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...

December 2018 The Geopolitics of Oil and Gas in Central and West Asia over the Decades This is an update of an earlier essay on the same...

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

An Examination of the Outcome of the Meeting between the Heads of the Catholic and Russian Orthodox Churches Ambassador Prabhat P Shukla...

Ambassador Prabhat P Shukla With all major foreign engagements, it takes a little time – or longer – for the full facts and implications...

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 best that can be hoped for is that the inevitable break-up happens before there is any lasting damage...

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 There is an effort among some western commentaries – taken up and amplified by the Pakistanis - to try and...

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...