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Brahma Chellaney

Brahma Chellaney

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Brahma Chellaney is a geostrategist and the author of nine books, including Water: Asia’s New Battleground

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The Dead Sea in Jordan is part of a region that is slowly drying up and could be gone completely in 50 years if no action is taken. Reuters
A precious natural resource that Covid-19 put a lot of strain on

The pandemic was another reminder of the increasing demand for safe water. Fortunately, there are ways to solve this problem

CommentJanuary 05, 2021
Brahma Chellaney
People's Liberation Army soldiers wave a Chinese national flag at a stadium in Beijing. Kevin Zhao / Reuters
Why the Chinese military’s rising clout troubles Xi Jinping

Relations between politicians and the army are strained, writes Brahma Chellaney

OpinionSeptember 09, 2017
Brahma Chellaney
Negotiators used the then-impending Brics summit in Xiamen on September 4 as a deadline to resolve the stand-off over Doklam, since India’s prime minister Narendra Modi and China’s president Xi Jinping - pictured here together in New Delhi in September 2014 - were expected to meet on the sidelines of the conference. Manish Swarup / AP
In Beijing’s thinking, the best weapons don't win today’s wars, but the best narrative does

China’s modus operandi has been to wage stealth wars, which gives an indication as to where tensions with India may lead

OpinionAugust 19, 2017
Brahma Chellaney
A man watches a TV news channel airing images of North Korea's ballistic missile launch at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
A new solution is required to deal with North Korea

The United States will need to adjust its policy towards Pyongyang if it hopes to clinch a deal on the Korean Peninsula, writes Brahma Chellaney

OpinionJuly 21, 2017
Brahma Chellaney
Chinese president Xi Jinping. Lintao Zhang / Getty Images
To China's relief, Trump has kept Obama's policy

Brahma Chellaney says Beijing should be very happy with America's stance on trade and security

OpinionJuly 21, 2017
Brahma Chellaney
Chinese president Xi Jinping has told US president-elect Donald Trump that cooperation is the only choice for relations between the world's two largest economies. Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Luis Hidalgo / AP Photo
China is at the top of Trump's foreign agenda

Brahma Chellaney says Donald Trump may deliver the pivot to Asia that Mr Obama promised – and he has China in his sights

The NationalJanuary 02, 2017
Brahma Chellaney
Myanmar's State Counsellor and Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi. Hein Htet / EPA
Suu Kyi treads carefully in deals with neighbours

Brahma Chellaney looks at the challenges faced by Myanmar's leader

OpinionOctober 22, 2016
Brahma Chellaney
The resurgent Taliban hold more Afghan territory than before. Allauddin Khan / AP Photo
Fifteen years on, the Afghanistan war still rumbles

Barack Obama’s successor will have to make some difficult choices on Afghanistan, writes Brahma Chellaney

OpinionSeptember 03, 2016
Brahma Chellaney
An aerial photograph of Taiping Island, also known as Itu Aba Island in the South China Sea. EPA
China’s defiant unilateralism must always be checked

Like-minded states must work together to defend the law of the South China Sea by ensuring that defiant unilateralism is not cost-free, writes Brahma Chellaney

OpinionJuly 14, 2016
Brahma Chellaney
US president Barack Obama bids a farewell to Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe after laying a wreath in front of a cenotaph to offer prayers for victims of the atomic bombing in 1945 at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park. Kimimasa Mayama / EPA
Nuclear treaty has loopholes that must be shut

The international community must regulate the use of nuclear weapons or suffer the consequences, writes Brahma Chellaney

OpinionJune 06, 2016
Brahma Chellaney
A dog walks over a drought hit plot of land in Ben Tre Province, Vietnam. Christian Berg / Getty Images
Asia's next major conflict will be over fresh water

Crippling drought in Asia and India reveal the challenges of finding fresh water for the future, writes Brahma Chellaney

OpinionMay 10, 2016
Brahma Chellaney
Migrants from Afghanistan stage a protest at the Greek-Macedonian border, near Gevgelija against Macedonia's refusal to allow Afghans to pass the border. Robert Atanasovski / AFP
Europe needs a combined plan for its south

The refugees crisis will pose a major security challenge to European countries, argues Brahma Chellaney

OpinionFebruary 23, 2016
Brahma Chellaney
China continues to extend its borders in the South China Sea – a global trade and maritime hub – in a way that no power has done before elsewhere. Reuters
Beijing on a collision course as it stirs up the South China Sea

China's neighbours should persuade it that its future lies in cooperation and not confrontation, writes Brahma Chellaney

OpinionJanuary 20, 2016
Brahma Chellaney
If peace is to endure in Asia, Japan needs to be proactive

US security interests would be better served by a more confident Japan that assumes greater responsibility for its own defence, writes Brahma Chellaney

OpinionJanuary 04, 2016
Brahma Chellaney
Chinese President Xi Jinping with his wife Peng Liyuan at Moscow's Vnukovo II Government airport on May 8. Alexander Nemenov / AFP
China takes sea route to great power status

The Maritime Silk Road project is driven by Xi Jinping's belief that the maritime domain holds the key to China achieving pre-eminence in Asia, writes Brahma Chellaney

OpinionMay 09, 2015
Brahma Chellaney
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