120 Quotes by Sanjaya Baru

Few disagree with the view that the 21st century will witness the return of Asia to the centrestage of global economic activity.

It is inconceivable that the rise of Asia could happen without the rise of the Indian subcontinent.

Many people in public life are not good campaigners.

For too long have many of us in India imagined a future in which the country would rise, leaving the rest of the subcontinent behind. This is neither possible nor warranted.

Real power in the modern world is determined by a nation's economic capabilities, not just the nuclear warheads it stores.

On climate change, Russia's interests are aligned with the West rather than the South.

Ordinary people understand that the rich and powerful bully the poor and meek.

Prime ministers with full majority have behaved differently from each other. Jawaharlal Nehru was a leader who ruled by consensus while Indira Gandhi was considered more unilateral in her approach.

To be sure, China is nowhere as powerful as the U.S., but it has acquired the ability to impose its will on individual nations around the world. From Australia to Germany, South Africa to South Korea, political leaders are careful not to rub China the wrong way.