Shyam Saran

The book documents Hu's more accommodating policies towards ethnic minorities, who had suffered greatly during the Cultural Revolution

Democracy with its notion of checks and balances is rejected as an outdated system that retards technological advancement

Mr Trump has sought to give a reprieve to the Chinese-owned TikTok, the popular video-sharing app, which had been banned from the US, a ban upheld by the Supreme Court

Their success is a tribute to the US and its ability to attract the best talent and skills from across the world. Indian Americans have made the most of this open door

China has been very conservative in its fiscal policy, and has strictly followed an informal limit of 3 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) on fiscal deficits

Jean Baptiste-Fressoz's book exposes how governments and corporations embrace green rhetoric while reinforcing the carbon economy

Shenzhen stands as a template for spectacular economic success, but now, deep anxiety looms over the impending Trump presidency

The BRI has been compared to the US Marshall Plan launched after the end of the Second World War to enable the recovery of the war-ravaged economies of western Europe

The Galwan clash occurred six months after the Doklam disengagement and two high-profile meetings. India must not lower its guard

What is worth noting is that Saudi Arabia has gone all out to develop and leverage advanced science and technology to underpin its rapid economic and social transformation

India's growing global role clashes with its domestic challenges. Navigating foreign policy requires a balance between global responsibilities and the imperative of social and economic development

This is one of the most informative pieces of history writing on contemporary China and will remain a reference work for a long time to come

India at 77 stands as a country that has held its own, showing a remarkable capacity to manage an essentially adversarial external environment

In 'Muslim, Trader, Nomad, Spy', Sulmaan Wasif Khan writes about China's occupation of Tibet in 1950 and its attempts at assimilating an unfamiliar territory peopled by a strange mix of ethnicities

Over the years, India has enjoyed bipartisan support in the US and this asset must be kept intact and nurtured through across the board political and civil society engagement

The Damascus Events is a fascinating narrative of the interplay between geopolitical, social, economic, and technological transformations that culminated in two catastrophic wars of the 20th century

Geopolitical equations as seen by China do not, as yet, seem to justify a more accommodating posture towards India

The unusual charm of trekking to Mardi Himal in the rainy season

India needs to recalibrate its economic approach, focusing on trade, manufacturing, and the informal economy

Milan Vaishnav's book is a treatise on India's national security apparatus, highlighting the challenges and the positive role it plays against difficult odds