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Rup Narayan Das

Rup Narayan Das

Natural allies in the Global South: A deep dive into India-Indonesia ties

Unlike the colonial endeavours of European powers, Indian influence in Indonesia was characterised by cultural and regional integration rather than political domination

Updated On: 17 Feb 2025 | 10:58 PM IST

S Jaishankar's book offers a practitioner's view of Indian foreign policy

While many academics and diplomats have penned books and memoirs on foreign policy, S Jaishankar's work offers a blend of hands-on experience, insight, and analysis

Updated On: 21 Nov 2024 | 10:05 PM IST

Book Review: Balancing India's strategic goals with development assistance

India's Development Partnership makes a case for broadening the scope of such assistance beyond a government-to-government approach to include the private sector and civil society

Updated On: 03 Oct 2024 | 12:08 AM IST

Diplomacy from the outside in

JNU professor S D Muni's memoir is an interesting study in how an academic can walk the corridors of power too

Updated On: 15 May 2024 | 10:15 PM IST

India's tryst with parliamentary democracy

At a time when Parliament is about to be relocated to a new building, 'House of the People' offers an insightful look into the evolution of representative bodies in India and their functioning today

Updated On: 09 Jan 2023 | 11:34 PM IST

The limits of 'geo-psychology'

The book abounds with empirical evidences and narration, but fails to construct a theoretical paradigm

Updated On: 16 Sep 2021 | 10:42 PM IST

Supreme Court as change agent

Book review of Supreme Court

Updated On: 25 Mar 2021 | 12:17 AM IST

How nations shape their image

Book review of The Ultimate Goal: A Former R&AW Chief Deconstructs How Nations Construct Narratives

Updated On: 08 Feb 2021 | 11:03 PM IST

Out of the nuclear shadow

Book review of Fire and Fury: Transforming India's Strategic Identity

Updated On: 03 Nov 2020 | 12:49 AM IST

The pangs of transition

The way technology has impacted the global order ever since the invention of the wheel is no less significant

Updated On: 12 Feb 2020 | 10:12 PM IST

The Trump effect

India is a major power that has been considerably affected by President Trump's domestic and foreign policies

Updated On: 20 Jan 2020 | 11:13 PM IST