Does the BRICS summit signify a shift for Indian foreign policy?
With a strong pushback against unilateral western sanctions; criticism of Israel over the killing of civilians, the attacks on Lebanon, and the forced occupation of Palestinian territory; and support for UN reform as well as a BRICS payment mechanism, the New Delhi Declaration of 2026 has been likened to India’s foreign policy from its nonaligned […]
At BRICS, India’s task is to keep the Ukraine peace process moving
When Prime Minister Narendra Modi met President Vladimir Putin in Bishkek on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, he publicly repeated the counsel he has long offered Russia’s leader: End the seemingly endless war in Ukraine. The message was timely. Over the weekend, US President Donald Trump’s envoys for everything, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, […]
From G7 to D10: Why the world’s democracies should finally name their coalition
Synopsis Global summits highlight a multipolar world order and competing national interests. Industrial democracies informally assemble, behaving like a D10 coalition. This grouping commands significant global GDP and economic influence. India’s consistent participation makes it indispensable to these discussions. The time has arrived for this informal arrangement to gain formal recognition. This is a month thick […]
India Can Bring to The Table East, West and South
BRICS was born as an economic idea and SCO as a border settlement. The New Delhi and Bishkek summits confirmed their evolution as formative blocks for a multipolar economic order The BRICS summit in New Delhi last weekend and the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Bishkek, which Prime Minister Modi attended a fortnight earlier, suggest […]
The Changing Face of Diplomacy: From Secret Cables to Open Screens
CNBC: US-Iran deal still likely despite escalation, says ORF’s Ajay Bisaria
Ajay Bisaria, Distinguished Fellow at Observer Research Foundation, believes that despite the recent flare-up in hostilities and retaliatory strikes between the US and Iran, the two sides are moving towards a deal. There are two key events Bisaria is keeping an eye on in the coming weeks — the G7 summit in Paris and US […]
CSC: Future Wars and India’s Multi-domain Preparedness, Kasauli’s Strategic Seminar Highlights Challenges
Present on the occasion, apart from the distinguished speakers, were the GOC-in-C Central Command, Gen Sengupta; GOC Uttar Bharat, Gen Mishra; GOC 14 Inf Div Gen Gunjan, and Chairman, Kasauli Club, Brig Sandeep Madan. On behalf of the Strategic Studies Cell, Lt. General Kamal Davar, said for him as a veteran and an old member […]
Trump❤️Munir: Why & What It Means
When Gen Asim Munir landed in Tehran on Wednesday, armed with an American truce offer, he was following up on the weekend’s 21 hours of direct US-Iran negotiations, held in Islamabad – the most substantive bilateral engagement between Washington and Tehran, since the severing of diplomatic relations, in 1979. That Pakistan provided both a venue and diplomatic channel for […]
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 […]
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 […]