Shyam Saran
The writer, a former foreign secretary, served as the prime minister’s special envoy for climate change.
Articles By Shyam Saran
Balancing the poles
As US-China competion intensifies, India should refrain from taking sides
As we go into the elections, political parties must engage in debate on national security issues
Citizens have the right to hold their political leaders and governing institutions accountable. It is unacceptable to assert that questioning the armed forces or government is unpatriotic.
Politics, but no politics
Deteriorating situation in Valley can’t be delinked from abdication of political responsibility by governments in Delhi.
The Wuhan window
Modi-Xi summit gives India the chance to expand its diplomatic options in the neighbourhood and beyond.
So You Want to Know About the Environment?
A compelling account of the environmental concerns that India faces and practical solutions that could resolve the deadlocks
Read between the US lines
India-US relations in the age of Trump are becoming more transactional, less strategic
Looking China in the eye
India needs an alternative narrative which contests the inevitability of Chinese hegemony
Nepal’s history, revised
There is an attempt to blame India for the current instability by those who sided with the monarchy 11 years ago
An Inconvenient Truth
Moving away from a literary imagination that is centred on the human experience, Amitav Ghosh explores the global culture of denial surrounding the climate change debate
Making the nuclear point
The Fourth Nuclear Security Summit brought a timely focus on the link between nuclear and cyber security.
A long way from Rio
Paris Agreement is a pale shadow of the 1992 convention, but India salvaged some key principles.
The Paris template
Ahead of the summit, India has been again targeted as a spoiler. It must stand its ground till the end.
Constitutional error
As long as half of Nepal feels it has been shortchanged by the new constitution, political stability will elude it.
An inconvenient truth
The conference in Paris is unlikely to result in an agreement that can address the challenge of climate change.
Book Review – Modi’s World: Expanding India’s Sphere of Influence
A sharp analysis of India’s challenges in navigating a rapidly transforming regional and international landscape under Narendra Modi.
Be liberal,be realistic
From the LoC to the nuclear arsenal,India can deal better with Pakistan if untenable assumptions are dispelled.
More Rubik’s Cube than Power Triangle
The relationship between India,China and the US in the Indo-Pacific may contain more possibilities than the fable of the devas,asuras and Vishnu
Chronicling Change
An astute analysis of the history and future of Indias external relations
Kathmandus conspiracy theorists
If there is one industry which is always flourishing in Nepal it is its fabled rumour mill,with its handlers vying with each other to produce the most imaginative and even bizarre stories about Indian activities in Nepal.
Green economy as platitude
At Rio+20,the developing world reclaimed lost ground,but nobody committed to credible action
