BBC: One year after India-Pakistan conflict, ceasefire holds – but little else does
A year after the four-day India-Pakistan conflict brought South Asia to the edge of a dangerous escalation, the region has drifted into a brittle and deeply uneasy equilibrium. The crisis – triggered after a deadly militant attack on tourists in Indian-administered Kashmir, and culminating in military strikes by India and retaliatory action from Pakistan – lasted barely 90 hours. […]
Indica: India-US ties entering positive phase: Ajay Bisaria
Former Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan and Canada Ajay Bisaria has said the India-US relationship is entering a “very positive phase” after months of strain under President Donald Trump’s second term, even as concerns remain over Washington’s handling of Pakistan and its rhetoric towards India. In an exclusive interview with IANS, Bisaria described US Secretary […]
ANI: Messenger for US manoeuvre…will find it hard keep all pleased”: Former envoy Bisaria on Pakistan’s mediation push in West Asia conflict
New Delhi [India], April 1 (ANI): With Pakistan pushing for a mediation role in the West Asia conflict which has entered the second month, former Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan Ajay Bisaria has said that Islamabad has been chosen as a messenger for yet another US manoeuvre to keep channels open with Iran and this would […]
BBC: Pakistan’s push in Iran war diplomacy – is India sidelined?
The chatter in Delhi is unmistakable: as Pakistan positions itself as an intermediary in the US-Iran crisis, is India being sidelined? Islamabad has moved with unusual agility, casting itself as an intermediary between Washington and Tehran. Last week, it reportedly relayed a 15-point US peace plan to Iran and offered to host talks – an […]
DW: US-Israel war with Iran shows fault lines in BRICS alliance
As the fallout from the US-Israeli war on Iran widens, BRICS countries face mounting pressure to respond — but internal rifts and competing interests have put the bloc’s limitations on full display. Tehran has urged the BRICS bloc of 11 emerging economies, currently chaired by India, to intervene in the US-Israel war with Iran. Iran, which joined BRICS […]
The Diplomat: India’s Dilemma: To Be or Not to Be Part of Trump’s Board of Peace
On January 22, U.S. President Donald Trump led a signing ceremony for the founding charter of the Board of Peace at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. While some 19 world leaders stood alongside Trump on the dais at Davos for the Board’s formal launch, no one from India was present at the event. India is […]
DW: India’s dilemma over Trump’s Gaza ‘Board of Peace’
US President Donald Trump on Thursday launched his so-called Board of Peace (BoP) initiative, which will attempt to cement the Israel-Hamas ceasefire in Gaza and oversee a transitional government in the Palestinian territory. India is among dozens of nations that have received letters of invitation to join the board. However it is not yet clear […]
Newsweek: Waiting Out the Storm: What India Can Teach the World About Trump | Opinion
DAVOS — No one would mistake Copenhagen for New Delhi. One is a compact Nordic capital of bicycles and canals where winter darkness arrives by mid-afternoon. The other is a sprawling metropolis of 30 million, where December brings thick haze and temperatures that still reach the mid-70s. Denmark has been a NATO ally since the […]
OpIndia: Summoned at dusk, expelled by dawn’: India’s last High Commissioner to Pakistan recalls Islamabad’s meltdown after the abrogation of Article 370
Former Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan Ajay Bisaria has recalled how he was asked to leave Pakistan within 72 hours in August 2019, days after India revoked Article 370, a move that sharply escalated tensions between the two neighbouring countries. Bisaria wrote about the episode in an article titled “I was given 72 hours to […]
ANI: Op Sindoor set new benchmarks in military tactics, established India’s posture of assured kinetic response to cross-border terrorism: Experts
It was a year India showed its military might, its technological prowess, the capability of its indigenous platforms and its resolve of zero tolerance to terrorism as it gave a befitting reply to Pakistan after the Pahalgam terror attack, forcing the western neighbour to seek a ceasefire. India struck terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied […]