic, and values-based cooperation.

This paper argues that the strategic gains of a strong India-Sweden relationship outshine persisting challenges. Both partners should focus on five key areas of convergence: innovation and technology, green energy, sustainable development, defence trade and security, and trade and investment.

Taiwan’s newly inaugurated President William Lai has pledged to steer a steady course in domestic, cross-Strait, and foreign policy. This GIGA Focus Asia assesses the challenges he will face between navigating a divided government, acute pressure from China, as well as a global landscape in flux.