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Some Common Myths about India-Pakistan Relations
The Neighbour from Hell “Phir ek baar kiya, to dekhna” is not effective policy As tensions rise between India and Pakistan, the usual...

Ambassador Prabhat P Shukla
Jul 3, 20229 min read


J’accuse: the Congress is anti-Hindu
Secularism is a fig leaf for anti-Hindu attitudes In 1919, after the First World War ended, one of the important issues facing the...

Ambassador Prabhat P Shukla
Jul 1, 20225 min read


Afghanistan 2014: the Pashtun Factor
There is an effort among some western commentaries – taken up and amplified by the Pakistanis - to try and project the situation in...

Ambassador Prabhat P Shukla
Jun 30, 202212 min read


The Russia-Ukraine War 2022
In upholding the centrality of the Black Sea in Russian strategic thinking, did Putin do too much too soon? I cannot forecast to you the...

Ambassador Prabhat P Shukla
Jun 19, 202229 min read


Presentation on leadership transitions in the US and the People’s Republic of China
The year 2012 saw a simultaneous leadership transition in both the US and the People’s Republic of China [PRC], only the second time this...

Ambassador Prabhat P Shukla
Jun 5, 20222 min read


Foreign Policy under the new Chinese Leaders
The new Chinese leaders have been active in foreign affairs almost immediately after taking over their new offices in March this year....

Ambassador Prabhat P Shukla
May 26, 20229 min read


The Economic and Political Dynamics of the Asia-Pacific Region
PART I: Economic Developments Centre of gravity shifts to China from Japan in the 1990s The period since the end of the Cold War has seen...

Ambassador Prabhat P Shukla
May 21, 202220 min read


President Putin in India
The thirteenth Indo-Russian Summit was a fleeting affair, with President Putin spending less than twenty-four hours in Delhi. It came as...

Ambassador Prabhat P Shukla
May 18, 20226 min read


The Prime Minister Must Not Visit Pakistan
The neighbour from hell To the insistent clamour that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh must visit Pakistan in the near future, this is a...

Ambassador Prabhat P Shukla
May 16, 20228 min read


Why People Need to Know Their History?
History, history writing and history teaching have, indeed, become newsworthy not only in India but also in most other parts of the...

Professor Makkhan Lal
May 14, 202223 min read


History: An Unending Debate
Introduction In India, for the last couple of decades history has virtually taken over the entire media space available for academics....

Professor Makkhan Lal
May 10, 202266 min read


Indian Nationhood Through the Ages
Most of the British and European nationals who came to India in the 18th and 19th centuries were simply dismayed at its vast geographical...

Professor Makkhan Lal
May 6, 202216 min read


The Emperor’s Frayed Clothes
One important chapter of the Anna movement has ended; a new one is set to begin. Time, perhaps, to pause and take stock of what went...

Ambassador Prabhat P Shukla
Apr 13, 20224 min read


Dealing with the Neighbour from Hell
The recent round of talks between the Indian and Pakistan bureaucratic establishments has come to another uneasy pause with the Foreign...

Ambassador Prabhat P Shukla
Apr 12, 20225 min read


President Putin Redux
Even with the North Atlantic orientation of today’s European policy, we cannot forget that NATO and Europe are not one and the same thing.

Ambassador Prabhat P Shukla
Apr 10, 202212 min read


TIBET IN INTERNATIONAL LAW AND PRACTICE
“Since Tibet is not the same as China, it should ultimately be the wishes of the people of Tibet that should prevail and not any legal or...

Ambassador Prabhat P Shukla
Apr 7, 202217 min read


The 2016 US Presidential Election and After – a Modern Mahabharat
Sadly, there is no Lord Krishna to guide Arjun – and Arjun isn’t a very good listener either There are three strands to be followed in...

Ambassador Prabhat P Shukla
Apr 5, 202227 min read


Geostrategic Factors In Indo-US Relations
An examination of the history of the Indo-American engagement since Indian Independence shows that there were three major occasions when...

Ambassador Prabhat P Shukla
Apr 5, 202217 min read


ANALYSIS OF THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (IDENTIFICATION) BILL, 2022
On 24th March 2022, the home minister Shri Amit Shah, introduced the Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill, 2022 in Lok Sabha. As...

Commander Mukesh Saini
Apr 3, 202211 min read


A Political Economy Approach to Global Power
Where Economics and Strategy Intersect Ambassador Prabhat P Shukla Introduction This essay attempts to understand the role of economic...

Ambassador Prabhat P Shukla
Apr 3, 202233 min read
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