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Shyam Saran

Shyam Saran

Shyam Saran

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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Shyam Saran: 1962 - The view from Beijing

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

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Updated On : 14 Apr 2014 | 5:18 PM IST

Shyam Saran: A three-point agenda

The next government would do well to focus on governance reform

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Updated On : 11 Mar 2014 | 9:56 PM IST

Shyam Saran: The shadow of Afghanistan

The author explains how the transition in Afghanistan will affect the India-Pakistan relationship in coming years

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Updated On : 11 Feb 2014 | 9:50 PM IST

Shyam Saran: Terrorism is now global and local

A disparate global network of violent fundamentalist Islamic groups threatens India's eastern flank as much as the north and west with a real possibility of these spilling over into our borders

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Updated On : 19 Jan 2014 | 11:46 PM IST

Shyam Saran: The Chinese (yuan) are coming!

Beijing is aggressively pushing, with some success, the internationalisation of its currency

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Updated On : 14 Jan 2014 | 9:50 PM IST

Shyam Saran: Beyond electoral democracy

The next general elections should be about more than politics as usual - they should be about the kind of country we wish to become

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Updated On : 10 Dec 2013 | 9:57 PM IST

Shyam Saran: Xi Jinping's Deng moment

China's ambitious reform road map could transform the country's economy, but it conceals a return to old-style authoritarianism

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Updated On : 19 Nov 2013 | 9:54 PM IST

Shyam Saran: Climate change - An unequivocal report

The latest IPCC report leaves no room for doubt. India should take the lead in renewing international negotiations

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Updated On : 15 Oct 2013 | 9:50 PM IST

Shyam Saran: China's flawed rebalancing

China's economic problems are no longer the concern of just the Chinese

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Updated On : 10 Sep 2013 | 9:57 PM IST

A cloudy Independence Day

The author looks for silver linings on the eve of India's Independence Day

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Updated On : 13 Aug 2013 | 9:50 PM IST

Time to resurrect G5

Brazil, China, India, Mexico and South Africa are still a logical grouping

Time to resurrect G5
Updated On : 16 Jul 2013 | 10:45 PM IST

The case of Snowden and global voyeurism

India has no compelling reason to grant his request for asylum but was unduly inhibited in raising its voice against the United States' extensive and vulgar intrusion into the privacy of its instituti

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Updated On : 08 Jul 2013 | 1:18 AM IST
Updated On : 03 Jul 2013 | 3:40 AM IST

India's Japan moment

Concern for China's reaction must not stop India from pursuing closer relations with Japan

India's Japan moment
Updated On : 19 Jun 2013 | 3:10 AM IST

After Pakistan's elections

The Indian government should resist the temptation to make a grand gesture of friendship towards Nawaz Sharif

After Pakistan's elections
Updated On : 14 May 2013 | 11:14 PM IST

Managing transition in Afghanistan

India needs a strategy to frustrate plans by Pakistan and its Taliban proxies to dominate Afghanistan after 2014

Managing transition in Afghanistan
Updated On : 16 Apr 2013 | 12:11 AM IST

BRICS and premature obituaries

The Durban summit should lay out a new set of recipient-friendly norms for international development co-operation

BRICS and premature obituaries
Updated On : 19 Mar 2013 | 11:27 PM IST

Shyam Saran: The ecological deficit

India is consuming beyond its means - in terms of natural resources, that is

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Updated On : 22 Feb 2013 | 8:00 PM IST

Shyam Saran: Deciphering Pakistani adventurism

Given its reclaimed value to the US, Pakistan believes it can safely revert to its traditional posture of confronting India

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Updated On : 02 Feb 2013 | 8:35 PM IST

Shyam Saran: Doha's 'gateway' to nowhere

India has completely failed to uphold its key interests at climate talks, which have fallen short of their 20-year mission

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Updated On : 02 Feb 2013 | 7:53 PM IST