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.
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The Economic Survey 2025-26 is not a celebration of success, but a measured warning that the traditional paradigms of global economic growth are no longer applicable.
The IT services sector contributed more than half of India’s Gross Value Added, serving as a major driver of exports and employment, the Economic Survey 2025-26 has found.
Shield AI will provide V-BAT vertical takeoff & landing drones along with licences for software, which will be integrated into aircraft and made available to select Indian partners.
No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.
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