Kanishak KatariaAIR 1 · CSE 2018 · 276 wordsTheir whole copy
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India Israel relations recently completed their 25 years which was marked by state visits of both country's Prime Ministers, showing the signs of bonhomie & strategic convergence.
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COOPERATION
- Defence technology of Israel is being used in India successfully
- Israel's agricultural innovations are of significant importance for Indian agriculture
- The gift of a oceanic water desillation vehicle & technology transfer is a sign of
mutual convergence.
- Indian intelligence Talent & Israel Technology is being projected as India Israel Ties for Tomorrows. => (ITIT = IITT)
- De-hypenation of Israel-Palestine by India is a sign of increased cooperation & strategic alignment.
LIMITATIONS :
- Different security aims - whereas Israel has the regional hegemony in defence & wants to stay above others, Indian ambition has always been Neighbourhood first.
- Israel has hostile neighbourhood, India has friendly neighbourhood (except Pakistan) which shares common culture worth 1000s years old.
- Israel economy is primarily capitalistic & driven by arms sale. India has socialistic goals
aiming for inclusive growth.
- Israel has a strong all-weather ally in US but India has to keep a portion of strategic balance between different groupings.
- Israel has hostile relations with the Arab world whereas India has strong economic partnership driven by oil imports. It is only recently that India dehyphenated the ties & was the 1st country to recognize Palestine as an independent nation which hurt Israel.
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Thus, although, Indian-Israel economic relations have blossomed & are reaching new levels, the strategic divergence is hindering the possibility of a more stronger engagement. However, both countries have done exceedingly well to carve out mutually beneficial relations in an increasingly protectionist world.
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