Shyam Saran is a Honorary Senior Faculty and Member of the Governing Board at Centre for Policy Research. He is a former Foreign Secretary of India and has served as Prime Minister’s Special Envoy For Nuclear Affairs and Climate Change. After leaving government service in 2010, he headed the Research and Information System for Developing Countries, a think tank focusing on economic issues (2011-2017) and was Chairman of the National Security Advisory Board under the National Security Council (2013-15). He is currently Life Trustee of India International Centre, Member of the Governing Board of the Institute of Chinese Studies, a Trustee at the World Wildlife Fund (India) and Member of the Executive Council of the Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI). He was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 2011 for his contributions to civil service.
Shyam Saran is a Honorary Senior Faculty and Member of the Governing Board at Centre for Policy Research. He is a former Foreign Secretary of India and has served as Prime Minister’s Special Envoy For Nuclear Affairs and Climate Change. After leaving government service in 2010, he headed the Research and Information System for Developing Countries, a think tank focusing on economic issues (2011-2017) and was Chairman of the National Security Advisory Board under the National Security Council (2013-15). He is currently Life Trustee of India International Centre, Member of the Governing Board of the Institute of Chinese Studies, a Trustee at the World Wildlife Fund (India) and Member of the Executive Council of the Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI). He was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 2011 for his contributions to civil service.
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The UN system is fraying because it has come to depend not on regular payments from all member governments but on donors, including corporate donors, for financing
Renewed contestation among the major powers has constricted India's diplomatic space
Chinese leaders may well respond to domestic challenges with heightened rhetoric externally
Worryingly for India, Indonesia looks to China for help in achieving its maritime ambitions
What will be the challenges before a re-energised India in 2015?
True pride in India's heritage would require study of the intellectual and cultural heritage that lies beyond its borders
Environmental degradation begins in the minds of men
Xi Jinping's visit may put relations between India and China on a new trajectory
Japan needs to take a long-term bet on India, and India needs to make that wager count by easing entry into its market
India's security is best served by leading a global movement away from fossil fuels towards renewables
Humanitarian intervention has little meaning unless the international community is willing to engage in the aftermath
The choice before the next government is not between being a soft state and a tough state; it is between being a smart state and a dumb state
Arguments to abandon India's 'no first use' policy for nuclear weapons are fallacious
Revelations in the Henderson Brooks Report should be examined in the light of archival material that is now available on Chinese perceptions and decision-making leading up to the conflict