Amb P S Raghavan is Chairman of National Security Advisory Board (NSAB), which advises India’s National Security Council on strategic and security issues.

From 1979 to 2016, he held diplomatic positions in USSR, UK, Poland, South Africa and Vietnam, and was India’s Ambassador to Czech Republic, Ireland and Russia. From 2000 to 2004, he was Joint Secretary in the Prime Minister's Office, dealing with foreign affairs, nuclear energy, space, defence and national security. As Secretary (2013-14) in the Ministry of External Affairs, he was in charge of India’s external economic relations and the Administration, Security and e-governance departments. He founded and headed the Development Partnership Administration, which coordinates India’s economic partnership with developing countries.

Contributions 
Modi embraces the bear as the Eagle looks on The Modi govt has broadened India’s relationships with Russia as well as with US & its allies. It’s about protecting core national interests while building on convergences & managing differences. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent visit t...

A MEGA response to MAGA Macron wants to Make Europe Great Again, borrowing from Trumpian MAGA ideas and protectionist Bidenomics. The Euro polls may influence this process. In about a week, elections will determine the complexion of a new European parliament. They would ...

Interregnum before a new world order About 90 years ago, in the wake of the Great Depression and the rise of fascism in Europe, the Italian politician-philosopher Antonio Gramsci wrote of the crisis in world affairs: “The old is dying and the new cannot be born; in this interregnum a ...

Canada outburst dishonours code among spies It is well known that intelligence agencies of major countries have harboured dissident and insurgent groups from around the world. Values, scruples and morality are not words in the lexicon of intelligence and security agencies. Their role is to ...

New Delhi Summit Declaration: G20 coming of age The pervasive mood in much of the developing world is not to let geopolitical confrontation stymie progress on the issues of major consequence for them. The issue of the G20 New Delhi Leaders’ Declaration, on day one of the two-day Summit, is no...

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'Sati' Lambah: An understated over-achiever Published in the New Indian Express on 12th July 2022....

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