Kautilya’s Arthashastra and the Classical Foundations of Statecraft in Non-Western Political Thought Introduction Kautilya’s Arthashastra, composed between the 4th century BCE and 3rd century CE, stands as one of the earliest and most comprehensive treatises on statecraft, governance, and political economy in the non-Western world. Often likened to Machiavelli’s The Prince for its realist tone … Continue reading In what ways does Kautilya’s notion of statecraft, as developed in the Arthashastra, reflect a foundational contribution to classical political theory, particularly in relation to conceptions of power, authority, and raison d’état within non-Western traditions of political thought?