Brahma Chellaney

Professor of Strategic Studies, Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi

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Biden's Faustian bargain with the Taliban

A year after the chaotic US withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Biden administration is striking a Faustian bargain with the Taliban even as the country turns into a breeding ground for international terrorism, narcotics trafficking, and mass migration, writes Brahma Chellaney.

The fall of the House of Rajapaksa

The crisis in Sri Lanka is a modern political parable - the display of people’s power serves as a warning to political dynasties from Asia to Latin America writes Brahma Chellaney.

The Quad at a crossroads

With Quad leaders due to meet on 24 May, Brahma Chellaney calls for the group to adopt a clearer strategic vision that includes greater economic cooperation — including increased trade among its members — and to cease underwriting the growth of Chinese strategic power.

America Is focusing on the wrong enemy

While the United States focuses on resisting Russian designs on Ukraine, China gets stronger and bolder writes Brahma Chellaney.

China's global hybrid war

China’s use of legal instruments to pursue international political and territorial objectives amounts to a game changing “bulletless aggression” in Asia, writes Brahma Chellaney. These acts of “lawfare”, he argues, call for a coordinated response from the world’s democracies.