Reconnecting Britain and India: Ideas for an Enhanced Partnership

The current relationship between India and the United Kingdom and what the growing partnership holds for the future of the two nations—and consequently the rest of the world—is the focus of this study that combines original essays from more than three dozen thought leaders in the worlds of academia, business, politics, and the arts. The book assesses the potential for the two countries to forge an enhanced partnership and surveys the main features of a diverse and complex bilateral relationship. The essays analyze the scope for a new partnership that recognizes the role the UK can play in India’s quest for international stature. Also included are a foreword by Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and a chapter by British Prime Minister David Cameron.

Jo Johnson is a member of Parliament, an elected member of the Public Accounts Committee, and the deputy chairman of the Indo-UK All Party Parliamentary Group. He is a contributing editor at the Financial Times, where he previously worked as an associate editor, column editor, and Paris correspondent. Rajiv Kumar is the secretary general of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry and the former director and chief executive of the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations. He is the author of The Long View from Delhi and Many Futures of India and the editor of India and the Global Economy.