From 2004 to 2008 he contributed a fortnightly column – “Perspectives” – to the Hindustan Times, while
contributing to other journals, newspapers and magazines, such as the Indian Defence Review, Force, the
Asian Age, Mail Today, The Hindu, the Times of India, the Pioneer, Business World, Eternal India and Tehelka.
He is currently Vice President of the Centre for International Relations atObserver Research Foundation, an
independent public policy think-tank based in Delhi. He is also associated with the Centre for Policy
Alternatives and maintains a blog of his perspectives on current affairs atwww.soodvikram.blogspot.com
About:
The former Head of India’s external intelligence service, the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW),from January 2001 to March
2003. Since retiring from RAW, he has been a commentator on
international affairs participating in conferences and seminars on
matters relating to security, terrorism and foreign policy.