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Raghu Gururaj

Raghu Gururaj

Raghu Gururaj is a former Indian diplomat, who retired as Ambassador. He also served as Consul General in Indonesia. His other overseas diplomatic assignments include Yemen, Singapore, Argentina, Switzerland, Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, Kazakhstan, Sao Tome & Principe and Indonesia. He has specialized in multilateral economic and political work.

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    How India Fits into ASEAN’s Strategic Calculus

    by Raghu Gururaj June 5, 2026
    by Raghu Gururaj June 5, 2026

    The recent state visit of the Vietnamese President to India reflects the steady consolidation of India’s engagement with Southeast Asia. High-level exchanges with Vietnam, Indonesia and the Phillipines, India’s continued …

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    Rethinking India’s Energy Security in a Choke-point World

    by Raghu Gururaj May 21, 2026
    by Raghu Gururaj May 21, 2026

    When Indonesia recently signaled that it may monetize transit through the Straits of Malacca, it heralded a fundamental shift in how maritime geography is being used or misused. What Indonesia …

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    India’s Vulnerability Analysis in Perspective

    by Raghu Gururaj May 19, 2026
    by Raghu Gururaj May 19, 2026

    The IMF’s World Economic Outlook projects India to become the world’s third-largest economy within the next few years, a milestone celebrated as evidence of its emergence as a major global …

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    From Geopolitics to Growth: India’s West Asia Strategy

    by Raghu Gururaj May 15, 2026
    by Raghu Gururaj May 15, 2026

    India’s relationship with West Asia (Middle East) is entering a more complicated phase than at any point in recent decades. A once stable and predictable framework built on energy imports, …

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    Is India’s Growth Being Held Back by Its Civic Deficit?

    by Raghu Gururaj May 2, 2026
    by Raghu Gururaj May 2, 2026

    A few years ago, while presenting India’s manufacturing ambitions under the ‘Make in India’ initiative to an international audience, I was asked a question that was both simple and disarming: …

  • Culture

    Relevance of Ramayana in Indonesia

    by Raghu Gururaj April 26, 2026
    by Raghu Gururaj April 26, 2026

    Through the centuries, India has been a source of inspiration for art and architecture in Indonesia as it has been to the entire Southeast Asia. Today, a myriad of cultural …

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    Strategic Autonomy or Strategic Ambiguity?  India’s Gulf Dilemma

    by Raghu Gururaj April 19, 2026
    by Raghu Gururaj April 19, 2026

    There is a lively and, at times, sharply divided discourse in India today on its foreign policy choices over the Iranian crisis. At the centre of this debate is a …

Latest Articles

  • The Northern Passage: India’s Arctic Play

    June 5, 2026
  • How India Fits into ASEAN’s Strategic Calculus

    June 5, 2026
  • When It Mattered Most for Nepal, India Showed Up

    June 4, 2026
  • India–Oman CEPA: Can it Offset the Strait of Hormuz Vulnerabilities?

    June 4, 2026
  • Between Moscow and the Gulf

    June 4, 2026
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