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‘Dangerous anti-democratic shift’—former diplomat Shyam Saran issues warning at book launch

At the launch of his book, Democracy’s Heartland, former Chief Election Commissioner SY Quraishi said he attempts to highlight why the Indian subcontinent matters.

India’s climate diplomacy moved from ‘can’t say yes’ to ‘can’t say no’ in a decade

The Delhi launch of ‘Tracks to Transition: India’s Global Climate Strategy ’, a new report by the Centre for Social and Economic Progress, saw diplomats decode India’s climate initiatives.

India-China row ‘not set in stone’, economic asymmetry among Galwan triggers, says Shyam Saran

Former foreign secretary Shyam Saran was speaking about his new book at a webinar hosted by Institute of Chinese Studies in New Delhi.

If India contests China’s Asian dominance, there will be no let-up in tensions: Shyam Saran

Former foreign secretary Shyam Saran says that as long as the power gap between India & China expands, it will be difficult to change the ‘strategic calculus’ driving Beijing’s policies today.

Indian response in Ladakh quite substantial compared to Doklam, Shyam Saran says

In an interview, former foreign secretary Shyam Saran says re-engaging with Pakistan without giving up India’s interests may help in avoiding a 'two-front war-like' situation.

A former foreign secretary explains how Narendra Modi can fill the ‘world leader’ void

Former foreign secretary Shyam Saran says despite the recognition Prime Minister Modi has received, there’s more that needs to be done.

Modi not quite sure how he should deal with Donald Trump: Ex-foreign secretary Shyam Saran

Saran says, PM has more confidence in personal diplomacy over more traditional methods, but is facing a challenge when it comes to Trump.

Shyam Saran’s book is an insight into the compulsions and motivations in our foreign policy

The book “How India Sees The World” traces the roots of Indian quest for multipolarity in and strategic autonomy to Kautilya and Kamandaki.

Doklam proves China is biggest diplomatic challenge for India: Shyam Saran

Ex-foreign secretary Shyam Saran says just like in Doklam, the Chinese use small but incremental moves to exert power, and the dilemma is when...

Indians should remember their non-violent traditions – the Dalai Lama

Speakers at the launch of Arun Shourie’s new book said looking at our past and the lives of Indian mystics, whose lives were inextricably linked to religion yet so removed from the bigotry that vitiates religion today, can be extremely enlightening. SANYA DHINGRA

On Camera

What India can learn from the US-Israel war on Iran

Without any air force or navy worth the name, both Iran and Ukraine have held two superpowers at bay.

US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.