Late to my own party-- was WONDERFUL presenting my work on the disciplinary histories of Tibetan studies in India Centre for Social and Economic Progress this Tuesday. Thanks, Constantino Xavier for the invitation, and Shivshankar Menon + Sonika Gupta for their questions+ provocations.
May our tribe increase!😊

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The speaker highlighted the state of Himalayan and Tibetan studies in India. The talk explored how scholars can productively study Tibet across different disciplines in academic programmes in Indian universities.

An informed debate is needed on the role of the #media sector in #Election2024

8 out of top 22 listed companies are in losses.

Total Revenue - ₹ 54278 cr
Total Profit - ₹ 596 cr
Only SunTV Network has a healthy profit of ₹ 1706 cr.
So why do they all support the party in…

My essay in Foreign Affairs on how growing public and elite nationalism in rising powers can produce self-defeating foreign policy risks. This was as true of the United States in the 19th century as it is of India today.

foreignaffairs.com/india/hindu-na…

.Shivshankar Menon's keynote address at the Business Standard-Seema Nazareth Award for Excellence in Journalism 2023 sheds light on the evolving dynamics between journalists and diplomats amidst changing political landscapes and tech advancements.

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“My public life is an open book”- Dr Manmohan Singh in his last statement as PM.

As he ends his Parliamentary innings after 33 years, his critics need to introspect. His followers need to celebrate. And his country needs to thank him. 🙏🏻🙏🏻

'Why have boundaries been so changeable while frontiers and borders are relatively long-lasting?'

Read the paper by former National Security Advisor and CSEP Distinguished Fellow Shivshankar Menon on the subcontinent’s recent historical experience.

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'In South Asia, India and China are locked in a boxing match with multiple rounds, no knockout, and a jury that is nudging them against each other.'

Constantino Xavier & Jabin T Jacob 鄭嘉賓 discuss how China engages South Asia, in this report.

csep.org/reports/how-ch…

You'd think by now folks from the west, which still generates considerable carbon emissions and historically contributed even more, would have learnt by now that lecturing countries that haven't done so is ineffective and eyeroll-worthy.

With Tca Raghavan as he signs his new book, Circles of Freedom : Friendship, Love and Loyalty in The Indian National Struggle today at Bahrisons Booksellers.
Published by juggernautbooks

Thank you all for a tremendous response to the call for papers for the Ashoka-LSE Diplomatic Studies Workshop. Here are the 8 selected out of 120+ submissions. There were many other excellent candidates - we hope you will apply again when we convene a second round in 2025.

#bsmanthan | India cannot suddenly decouple from #China . For de-risking, #India needs its own ‘China+1’ strategy when it comes to imports, says Shivshankar Menon, Former National Security Advisor

#thoughtleadershipsummit #BSat50 #50YearsOfBusinessStandard
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India & the Global South, editor Amb #SurendraKumar . Evocative articles by Dr Shashi Tharoor Amb Shivshankar Menon Dr Rajiv Kumar Amb Kanwal Sibal Amb Lakshmi M Puri Dr Dr. Seshadri Chari Amb Gurjit Singh Amb #MohanKumar Prof Srikanth Kondapalli శ్రీ Prof C. Raja Mohan Suhasini Haidar & Thalekkara Arun

'I am proud to belong to a nation which has sheltered the persecuted and the refugees of all religions and all nations of the earth.” When Swami Vivekananda said this, in Chicago in 1893, did he ever imagine a day would come when people claiming to represent, and to be acting…

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My response to Fareed Zakaria column in The Washington Post
last week:

1. Zakaria argues that the 'The world of a rules-based international order... emerged from the European enlightenment', mentioning specifically Hugo Grotius and Immanuel Kant.

My…

The shame is on you Ron Dermer - רון דרמר. Israel had much of the world on its side on October 7 but you squandered the goodwill by failing to adequately address the humanitarian situation in Gaza. You were urged, warned, pressured and you’re still not doing what you should.

Commend the firm and fitting response from The Music Academy and its President to the bigoted, casteist objections by a small coterie of set-up Carnatic musicians who can’t stomach the choice of an eminent, widely acclaimed, erudite, and articulate musician for the highest…

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CSEP hosted its 23rd Foreign Policy and Security Studies Tiffin Talk on 'Tensions of Capital and Expertise: Perspectives from India on Contemporary International Developmentalism' with Pariroo Ratan, PhD candidate, Harvard University and Visiting Research Associate, CSEP.

Delighted and honoured to receive prestigious Ramnath Goenka Award for Excellence in Journalism (Non-fiction Book) for my book ‘The Long Game: How the Chinese Negotiate with India’ at ceremony in New Delhi today. Award was presented by Shri Nitin Gadkari. Published Penguin India

A special honour to learn recently that my book will receive the Best Book in Global IR award from ISA. An award that is named after T.V. Paul, whose considerable and diverse body of scholarship has impacted so much of the field, including my own work.

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