№189: India and the Emerging Alliance of Democracies: High Stakes, Hard Choices
№189: India and the Emerging Alliance of Democracies: High Stakes, Hard Choices

Author(s): Patryk Kugiel
Contributor(s): Sławomir Dębski (Editor), Patrycja Sasnal (Editor), Wojciech Lorenz (Editor)
Subject(s): Politics, Government/Political systems, International relations/trade, Security and defense, Geopolitics
Published by: PISM Polski Instytut Spraw Międzynarodowych
Keywords: Joe Biden; democracies; alliance; India; China;
Summary/Abstract: President Joe Biden has raised the prospect of the formation of a coalition of democracies to protect the rules-based global order, under threat from undemocratic regimes. This sounds like an attractive proposal for India, the world’s biggest democracy, both to raise its international profile and strengthen its partnership with the U.S. and its allies, as well as to hedge against authoritarian China. Yet, India’s willingness to join it is constrained by domestic backsliding on democratic standards, its traditional apprehensions about promotion of democracy, and pragmatic links with undemocratic partners.

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