India’s relations with the Arab World in the 21st Century

A Kuwait Program Distinguished Lecture with H.E. Dr. SHASHI THAROOR, Minister of State for Human Resource Development, Government of India, Member of Parliament (Thiruvananthapuram), Lok Sabha

Introduced by Frédéric MION, President of Sciences Po and chaired by Ghassan SALAME, Dean of PSIA-Sciences Po

 

An elected Member of Parliament, former Minister of State for External Affairs and former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations, Dr. Shashi Tharoor is the prize-winning author of fourteen books, both fiction and non-fiction, including the classic The Great Indian Novel (1989), India from Midnight to the Millennium (1997), Nehru: The Invention of India (2003) and most recently Pax Indica: India & the World of the 21st Century (2012). A widely-published critic, commentator and columnist, Dr. Shashi Tharoor served the United Nations during a 29-year career in refugee work, peace-keeping, the Secretary-General’s office and heading communications and public information. In 2006, he was India’s candidate to succeed Kofi Annan as UN Secretary-General. He has won India’s highest honour for Overseas Indians, the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman, and numerous literary awards, including a Commonwealth Writers’ Prize.