> India is not going to partner militarily with anyone, European or not...
India will partner with those nations that align with reducing India's biggest security threat - a two-front war against Pakistan and China.
This is why India has been building close defense and economic ties with Greece [0] and Cyprus [1], because it allows India to put pressure on Turkiye which has increasingly armed Pakistan and now-ambivalent Bangladesh. It also gives India two additional vetoes in the European Council on top of the French and Italian vetoes due to economic and MIC ties. It's also why Israel is also building close defense ties with Greece+Cyprus [2][3] as well.
And this is why the EU is becoming increasingly dysfunctional - individual nations like the US, China, Russia, the Gulf States, Israel, Turkiye, India, and others are using state-level ties to either steamroll their strategic goals through the EU or block those of their competitors.
What do you mean by alliance? India already has defense agreements with Greece, Cyprus, and France that consist of intel collection, IP transfer (in the case of France), and free naval berthing rights along with dual use ports port development deals in the Mediterranean.
Anything beyond that at this stage would be unnecessarily hemming both India as well as France, Greece, and Cyprus' relationships in their backyard.
The deals with Greece, Cyprus, France (and the United States btw), are for defense cooperation (i.e. training, supplies, war games, etc). Yeah sure. They'll cooperate. An alliance means mutual defense. India is not going to sign a treaty saying they'll come defend you and you'll come to defend it. That's just never happening.
India will partner with those nations that align with reducing India's biggest security threat - a two-front war against Pakistan and China.
This is why India has been building close defense and economic ties with Greece [0] and Cyprus [1], because it allows India to put pressure on Turkiye which has increasingly armed Pakistan and now-ambivalent Bangladesh. It also gives India two additional vetoes in the European Council on top of the French and Italian vetoes due to economic and MIC ties. It's also why Israel is also building close defense ties with Greece+Cyprus [2][3] as well.
And this is why the EU is becoming increasingly dysfunctional - individual nations like the US, China, Russia, the Gulf States, Israel, Turkiye, India, and others are using state-level ties to either steamroll their strategic goals through the EU or block those of their competitors.
[0] - https://www.eliamep.gr/en/syndeontas-efkairies-o-stratigikos...
[1] - https://m.kathimerini.com.cy/gr/politiki/ptb-endeixi-dynamik...
[2] - https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/turkey-mo...
[3] - https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/greek-par...