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Brahma Chellaney

Brahma Chellaney is a geostrategist and the author of nine books, including "Water, Peace, and War" (Rowman & Littlefield).

If Biden can befriend Vietnam, he can work with Myanmar

Pragmatic approach will better serve U.S. strategic interests than sanctions

The wartime legacies of Hiroshima and Nagasaki haunt humanity

Atomic bombings were more about demonstrating power than securing surrender

China can't just keep building the world's biggest dam in secret

Brahmaputra project poses risks for India and Bangladesh

Uneven U.S. treatment of Bangladesh and Pakistan makes little sense

Sanctions against Dhaka officials unlikely to help cause of democracy

Canceled Quad summit shows how Biden is not focused on Asia

President is third straight U.S. leader unable to reorder Washington's priorities

India now has to face strategic consequence of Myanmar's isolation

Signs suggest China has leveraged influence to put spy station on remote island

Japan and India must draw closer to check Chinese expansionism

Relationship central to Indo-Pacific region's power equilibrium and stability

Russian war sanctions show why U.S. must rethink its strategies

Trade penalties have tended to benefit China, Washington's top rival

Modi's silence on China's land grabs will not be India's last word

While downplaying territorial losses, New Delhi is modernizing its military

Xi Jinping is taking advantage of Biden's soft touch

Assurances to China contrast with call for Russian regime change

China's expansionism creeps along as West distracted by Ukraine

India retreats further into own territory with Himalayan buffer-zone pullbacks

The Quad is at risk of losing its strategic focus

Biden is saddling the group with a distracting global agenda

India has a stake in Taiwan's defense

Chinese territorial claims in Himalayas are much bigger than the island

Ukraine war hastens Sri Lanka's economic meltdown

Impact of Russian sanctions likely to be felt by a string of poorer nations

India's front line battle against autocracy more important than ever

The risk of renewed skirmishes with China is growing

India should invite Myanmar's foreign minister to ASEAN meet

Giving Naypyitaw the cold shoulder is not in New Delhi's interests

Biden's empty Taiwan rhetoric reveals Quad's core weakness

Group will have to move fast if it is to maintain status quo in the Indo-Pacific

European scramble for energy comes at Asia's expense

EU moves to wean itself off Russian oil and gas is creating a self-defeating trap

Washington's clumsy attempts to bully India must stop

Undermining its relationship with New Delhi will cost the U.S. dearly

China continues its territorial advances in Asia

Strategy relies on a steady progression of actions to outmaneuver rival states

Ukraine war puts U.S. Indo-Pacific strategy in jeopardy

Focus on Russia will curtail efforts to limit Chinese expansionism

Beijing Winter Olympics a troubling reminder of 1936 Games

International participation risks emboldening Xi Jinping

Biden's Afghan debacle has emboldened China and Russia

Moscow and Beijing are ratcheting up military aggression from Ukraine to Taiwan

The Quad needs an economic pillar to stand on

Four nation grouping needs to focus on more security to maintain relevance

Xi's nuclear frenzy aimed at shielding China's expansionism

Weapons buildup casts doubt on whether U.S. can defend Taiwan