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Mar 5, 202311 min read
The First Quad Summit - 2021
Ambassador Prabhat P Shukla “The fact of the matter is, we can do all we need to do without punishing anybody, anybody…China is going to...
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Jan 29, 202328 min read
Mackinder, Eurasia and the PRC's One-Belt-One-Road
Mackinder for the Twenty-first Century Ambassador Prabhat P Shukla Who rules East Europe commands the Heartland: Who rules the Heartland ...
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prabhatpshukla
Jan 29, 202325 min read
India in the Fraught Relationship Between President Xi and the PLA
Ambassador Prabhat P Shukla Xi Jinping seeks an accommodation with India; the PLA is implacably hostile It was December 2012: Xi Jinping...
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prabhatpshukla
Jan 29, 202311 min read
Prepping for the Obama Visit
Indo-US Relations: Need for the Right Setting Ambassador Prabhat P. Shukla The upcoming visit of President Obama as Guest of Honour for...
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Ambassador Prabhat P Shukla
Jan 4, 202339 min read
Syria and the Wider Region: The Hydrocarbon Dimension
December 2018 The Geopolitics of Oil and Gas in Central and West Asia over the Decades This is an update of an earlier essay on the same...
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prabhatpshukla
Jan 1, 202315 min read
The China-Pakistan Nexus
Ambassador Prabhat P Shukla The China-Pakistan relationship goes back to the early 1960’s - 1963 saw the boundary agreement, and served...
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prabhatpshukla
Dec 30, 20229 min read
The Patriarch Meets the Pope
An Examination of the Outcome of the Meeting between the Heads of the Catholic and Russian Orthodox Churches Ambassador Prabhat P Shukla...
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prabhatpshukla
Dec 30, 20228 min read
Modi Visits Russia - 2015
Ambassador Prabhat P Shukla With all major foreign engagements, it takes a little time – or longer – for the full facts and implications...
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Ambassador Prabhat P Shukla
Dec 30, 20229 min read
Afghanistan After Omar's Death
Omar [L] and Mansour [R] – Omar’s death in 2013 was hidden for two years; Mansour was chosen as his successor. A good starting point for...
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prabhatpshukla
Dec 29, 202233 min read
Understanding the Chinese One-Belt-One-Road
Mackinder Redux: Struggle for Eurasia after the Cold War Ambassador Prabhat P. Shukla Berlin-Bagdad, Berlin-Herat, Berlin-Pekin -- not...
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prabhatpshukla
Dec 29, 202217 min read
Prime Minister Modi in China - 2015
Ambassador Prabhat P Shukla Prime Minister Modi [R] with President Xi Jinping [L] A clear-eyed assessment of the Prime Minister’s visit...
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prabhatpshukla
Dec 29, 20229 min read
BJP-PDP Coalition in J&K - A Mistake
Ambassador Prabhat P. Shukla The best that can be hoped for is that the inevitable break-up happens before there is any lasting damage...
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prabhatpshukla
Dec 29, 202210 min read
The Obama Visit - Don't quote Gandhi to Us
Ambassador Prabhat P. Shukla The hype over the nuclear deal has obscured the main achievement of the Obama visit: this is in the Joint...
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prabhatpshukla
Dec 29, 202213 min read
Afghanistan Post-2014: the Pashtun Factor
Ambassador Prabhat P. Shukla There is an effort among some western commentaries – taken up and amplified by the Pakistanis - to try and...
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prabhatpshukla
Dec 13, 202215 min read
India in the Asia-Pacific under New Management
Ambassador Prabhat P. Shukla Developing ties with Japan, China, and Australia It has been a busy September for India’s external...
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prabhatpshukla
Dec 13, 20229 min read
Indian General Elections 2014: Piercing the Veil of Secularism
Ambassador Prabhat P. Shukla A Novice Looks at the BJP’s win at the recent General Elections The period 1987 – 89 was a watershed one in...
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prabhatpshukla
Dec 13, 20227 min read
My Days in Singapore – Looking East and Loving It
Ambassador Prabhat P. Shukla contribution to collection of reminiscences by former Heads of Mission in Singapore published by the...
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prabhatpshukla
Dec 13, 20226 min read
India-Pakistan: Iron in the Soul
The Neighbour from Hell Ambassador Prabhat P Shukla The decision to call off the scheduled Foreign Secretary level talks with Pakistan...
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prabhatpshukla
Dec 13, 20223 min read
Assessing Russian Diplomacy Today
A Brief Look at its Strengths and Weaknesses, written for the Valdai Club Ambassador Prabhat P Shukla Legacy of Russian diplomacy: L to...
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Ambassador Prabhat P Shukla
Dec 12, 202212 min read
The Stakes in Ukraine - 2014
Ambassador Prabhat P Shukla Left - German Chancellor Merkel; Right - US Assistant Secretary Nuland, who told her Ambassador in Kiev -...
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