​Having served from 1999 to 2003 as the first Indian Secretary-General of the Colombo Plan—a regional intergovernmental organization built entirely on the spirit of collective progress—I feel compelled to share my perspective on the alarming global drift toward unilateralism today. ​Conceived at the 1951 Commonwealth Conference on Foreign Affairs in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), the … Continue reading ​Why Multilateralism Still Matters: Lessons from the Colombo Plan