Ambassador Shukla was among the very first people in the world to analyse and write about the on-going clash between President Xi and the PLA.

The Emperor’s New Ministers Ambassador Prabhat P Shukla President Xi Jinping continues to face trouble with the military establishment...

The Escalating Confrontation Over India Between President Xi and the PLA Ambassador Prabhat P Shukla The Galwan clash of June 2020 gutted...

Xi Jinping’s Visit to Moscow, 2023 Xi: Changes are coming, which haven’t happened in a hundred years – and we are driving them together.”...

Ambassador Prabhat P. Shukla The People’s Republic acts; the rest issue statements Quad member-states' ships at Exercise Malabar,...

Ambassador Prabhat P. Shukla In upholding the centrality of the Black Sea in Russian strategic thinking, did Putin do too much too soon?...

Ambassador Prabhat P Shukla Implications for India, the Indo-Pacific, and the UN system in the history of the Republic of China L to R:...

Ambassador Prabhat P Shukla “The fact of the matter is, we can do all we need to do without punishing anybody, anybody…China is going to...

Mackinder for the Twenty-first Century Ambassador Prabhat P Shukla Who rules East Europe commands the Heartland: Who rules the Heartland ...

Ambassador Prabhat P Shukla Xi Jinping seeks an accommodation with India; the PLA is implacably hostile It was December 2012: Xi Jinping...

Indo-US Relations: Need for the Right Setting Ambassador Prabhat P. Shukla The upcoming visit of President Obama as Guest of Honour for...

Ambassador Prabhat P Shukla The China-Pakistan relationship goes back to the early 1960’s - 1963 saw the boundary agreement, and served...

Omar [L] and Mansour [R] – Omar’s death in 2013 was hidden for two years; Mansour was chosen as his successor. A good starting point for...

Mackinder Redux: Struggle for Eurasia after the Cold War Ambassador Prabhat P. Shukla Berlin-Bagdad, Berlin-Herat, Berlin-Pekin -- not...

Ambassador Prabhat P Shukla Prime Minister Modi [R] with President Xi Jinping [L] A clear-eyed assessment of the Prime Minister’s visit...

Ambassador Prabhat P. Shukla The hype over the nuclear deal has obscured the main achievement of the Obama visit: this is in the Joint...

Ambassador Prabhat P. Shukla Developing ties with Japan, China, and Australia It has been a busy September for India’s external...

Ambassador Prabhat P. Shukla A Novice Looks at the BJP’s win at the recent General Elections The period 1987 – 89 was a watershed one in...

Ambassador Prabhat P. Shukla contribution to collection of reminiscences by former Heads of Mission in Singapore published by the...