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Brahma Chellaney

Brahma Chellaney

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

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

Biden's Afghanistan fiasco is a disaster for Asia

Self-inflicted defeat sends message that allies cannot count on US

Can Japan really trust America?

Taiwan tensions underscore Tokyo's growing sense of insecurity

China moves swiftly to exploit the void in Afghanistan

US military exit is likely to become Beijing's strategic gain

China's hostility ensures the rise of a more antagonistic India

Military standoffs along the Himalayan border continue to intensify

China must come clean on the origins of COVID-19

Wuhan lab leak theory needs to be fully explored

China rubs its hands amid international divide over Myanmar

Punitive sanctions policies should be recalibrated

Why is China making a permanent enemy of India?

Beijing's Ladakh aggression is driving New Delhi ever closer to Washington

US fails to understand that it no longer calls the shots in Asia

Arrogant intrusion into Indian waters was counterproductive

US sanctions often advance China's interests

Iran, Russia and Myanmar pivot to Beijing as Biden applies outdated policy

Writing is on the wall for US Indo-Pacific strategy

Flip-flops are to Biden what egomania is to Trump

Why do so many Asian nations want to be in China's debt?

Beijing's debt-trap diplomacy likely to cost it dearly over the long term

Chinese anxiety over Tibet fuels rising tensions with India

Xi Jinping appears to have underestimated New Delhi's capacity to fight back

The Taliban loves China's money, but can it forget its Muslim gulags?

Beijing's harsh treatment of Uighurs likely to fuel grassroots Afghan anger

Japan must curb Chinese aggression surrounding the Senkaku Islands

Tokyo should respond to future incursions by disabling ships and detaining crews