Publication
The Changing Face of Diplomacy: From Secret Cables to Open Screens
When I joined India’s foreign service four decades ago, the world was still ordered by the Cold War. From the vantage of my first posting in Moscow, I watched the Berlin Wall fall, the Cold War end and the Soviet Union dissolve. History was moving...
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No Single Power Can Address Every Contingency
The Indo-Pacific has faced several challenges over the last decade, ever since Japan articulated a Free and Open IndoPacific (FOIP), a period that was also marked by several countries adopting and promoting their own versions of the Indo-Pacific. The...
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INDIAN CORPORATES AND THE MEA
India’s diplomats once focused largely on politics and protocol. Today, they are expected to secure energy supplies, support overseas investments, open markets, and defend India’s strategic commercial interests abroad. In a world where economics and...
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NOT A SINGLE DULL DAY: IN CONVERSATION WITH BANGLADESH HIGH COMMISSIONER M. RIAZ HAMIDULLAH
India–Bangladesh relations are going through a careful reset after the political upheaval of August 2024. Tensions persist— Sheikh Hasina’s presence in India, concerns over minorities in Bangladesh, and an uneasy equation with the new leadership— even...
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