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,...
View ArticleReading 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...
View ArticleInternational 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...
View ArticleWhy 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...
View ArticleManila 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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