Research and Publications by Prof. Rajendra K. Jain

Prof. Rajendra K. Jain was visiting the Department of Political Science at the South Asia Institute in Heidelberg as a fellow of the Indian Council of World Affairs in 2022. He has remained in close association with the Department since. 

Rajendra K. Jain was formerly Professor and Chairperson at the Centre for European Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India, and Visiting Professor, Warsaw University (February-May 2022). He was Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Fellow/Professor at the universities of Constance, Freiburg, Leipzig, and Tübingen and Science and Politics Foundation (SWP), Ebenhausen (1995). He has been the first Jean Monnet Chair in India and Adjunct Research Professor, Monash European and EU Studies Centre, Melbourne (2010-2015). He has most recently published India and Western Europe: Engagement, Contestation, Cooperation (2026) and Poland and Asia: Neglect, Engagement, Rediscovery (2026).

Containing seventeen chapters, this volume critically examines Indian economic, political relations, and defence cooperation with major West European countries—France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom as well as Austria, Belgium, Greece, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, and Spain from 1947 to the present. It contains five thematic chapters dealing with major topical issues on Indian and European approaches towards issues related to trade, Russian energy, migration, Internet governance, and the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor. Filling a long-felt gap in the available literature, this book examines mutual perceptions, the complexity, the elements of convergence and divergence as well as the challenges and prospects of India’s relations with Western Europe. @Springer

Palgrave Macmillan Singapore

Hardcover ISBN978-981-95-2987-2Published: 02 May 2026

Softcover ISBN978-981-95-2990-2Due: 16 May 2027

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India shares a multi-dimensional relationship with the Federal Republic of Germany. Germany is India's largest trading partner within the European Union, and is also a major source and destination of foreign direct investment, a significant donor, and an important source of technology.

Drawing on English and German language source material, this book covers the evolution and expansion of India’s economic, political, defence, and scientific-technological ties with Germany from 1947 to the present day. It analyses mutual perceptions, highlights the elements of convergence and divergence, and discusses the challenges and prospects of this relationship in a world marked by geopolitical uncertainty.

ISBN 9781032886671

574 Pages

May 21, 2026 by Routledge

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This book explores Germany’s political, economic, defence, nuclear and cultural relations as well as defence cooperation with and arms transfers to Pakistan from 1949 to the present day.

Pakistan shares a multidimensional relationship with the Federal Republic of Germany, which is its largest trading partner within the European Union and a significant donor. Drawing on extensive English and German language source material, including declassified documents of the German Foreign Office, this book reveals for the first time details of conversations between Pakistani and German leaders and officials. Filling a long‑felt gap in the available literature on Europe‑South Asia relations, this well‑researched book examines mutual perceptions, the complexity, the elements of convergence and divergence as well as the challenges and prospects of Germany’s relations with Pakistan.

This book will be a valuable contribution to the field of International Relations, International History, as well as Pakistan’s and Germany’s foreign policies. @Routledge

ISBN 9781032868707

296 Pages

Published February 18, 2025 by Routledge

Book Series: Routledge Studies in South Asian Politics

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