An expression like “Pax Indica” is often immediately, and seemingly naturally, misconstrued to mean world domination, as in the familiar “Pax Romana” or “Pax Britannica”. What Dr Tharoor means by the term, however, is the critical role India has to play in what has become a cooperative networked system in our multi-polar world. The idea of “Pax Indica”, is not about India as a future “world leader” or even as “the next superpower”, which is a status assorted commentators claim it is heading irresistibly towards in the near future. Instead “Pax Indica”, in his conception, is about India’s role in shaping the emerging global “network”, which is really what will define international relations and world politics in the 21st century. In this lecture he will explain what it means to be a rising economic and political power in the post Cold War age, where the architecture and landscape of the world are ever changing, and nation states like India must not only embrace such change but actively determine its future design and direction. Click here for Q&A: https://youtu.be/g0hcFeWVwTw ================================================ An author, politician, and former international civil servant, Dr. Shashi Tharoor straddles several worlds of experience. Currently a second-term Lok Sabha Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Thiruvananthapuram constituency and Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on External Affairs, he has previously served as Minister of State for Human Resource Development and Minister of State for External Affairs in the Government of India. During his nearly three-decade long prior career at the United Nations, he served as a peacekeeper, refugee worker, and administrator at the highest levels, serving as Under-Secretary General during Kofi Annan’s leadership of the organisation. Dr. Tharoor is also an award-winning author of fifteen books of both fiction as well as non-fiction. ================================================ Visit us Website: http://lkyspp.nus.edu.sg Follow us on Facebook: http://facebook.com/nuslkyspp Twitter: http://twitter.com/lkysch LinkedIn University Page: https://www.linkedin.com/edu/school?id=42060

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1. Shashi was well educated and trained by western for fooling and cheating around his country people with their "western democracy is the best" propaganda. Sorry for Indians with such a "good" liar. India could not receive real respect in the international community and still has so much slums also because India has too many such kind of "good talkers" like him.
   Indian friend, in the world no country could be respected only because it has "western democracy" or it could buy different weapons from other countries, most important is how could you build up your country successfully and become the valuable trade partner with other countries. China now has been keeping the no.1 trade partner with most countries in the world, including with USA and India ... What is your Indian trade level in the world? Don't only blabla here .... Give us the real data! Otherwise, no one recognize your "soft and hard power" and you could never receive the real respect from the world.
2. one thing i have noticed is that he keeps repeating his references and stories...if you actually listen to all his speeches, they are almost the same. the globalization story, the Diana story on globalization, the story of the goats eating the reel, so many of them. Nevertheless, an astonishing speaker.
3. I like this school. I will join it.
4. a typical foot soldier like they say it.
5. He is only a good "talker". What India really lack of is the good leaders or governors, rather than the good "talkers", like him.
6. Prodigious Spoke Person With Great Rhetorical Sagacity and The Euphemism to Represent INDIA in International Community.
   Perhaps this Civil Servant has Enriched the Respect for INDIAN CULTURE in the WORLD.
7. He is one among the many guys who are liked by both the right and the left. This just goes to show that the right and the left share almost similar values in India they just disagree on how to achieve the goal.
8. Fantastic speaker
9. Very harsh audience. They did not respond to any of the humour in the speech.
10. A right man in the wrong party. Why cant some geniuses get their priorities correct?
11. Thanks for sharing this useful information,....
    keep sharing..
12. Typical dynasty boot licker....... He should have also taken the name of Late Shri PV Narsimha rao, our Honourable former prime minister who had the vision and directed economic reforms, that saved the country from bankruptcy.However I admire his speech....
13. Shashi Tharoor for our PM indeed !! Much respect to you Sir !!
14. Une pure merveille que les propos de cette grande intelligence
15. I wish someday he will be the prime minister of India, even though I know it does not sound very realistic given the hard grip of "Hindutva" that the Indians are caught by!
16. Excellent speech as usual from the Master !👏
17. I missed Gandhi,nehru,vivekanada thank God u sent me when atleast Shashi Tharoor is alive.i could not miss his any speech.....u r true genius and my inspiration....
18. Good 1