Book Discussion
'Sense of responsibility super powers had in Cold War is missing today'
The leaderships in China and India will have to eventually pick up the threads and resume a dialogue between the two, even taking into account the areas they disagree with, such as the boundary question, says Zorawar Daulet Singh, scholar and author whose 2019 publication - 'Power and Diplomacy: India's Foreign Policies During the Cold War' - has been released in paperback version this year.
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Power & Diplomacy
The notion that a monolithic idea of ‘nonalignment’ shaped India’s foreign policy since its inception is a popular view. In Power and Diplomacy, Zorawar Daulet Singh challenges conventional wisdom by unveiling another layer of India’s strategic culture.
Article in ThePrint
Indian policymakers overread 1962 Chinese threat, could’ve pulled out from the brink
In 'Power Shift', Zorawar Daulet Singh says the 1962 India-China war couldn't be pinned down to one cause. Here he gives a panoramic geopolitical perspective.
Article in Hindustan
चीन-अमेरिका की तनातनी में क्या होनी चाहिए रणनीति
अमेरिकी प्रतिनिधि सभा की अध्यक्ष नैन्सी पेलोसी की ताइपे यात्रा के बाद चीन की चेतावनियों और मिसाइल अभ्यासों की बाढ़ ने एशियाई भू-राजनीति के नए अध्याय की भूमिका तैयार कर दी है...
ORF Discussion
The Crisis in Ukraine: What does it mean for India?
With the current hostility in Ukraine that is expected to entail widespread geo-economic, geostrategic and geopolitical implications, experts on this panel will share perspectives on what this means for India and how it could navigate its way through the situation.
From the Author
Zorawar Daulet Singh is an author, historian and foreign affairs analyst based in New Delhi, India. He is a co-founder of the Northcap University, a State Private University, located in Gurugram, Haryana and is also an Adjunct Fellow at the Institute of Chinese Studies, one of the oldest think tanks in New Delhi. He is also a member of the advisory board of Sitara, a think tank aimed at advancing self-reliance in advanced technologies. He was previously a fellow at the Centre for Policy Research. Daulet Singh holds a PhD in international relations from King’s College London.
Power Shift
Just like seven decades ago, when the dramatic re-emergence of India and China from their traumatic encounter with colonialism followed by a war between them in 1962 transformed this region’s geopolitical landscape, the equation of the two countries is once again poised to influence the future course of Asia. Wider interests demand that both countries craft a tenuous co-existence and stabilise a fragmenting world order.
Power & Diplomacy
The notion that a monolithic idea of ‘nonalignment’ shaped India’s foreign policy since its inception is a popular view. In Power and Diplomacy, Zorawar Daulet Singh challenges conventional wisdom by unveiling another layer of India’s strategic culture.