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Reading the Arthashastra: The rule of law

The science of punishment and the science of government The concept of dandaniti, variously translated as the science of punishment, the science of chastisement, and in Dr Shamasastry’s translation,...

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Reading the Arthashastra: R P Kangle’s magnificent work

Kautiliya Arthashatra, by R P Kangle (MLBD) R P Kangle’s three volume compilation, translation and commentary on Kautilya’s Arthashastra is actually in print and available from the venerable Motilal...

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International Relations – The Board Game

The players are not playing on the same game board Image: Nitin Pai/The Acorn/The Takshashila Institution This is a graphic that I use for my lectures on international relations to illustrate the point...

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Why public protests are proliferating

When networked societies clash with hierarchical states This week’s Economist has a couple of interesting articles on the proliferation of public protests in recent times—from the United States, to...

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Manila on the Chinese bandwagon

The Philippines becomes the first Indo-Pacific country to declare itself for Beijing On the geopolitics of the Indo-Pacific, I have long argued that “the small- and medium-sized countries of the region...

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