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A Rendezvous with Asian Geopolitics
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A Rendezvous with Asian Geopolitics

“The intellectual challenge is to develop concepts of India’s place in the world and the order we should seek” (p:340). In his book India and Asian Geopolitics (The Past, Present), former NSA Mr. Shivshankar Menon has made an attempt to trace and locate the positions of and for India from historical times to post WW – II era and the Cold War period, globalization years and to the present decade.  Mr. Menon has divided the book into two parts, one for the past and other the present. Past consumes chunk of the content (eight out of thirteen chapters)  while the second half raises critical questions and offers answers to couple of pending issues. On record, Menon places abundant anecdotes, cites rich sources and brings in all his experience as an accomplished diplomat. ...