Ved Shinde
Biography
Publications
Ved Shinde is an MPhil scholar at the University of Cambridge and is associated with the Centre of Geopolitics. Know more here.
Indians are streets ahead of their government in foreign policy
In terms of partners, Delhi is multi-aligned, but where would most Indians prefer to migrate?
A reckoning with empire
Two very different volumes on the legacies of imperialism expose the parallax of coloniser and colonised.
Why Modi will go to Moscow
Many in the West will be annoyed by the sight of India’s PM shaking hands with Vladimir Putin, but they should remember the shadow of China’s leader.
Bhutan: Dispatch from the Hermit’s happy hills
Forests and foresight set an isolated nation apart.
Seek national security? Begin by becoming relevant
The weak needn’t suffer what they must.
India's turbulent history newly revealed
Two recent history books that improve our understanding of India's present
An Indian advantage abroad
Delhi is reinvigorating its outreach to overseas Indians - even as attracting talent from India is becoming an urgent necessity.
Non-state actors and the phantom of asymmetry
The might of the US military no longer guarantees world order. There are new actors and new ecosystems in play.
Cartographic aggression: Playing it the China way
By keeping the Himalayan dispute alive, China locks India on land to prevent it from going to the seas.
