The writer, a former joint secretary of Lok Sabha secretariat, was a senior fellow at Monohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses’ and also a former senior fellow of Indian Council of Social Science Research and a Taiwan Fellow 2022.

Contributions 
President Smt. Draupadi Murmu Cements Ties with Portugal and Slovakia It is instructive to note how India is engaging high dignitaries like President of India in enhancing its global profile abroad. While Prime Minister Narendra Modi steers the ship of India’s diplomacy in tandem with India’s no-nonsense Foreign Mi...

Pitfalls of Parliament Debate on China On 3rd December External Affairs Minister Dr S. Jaishankar made a suo moto statement in the Lok Sabha and informed the members about current state of relations between India and China after the meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese...

Taiwan’s Tipping Point As Taiwan, officially known as Republic of China, celebrants its ‘Double Ten’ National Day on 10 October, there is gnawing anxiety of its existential survival since Chiang Kai-shek, its founding father, broke away from the mainland to proclaim Pe...

India’s Hard Power through the Prism of Gandhi’s Soft Power of Non-violence When the world will be observing Gandhi’s birthday as International Day of Non-violence as declared by the United Nations and at a time when India has emerged as one of the major powers in the world demonstrating its prowess, a natural question ari...

The Traction of India-Singapore Relations Prime Minister Narendra Modi is paying a two-day visit to Singapore on September 4th and 5th on the second leg of his visit after visiting the oil rich Brunei. His visit to these two important Southeast Asian countries is taking place close on the he...

Book Published / Book Reviews 
“India’s China Challenge: A Journey through China’s rise and what it means for India” by Ananth Krishnan, Harper Collins, 2021, pp.420, Price Rs. 599 No scholar following India-China relations in India or abroad can ever claim anonymity with Ananth Krishnan regarded as the most authentic interpreter of India-China relations for about decades as a correspondent filing despatches from mainland China...

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