MILITARY-TECHNICAL COOPERATION BETWEEN ISRAEL AND INDIA: PROSPECTS FOR THE FORMATION OF A STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP
https://doi.org/10.21686/2410-7395-2023-2-38-51
Abstract
Military-technical cooperation (MTC) is an important component of the Israeli-Indian cooperation. This article provides the periodization of the military-technical cooperation of the two countries. Both the factors contributing to the strengthening of bilateral cooperation in this area and the factors that are an obstacle to this are analyzed. A brief overview of the available literature on this topic is provided, while the opinion of not only Israeli and Indian authors directly, but also experts from other countries is studied. The works of Russian researchers are considered separately. The authors come to the conclusion that, despite the mutual interest of the two countries in the development of military-technical cooperation, one should not expect the formation of a strategic alliance between the two countries on the basis of cooperation in this area. A special place in the work is given to the issues of competition between Russia and Israel in the Indian arms market.
Supporting agencies: The article was prepared within the framework of the IMI grant project N 2025-04-02 "History, current state and prospects for the development of relations between Israel and non-Islamic Asian countries"
About the Authors
D. A. Maryasis
Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Dmitry A. Maryasis, PhD, Leading Research Fellow
Department of Israel and Jewish Communities Studies
107031
12 Rozhdestvenka Street
Moscow
A. V. Fedorchenko
Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Russian Federation; Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Andrey V. Fedorchenko, Doctor of Economics, Professor, Head, Leading Researcher
Institute of International Relations
Center for Middle East and African Studies
119454
76 Vernadskiy Avenue
107031
12 Rozhdestvenka Street
Moscow
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Maryasis D.A., Fedorchenko A.V. MILITARY-TECHNICAL COOPERATION BETWEEN ISRAEL AND INDIA: PROSPECTS FOR THE FORMATION OF A STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP. International Trade and Trade Policy. 2023;9(2):38-51. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.21686/2410-7395-2023-2-38-51
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