I was Given 72 hours to Leave Pakistan: A High Commissioner’s Story
August 2019 brought one of the sharpest disruptions in India-Pakistan relations as India revoked Article 370, which had granted special status to Jammu and Kashmir. The move rattled Islamabad, sparking hurried diplomacy and an atmosphere thick with speculation. Here, Ajay Bisaria, then India’s High Commissioner to Pakistan, recounts the emotional weight and professional turbulence of […]
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 […]
In Conversation with Rajesh Mehta: Ambassador Ajay Bisaria
A seasoned diplomat with decades of experience across South Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Indo-Pacific, Ambassador Ajay Bisaria has been at the forefront of some of India’s most consequential diplomatic engagements. His insights reflect both strategic realism and a deep understanding of India’s long-term interests in a turbulent global order. He was the High Commissioner […]
Review: “Anger Management” by Ajay Bisaria – Former High Commissioner of India to Pakistan
The enduring hostility between India and Pakistan, initiated by the partition in 1947 followed by traumatic violence, and marked by four conventional wars, the bifurcation of Pakistan, proxy sub conventional wars in Kashmir and Punjab, nuclear tests, acts of terrorism, and surgical strikes, has become a seemingly permanent fixture in South Asian geopolitics. The relationship […]
Dictator Next Door
Asim Munir’s power grab in Pakistan makes South Asia a more dangerous neighbourhood. The Pak military is no longer a state within a state. It is the state Yesterday’s attack on the Peshawar headquarters of Pakistan’s Federal Constabulary that killed three security personnel exemplifies the chaos engulfing that country. But the Pakistani leadership appears keen […]
IBG NEWS: ICC Organises ICC Wealth Management Summit
Kolkata, 15th November, 2025: ICC organised the ICC Wealth Management Summit 2025, bringing together industry leaders, policymakers and global advisors for wide-ranging discussions that spanned cutting-edge wealth management trends, India’s economic transformation, and the shifting geopolitical landscape. The summit was attended by Mr. Ajay Bisaria, Global Advisor to Asset Management Companies, author and former diplomat; […]
Business Today: Don’t be surprised if Trump shows up in Delhi’: Ex-Ambassador says US will stay India’s key partner
India’s primary strategic partner will remain the United States, Russia and the European Union will continue to be crucial partners, and China will remain a strategic competitor, says Ajay Bisaria Former Ambassador Ajay Bisaria has predicted that the United States will continue to be India’s key strategic partner despite recent tensions over Washington’s 50% tariff […]
Book Chapter:A Yogic Foreign Policy For a Fractured World
Blurb: To deal with the opportunities and challenges thrown up by a fractured world between orders, India’s foreign policy should be yogic: calm yet nimble and flexible. India must also shape the contours of the emerging order to its advantage.
Book Chapter: A Decade of Steady Economic Decay
Authors – Ajay Bisaria, Abhishek Kumar Abstract This piece analyses Pakistan’s persistent economic challenges, particularly in the decade from 2013 to 2024. It links the country’s financial crises with structural weaknesses, primarily military dominance, that has led to political instability, flawed economic choices and an addiction to IMF bailouts. The economic crisis has aggravated from […]
Weathering the Trumpstorm: Navigating Tariffs in Indo-US Trade Relations
The road to peace in Europe—and fixing Indo-US relations—may pass through the icy corridors of Alaska If there is one tool that Donald Trump wields with as much relish as tariffs, it is sanctions. These are the blunt instruments of choice for America’s chief peacemaker and dealmaker, used both to halt wars and to remake […]