Vice Admiral Shekhar Sinha

Monsoon by Robert D. Kaplan is a must-read book for naval officers. It was written at a time when China and other country were rising in the Indo-Pacific littorals. The attention of the world was shifting from the continent to maritime domain. He has taken the journey of maritime world from one end to the other in the Indo-Pacific giving out his perception as to why it was necessary and how it would transform geopolitics and the role of China in the future.

Arthashastra is a collection of Kautilya’s articulation of statecraft. He himself was only an advisor but the theory and conduct of statecraft which should be practiced by the kings is worth an understanding. This is about the earliest document in India and still holds good. Today’s Indian foreign policy/ relations are very much structured around Kautilya.