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Brahma Chellaney

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

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

China's bullying of tiny Bhutan risks South Asian stability

David and Goliath struggle exposes Beijing's expansionist intent

The steadily increasing risk of war between China and India

Beijing's use of domestic law underpins its international expansionism

Why the U.S. let Pakistan nuclear scientist A.Q. Khan off the hook

Decision could still come back to haunt Washington

Helping the Taliban but not Myanmar detrimental to Western interests

Naypyitaw's generals treated as bigger threat than the terrorists controlling Kabul