Shyam Saran
 "Shyam Saran")
Shyam Saran
Shyam Saran is a Honorary Senior Faculty and Member of the Governing Board at Centre for Policy Research. He is a former Foreign Secretary of India and has served as Prime Minister’s Special Envoy For Nuclear Affairs and Climate Change. After leaving government service in 2010, he headed the Research and Information System for Developing Countries, a think tank focusing on economic issues (2011-2017) and was Chairman of the National Security Advisory Board under the National Security Council (2013-15). He is currently Life Trustee of India International Centre, Member of the Governing Board of the Institute of Chinese Studies, a Trustee at the World Wildlife Fund (India) and Member of the Executive Council of the Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI). He was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 2011 for his contributions to civil service.
Shyam Saran is a Honorary Senior Faculty and Member of the Governing Board at Centre for Policy Research. He is a former Foreign Secretary of India and has served as Prime Minister’s Special Envoy For Nuclear Affairs and Climate Change. After leaving government service in 2010, he headed the Research and Information System for Developing Countries, a think tank focusing on economic issues (2011-2017) and was Chairman of the National Security Advisory Board under the National Security Council (2013-15). He is currently Life Trustee of India International Centre, Member of the Governing Board of the Institute of Chinese Studies, a Trustee at the World Wildlife Fund (India) and Member of the Executive Council of the Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI). He was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 2011 for his contributions to civil service.
Shyam Saran
World of the Right: Book challenges idea of a sudden radical-right ascent
A new book unpacks the ideological ascent of nationalist movements and their shared transnational strategy
 "World of the Right: Book challenges idea of a sudden radical-right ascent")
Domestic tremors: China's 4th Plenum holds clues to the country's future
There are references to the headwinds faced by the economy as it plans for the next five years
 "Domestic tremors: China's 4th Plenum holds clues to the country's future")
When Everyone Knows: Pinker unpacks the power of shared understanding
Dr Pinker introduces another important concept, conventions, in elaborating how common knowledge works
 "When Everyone Knows: Pinker unpacks the power of shared understanding")
The peacemaker the world forgot: U Thant's UN and the Cold War's edge
How a self-effacing, self-taught school headmaster from a small Burmese village became one of the most influential figures at the UN in the 1960s
 "The peacemaker the world forgot: U Thant's UN and the Cold War's edge")
A decade after Paris summit, the world's climate promises lie in ruins
The Paris Climate Agreement of 2015 legitimised the evisceration of the UN climate framework - and history may repeat itself at COP 30 in Belem
 "A decade after Paris summit, the world's climate promises lie in ruins")
Nepal's convulsions, lessons for India: Rethinking South Asian integration
There have been half-hearted efforts to remake South Asia in the image of the European Union or at least the Asean, but now they seem to have been given up entirely
 "Nepal's convulsions, lessons for India: Rethinking South Asian integration")
Rethinking the nuclear dimension in India-Pakistan relations
Doctrinal asymmetry, limited escalation thresholds, and China's shadow demand a recalibration of India's strategic posture
Will the Quad slip into hibernation, again?
India may have to go back to the drawing board to rethink its own Indo-Pacific strategy
 "Will the Quad slip into hibernation, again?")
Lessons from Europe: 'Kissing the ring' doesn't win Donald Trump's support
What could India take away from Alaska and Washington? One, pandering to an egotistical leader is self-defeating. It opens the path to serial humiliation
 "Lessons from Europe: 'Kissing the ring' doesn't win Donald Trump's support")
The Art of War and Peace: From Ethiopia to Ukraine, what's changed, endured
The book contains analytical accounts of the 20-year Afghan War, which ended with ignominious withdrawal of US and Western military forces & with the Taliban gaining control over the entire country
 "The Art of War and Peace: From Ethiopia to Ukraine, what's changed, endured")
India must stand up to Trump's bullying ways, no matter the price
India must make its economy more outward-oriented but for its own Reasons - not to cater to Trumpian demands
 "India must stand up to Trump's bullying ways, no matter the price")
Donald Trump makes China great again as it grows bolder with India
Assumptions about US' decline are making China bolder and more overbearing in its approach towards India
 "Donald Trump makes China great again as it grows bolder with India")
Rivers as kin, not property: A powerful case for ecological empathy
There is hope that we can conserve what remains and revive what has been lost of our rivers - but it begins with acknowledging that a river is a living, breathing entity
 "Rivers as kin, not property: A powerful case for ecological empathy")
At sea on ocean goals: India must lead to protect marine health interests
With UN pledges on ocean health remaining voluntary, India must chart its own course to safeguard its maritime interests
 "At sea on ocean goals: India must lead to protect marine health interests")
Annapurna-I, in the footsteps of French mountaineer Maurice Herzog
Herzog has recorded his adventures in a very popular book titled "Annapurna: First Conquest of an 8,000-metre Peak"
 "Annapurna-I, in the footsteps of French mountaineer Maurice Herzog")
How a no-limits Russia-China pact is reshaping the post-war world order
The efficacy of India's military partnership with the US and the West, in general, may diminish as China emerges as a peer technological power with comparable military capabilities
 "How a no-limits Russia-China pact is reshaping the post-war world order")
Pahalgam attack: The Pakistan playbook and messaging from Islamabad
There is a deliberate upping of the ante and a realisation that international support against Indian attack is no longer guaranteed
 "Pahalgam attack: The Pakistan playbook and messaging from Islamabad")
India's path to redemption: Ambedkar's liberal legacy leads the way
Ambedkar gave us a liberal Constitution, and liberalism is a fundamental attribute of democracy
 "India's path to redemption: Ambedkar's liberal legacy leads the way")
Non-alignment: Conception versus praxis in Nehru's Cold War legacy
Non-alignment in popular parlance was understood as a foreign policy of rejecting a subordinate ally status in either the ideological and military bloc headed by the US or that led by the Soviet Union
 "Non-alignment: Conception versus praxis in Nehru's Cold War legacy")
Tariff tantrums and geopolitical turbulence: Shifting India-China ties
The US was already losing its economic heft to China, even with respect to its treaty allies and partners in Asia
 "Tariff tantrums and geopolitical turbulence: Shifting India-China ties")
