Former Indian Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran has had a
ringside view of the most critical events in Indian foreign
policy in the new millennium. In this magisterial book,
part memoir and part thesis on India’s international
relations since Independence, Saran discerns the threads
that tie together his experiences as a diplomat and takes us
behind the closed doors of the world of diplomacy.
This book also takes the reader behind the closed doors of
the most nail-biting negotiations and top-level interactions
– from Barack Obama popping by a tense developingcountry
strategy meeting at the Copenhagen climate
change summit to the private celebratory dinner thrown by
then US President George W. Bush for then Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh on the success of the nuclear deal.
About the Author
Shyam Saran is a former foreign secretary and has served
as the Prime Minister’s Special Envoy for Nuclear Affairs
and Climate Change and as chairman of the National
Security Advisory Board.
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