From the significance of food in diplomacy to the importance that some peoples attach to their culinary traditions
View More Pineapple, Pizza, and a slice of diplomacyAuthor: Vivek Katju
As 2023 leaves us
The unpredictability of black swan events cannot and should not prevent a focus on expected events and processes in 2024
View More As 2023 leaves usReturn of Covid
It is good that the Central and some State governments have moved with alacrity on this issue
View More Return of CovidUSA: Politics, Media and Academia
Developments in the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia especially over the past few days are particularly relevant
View More USA: Politics, Media and AcademiaCOP 28: Facing the greatest challenge to humankind
The planet is in climate emergency but the seriousness which should be shown by the world’s leading countries is absent
View More COP 28: Facing the greatest challenge to humankindKissinger: Diplomacy Personified
Henry Kissinger, who died at the age of 100 on November 29, exercised great influence on the course of international events especially in the 1970s…
View More Kissinger: Diplomacy PersonifiedAI: A scary forecast
These dangers were mentioned in an open letter signed by 1000 technology practitioners in the field in March this year
View More AI: A scary forecastRe-balancing of global power
The statements issued by the White House and the Chinese Foreign Ministry on the summit offer an insight on the approaches of the two leaders to their bilateral ties and on current international issues
View More Re-balancing of global powerGaza: Refocusing global attention
It is noteworthy that the G7 Foreign Ministers relegated the Ukraine situation to the second place in their Joint Statement
View More Gaza: Refocusing global attentionLooking back, looking ahead
This October marked fifty years since I began working. My first job was as a part time lecturer in History at the Allahabad University. Less…
View More Looking back, looking ahead