Dammu Ravi

The silent enemy redefines security for a world beyond the battlefield

A timely book by Arvind Gupta and Rajesh Singh expands the idea of national security beyond the military to include climate, technology, and economic vulnerabilities

India's Act East policy needs deeper economic integration with Asean

India's Act East policy needs fresh momentum through deeper economic integration with Asean

Beyond the aid recipient: India's strategic shift in its Africa engagement

All the essays focus attention on two compelling trends - development for Africa and development by Africa

ISID backs MSMEs, startups to drive manufacturing-led Viksit Bharat

While big industry is crucial, ISID's industrial development report advocates strengthening medium and small enterprises and startups to achieve India's 2047 goal

Rethinking India's BIT framework: A balancing act for investment growth

The book broadly outlines investors' perceptions to International Investment Agreements (IIAs) to attract FDI

Negotiating India's Landmark Agreements: Historical lens on diplomacy

The author's research on the India-China Agreement on Tibet, 1954 was based on the Nehru papers from the Prime Minister's Museum and Library

The Unfinished Quest examines India's rise as a global swing power

Why India's democratic system, despite its flaws, is attractive for trade, investment, and economic partnerships

Dilip Sinha's book explores how Tibet became an abandoned kingdom in exile

This must-read book minces no words about what is to come

India's strategic autonomy and its role in a rebalanced global order

Ambassador Sujan Chinoy's book explores India's evolving global strategy, the impact of geopolitical shifts, and the importance of self-reliance in defence and diplomacy

Manish Chand's India's G20 Legacy: A collection of diplomatic insights

The book is worth reading to understand India's enduring contribution to the G20, even though the contributions sometimes may be overlapping and repetitive

Civilisation against the flow

Aniket Ghanashyam's passionately written book provides a deeper understanding and appreciation of the world's most indispensable resource

BITs in pieces

As bilateral investment treaties' dispute settlement mechanisms become controversial and face backlash, Prabhash Ranjan's book serves as a compass for navigating these turbulent waters

Two to tango in the Asian Century

India and China have long had a conflicted relationship, but in the 21st century, their shared interests far outweigh their differences, argues journalist Shastri Ramachandaran in his book

India's negotiating imperatives

Even as the global power equations are in a state of flux, India's basic circumstances have to change for it to play a lead role in negotiations

The other side of the technological revolutions

This book is a necessary antidote to the poisonous rhetoric of tech inevitability that promotes 'winner-take all' technologie

How nearshoring powers globalisation

The Globalization Myth lays out a compelling vision explaining why links to the world and, above all, to neighbours first, are vital for a more competitive and inclusive future

India's place in the new world order

Ambassador Sujan Chinoy's book explores why strengthening the existing multilateral order is crucial, not only for containing China, but also for minimising superpowers' exceptionalism

FTAs beyond the zero-sum game

V S Seshadri's book makes a case for why India's collective thinking on FTAs needs to evolve in order to leverage their intrinsic value, both in economic and strategic dimensions

India's G20 opportunities

V Srinivas's book puts the spotlight on India's priorities and challenges, as it steers the G20 presidency

Countering non-tariff barriers

Tanu Singh's book demystifies the World Trade Organization jargon on tariffs and is a valuable source of information for both industry and academia