New Delhi, Oct. 1 -- The history of diplomacy is about options and the choices governments make in consonance with strategic imperatives and evolving global realities. How we see the world defines how we respond.

Tumultuous shifts in geopolitics and geoeconomics rarely occur but when they do, they trigger an emergency reorientation - including an overhaul, where required - of strategic thinking, to ensure that our national interests are not compromised.

Turbulence of Trump Presidency

Today, clear and visible developments confront the global community on multiple fronts simultaneously with the meteoric rise of China, the rapid socio-economic transformation of India, the assertive voice of the Global South, the challenges of global warmi...