Experts & Staff

Manisha Reuter

Deputy Director, Asia programme

Areas of expertise

EU-India relations; India-China relations; European Indo-Pacific policy

Languages

German, English, Gujarati (conversational), Spanish (conversational), Chinese (basic)

Biography

Manisha Reuter is the Asia programme deputy director. She is working on India-EU relations, China-India relations and maritime security in the Indo-Pacific. Upon joining ECFR in August 2020, Reuter worked for the Asia Program of The German Marshall Fund of the United States. Moreover, she has gained professional experience working for the Bosch Foundation’s Fellow Program as well as in the German Research Council (DFG) funded project “A BRICS-Variant of Capitalism? Challenges to the Stability of the Economic Model of Larger Emerging Countries, a Case Study of Brazil and India“. Manisha has been awarded as EuropeIndia40 leader as part of the 2023 class by the Europe India Center for Business Industry.

Reuter holds a BA in political science and business psychology from the University of Lüneburg, Germany and the Hong Kong Baptist University, China, as well as an MA in International Studies/ Peace and Conflict Studies from the University of Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

Why India’s silence on Ukraine is an opportunity for Europe

India’s dependency on Russia has left it reluctant to publicly criticise Putin’s war on Ukraine. Rather than pressure India to pick a side, the EU should show India that it is a serious geopolitical partner.

Indo-specific: The potential of the EU-India Leaders’ Meeting

The EU’s and India’s willingness to fulfil the untapped economic potential of their relationship indicates that their positions might still quite far apart but, for geopolitical reasons, they want to reach a compromise

Publications

Articles

Why India’s silence on Ukraine is an opportunity for Europe

India’s dependency on Russia has left it reluctant to publicly criticise Putin’s war on Ukraine. Rather than pressure India to pick a side, the EU should show India that it is a serious geopolitical partner.

Indo-specific: The potential of the EU-India Leaders’ Meeting

The EU’s and India’s willingness to fulfil the untapped economic potential of their relationship indicates that their positions might still quite far apart but, for geopolitical reasons, they want to reach a compromise

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