Ambassador Bhaswati Mukherjee

India remembered with deep sorrow on April 13 the "Bloody Baisakhi" of 100 years ago in Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar, one of the most shameful...

Is the Indo-Pacific a new strategic imperative for India? It is marked by a precarious geometry of faultlines and strategic mistrust and could be the...

Relations between India and the European Union (EU) officially date back to the early 1960s. Contrary to popular perception within the 28-nation EU - which...

The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) established in 1946 was a deeply flawed and over-politicised body which rapidly lost its legitimacy. When it was replaced...

A nation’s foreign policy is strongly influenced by the imperatives of its neighbourhood, its strategic environment and the perception of its own status in the...

It has been famously said that seven days is a long time in politics.  This maxim applies aptly to the present UK political scene. There...

The high stakes and tight time frame for India to save its son, Kulbhushan Jadhav, from execution after a farcical trial conducted by a kangaroo...

Decisive rejection last week in the referendum for reform by 41-year old Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi once again plunged Italy and the European Union...

On November 9 the unthinkable happened after the most polarised US election in US history.  With the so-called ‘swing states’ - Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania...

Friday, July 1, 2016, was the last Friday of Ramadan, a week before Eid, an auspicious day for Muslims worldwide.  Ironically, it was also on...

June 23, 2016 could well become a defining moment in the history of the European Union as well as a definitive moment in the history...

India is one of the founding Members of the UN. Though under colonial rule at that time, India’s leadership before Independence emphasised India’s commitment to...