At the Kerala Literature Festival, former NSA Shivshankar Menon thanked god for his retirement. But career diplomats like him never take their finger off the pulse.
Speaking at an event in Delhi Wednesday, Menon said by focusing on the war and Europe, the West risked losing the Global South which was feeling the ripples of the conflict.
Ex-foreign secy says domestic factors play a role in any country's foreign policy but this appears to be more pronounced for China, given its aim to reinstate its 'imagined past'.
Avoiding war and attaining one’s goals is the highest form of strategy by any tradition — whether Kautilya, Sun Tzu or Machiavelli. India should follow this.
Former NSA Shivshankar Menon says impact of Covid will lead to “huge reputational loss” for China as well as other countries. He also cautions India against aligning with US or China.
Shivshankar Menon said at the CPR Dialogues that the world might evolve into a ‘differently globalised’ one, and also discussed the India-US relationship.
Like Turkey and Egypt, Pakistan is one of a handful of powers with the human resources and infrastructure to help secure the Persian Gulf as Trump’s America draws down its military presence.
India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.
ACM Katre was 2nd IAF chief to die in harness. It was at a memorial lecture in his honour where IAF chief AP Singh revealed that India shot down 6 Pakistani aircraft in Op Sindoor.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
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