INDIA-RUSSIAN RELATIONS IN MILITARY TECHNOLOGY (1991-1999)

Hoang Xuan Truong

Abstract


Historically, military-technical cooperation has been a strategic pillar of India-Russia relations. However, the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 profoundly impacted this pillar. Based on historical and logical methods, this paper clarifies the shift in India-Russia military-technical cooperation between 1991 and 1999. The results show that, in the post-Cold War context, the two countries gradually adjusted their relationship towards a pragmatic and mutually beneficial direction. Military-technical cooperation shifted from an aid model to a market-based commercial mechanism.

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India, Russia, India-Russia relations

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