diplomacy

Death of a Shadow Warrior

Keerthik Sasidharan

The afterlife of Qassim Suleimani

An Age of Upheaval and Liberation

Syed Badrul Ahsan

A return to the turbulent 1960s at the beginning of a new decade

An Inclusive Ascent

Shashi Tharoor and Samir Saran

Unlike the US and China, India is likely to emerge as the world’s first development superpower

VK Krishna Menon: The Man Behind the Mystique

Ullekh NP

Jairam Ramesh casts a new light on VK Krishna Menon

Advantage Gotabaya

Swapan Dasgupta

Gauging the popular mood in Sri Lanka

The Moralistic Impulse

Sudeep Paul

Do values determine foreign policy?

As Xi Jinping comes calling, a close examination of China’s effort to educate its students and lead well-funded research platforms—from a state that sent poets to jail for subjectivism to Jack Ma’s Alibaba

The Curse of Geography

Brahma Chellaney

Cautious pragmatism drives Modi’s foreign policy. A multi-aligned India pursuing omnidirectional cooperation for mutual benefit with key players will be better positioned to advance its security and economic interests