Shyam Saran

The writer is a former foreign secretary and senior fellow CPR. He was India’s ambassador to Nepal 2002-4.

India, Nepal must seek mutually acceptable solutions to controversy over new map

Wed, Nov 27, 2019

The India-Nepal border is unique in that neither country has allowed a political boundary to interrupt the age-old traffic of people who share ties of kinship, religion and culture.

Balancing the poles

Wed, Jun 12, 2019

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

Fri, Mar 15, 2019

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

Sat, Feb 16, 2019

Deteriorating situation in Valley can’t be delinked from abdication of political responsibility by governments in Delhi.

The Wuhan window

Thu, May 03, 2018

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?

Sat, Jan 06, 2018

A compelling account of the environmental concerns that India faces and practical solutions that could resolve the deadlocks

Read between the US lines

Thu, Jun 29, 2017

India-US relations in the age of Trump are becoming more transactional, less strategic

Looking China in the eye

Mon, May 22, 2017

India needs an alternative narrative which contests the inevitability of Chinese hegemony

Nepal’s history, revised

Fri, May 05, 2017

There is an attempt to blame India for the current instability by those who sided with the monarchy 11 years ago

An Inconvenient Truth

Sat, Jul 16, 2016

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

Wed, Apr 06, 2016

The Fourth Nuclear Security Summit brought a timely focus on the link between nuclear and cyber security.

A long way from Rio

Tue, Dec 15, 2015

Paris Agreement is a pale shadow of the 1992 convention, but India salvaged some key principles.

The Paris template

Mon, Nov 30, 2015

Ahead of the summit, India has been again targeted as a spoiler. It must stand its ground till the end.

Constitutional error

Sat, Sep 26, 2015

As long as half of Nepal feels it has been shortchanged by the new constitution, political stability will elude it.

An inconvenient truth

Tue, Aug 11, 2015

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

Fri, Jun 19, 2015

A sharp analysis of India’s challenges in navigating a rapidly transforming regional and international landscape under Narendra Modi.

Be liberal,be realistic

Wed, Nov 06, 2013

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

Sat, Mar 16, 2013

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

Sat, Sep 22, 2012

An astute analysis of the history and future of Indias external relations

Kathmandus conspiracy theorists

Fri, Jul 20, 2012

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.