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An internal view of external relations
This book provides valuable insights into the complexities of foreign-policy-making
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Israel's Egyptian 'saviour'
Marwan's story is a reminder of the Cold War era in West Asian politics
Alokananda Chakraborty: Managing without control
The far-reaching implications of digital technology and the way it impinges on strategy have not bee
The fate of financial centres
Reading 'Crash, Bang, Wallop', the story of London's emergence as an international financial centre, an Indian can certainly wonder what didn't work in favour of Mumbai
Nilanjana S Roy: Beautiful minds, flawed human minds
'The Undoing Project: The Friendship That Changed Our Minds' is an account of a truly remarkable partnership, set down in his trademark lucid and perceptive style
An art of living
If work is our national religion, Mr Pang is the philosopher reintegrating our bifurcated selves
Driving force: A peek into Onkar S Kanwar's life
A new biography of the industrialist recounts Apollo Tyres' aborted bid to acquire the US' Cooper Tires
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Deborah Lutz: Into the Wilde
A free-spirited family gave rise to Oscar Wilde
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When Dylan changed the times
Uttaran Das Gupta revisits the night Bob Dylan revolutionised folk music
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The shape of India's security doctrine
The book covers a multitude of areas, both external and internal threats, in domains such as maritime, nuclear, space and cyber security
Remaking the Humans-First world
"The Unnatural World" is a travelogue with that good human epoch in mind, a trip around the world to meet people working out new ways for humanity to live as well as survive
Kanhaiya's Modi doctrine
It seems such a long time ago that Kanhaiya Kumar, the former president of JNU Students' Union, dominated daily news
The iron wall of Israel
If Benjamin Netanyahu's govt makes it through two more years - and it's a big if given the shaky foundation of most governing coalitions in Israel
'I think the book will surprise some people'
Interview of historians, William Dalrymple and Anita Anand
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After the Mahabharata
A skilful translation resurrects a little-remembered sequel to the great epic, says A K Bhattacharya
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Modi doctrine: Same difference
The author has explored the multi-dimensional aspects of Mr Modi's foreign policy in five chapters
Contests over Muslim identity
The two books under discussion are among the more serious contributions to the debate; and meant for two very different audiences
Mumbai stopped in its tracks
In 'Six Minutes of Terror', the writers take a blandly journalistic approach - and that's where its problem lies
Queen Elizabeth I's Islamic policies
Elizabeth could not stay forever neutral in the Pan-European struggle between Roman Catholicism and reform, and in 1570 she was excommunicated by the pope
The rise of India's first venture capitalists
An excerpt from Omkar Goswami's Goras and Desis, which traces the rise of managing agencies, once the drivers of industrial growth, from their buccaneering beginnings in the 19th century
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