Columbia International Affairs Online: Working Papers

CIAO DATE: 08/2014

NATO - India: Prospects of a Partnership

Robert Helbig

February 2012

NATO Defense College

Abstract

In February, the global strategic community met at the 48th Munich Security Conference to discuss how they can tackle upcoming security challenges. The conference also marked the first anniversary of the most recent high-level exchange between NATO and India, when NATO's Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen and India's National Security Advisor Shivshakar Menon met to talk about a possible partnership. Even though the meeting prompted confidence about moving closer towards cooperation, the parties are just as far from cooperating today as they were a year ago.