Integrating India with the Global Export Controls System: Challenges Ahead

The rising economic and political profile of India is making it to search for a new pattern of interaction with global forces. India’s unique relationship with export controls is passing through a new and positive phase. In recent years, India is trying to integrate itself fast with global best practices for export controls. However, it is facing roadblocks in its integration with the existing system. A somewhat deeper analysis indicates that the old non-proliferation order and actors are slowly reconciling to India’s unique global position and thus, its integration with the global export controls system. India’s membership of the four multilateral export controls regimes may further integrate with the global system.