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Brahma Chellaney

Writing for PS since 2009
185 commentaries
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Brahma Chellaney, Professor Emeritus of Strategic Studies at the New Delhi-based Center for Policy Research and Fellow at the Robert Bosch Academy in Berlin, is the author of nine books, including Water: Asia’s New Battleground (Georgetown University Press, 2011), for which he won the 2012 Asia Society Bernard Schwartz Book Award.

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  1. The Global Divide Over the Ukraine War
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    The Global Divide Over the Ukraine War

    Mar 13, 2025 Brahma Chellaney urges all parties to adopt a realistic approach to a deadlocked conflict and negotiate accordingly.

  2. Putting the Trump-Modi Bromance to the Test
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    Putting the Trump-Modi Bromance to the Test

    Feb 11, 2025 Brahma Chellaney hopes that the US and Indian leaders take concrete steps to reset and deepen the bilateral relationship.

  3. Will Trump Crack the Mystery of COVID’s Origin?
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    Will Trump Crack the Mystery of COVID’s Origin?

    Jan 13, 2025 Brahma Chellaney urges the incoming US administration to tighten rules governing risky “gain-of-function” research.

  4. Bangladesh’s Descent into Islamist Violence
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    Bangladesh’s Descent into Islamist Violence

    Dec 5, 2024 Brahma Chellaney fears what will happen to Asian security if the country's interim government remains on its current path.

  5. America Must Stand Up to Asia's Bully
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    America Must Stand Up to Asia's Bully

    Nov 13, 2024 Brahma Chellaney urges Donald Trump’s incoming administration to push back against China’s aggressive expansionism.

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    Countering Trump’s Politics of Fear

    Koichi Hamada calls for a new set of policies that responds to, rather than dismisses, US voters’ legitimate fears.
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    Where Are the Democrats?

    Reed Galen lambasts the party for sitting by and watching America implode, in the misguided hope of winning the midterms.
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    Signs of a US Recession

    Dambisa Moyo catalogues several indicators suggesting that the world's largest economy is headed for a slump.
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    Trump’s Trade War

    Less than two months into his second presidency, Donald Trump has imposed sweeping tariffs on America’s three largest trading partners, with much more to come. This strategy not only lacks any credible theoretical foundations; it is putting the US on a path toward irrevocable economic and geopolitical decline.

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    Why Frugal AI Alone Won’t Fix AI’s Energy Problem

    Boris Ruf explains why shifting the responsibility for reducing AI’s carbon footprint to end users is counterproductive.
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    The Global South’s Path to Economic Resilience

    Anwar Ibrahim

    Today's profound global uncertainty is not some accident of history or consequence of values-free technologies. Rather, it reflects the will of rival great powers that continue to ignore the seminal economic and social changes underway in other parts of the world.

     explains how Malaysia and other middle powers are navigating increasingly uncertain geopolitical terrain.
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    America’s “HIP” Economy

    Todd G. Buchholz sees developments and breakthroughs in health, information, and power as grounds for optimism.
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    Where Have All the Flowers Gone?

    Andrés Velasco reflects on the tragic fate of the country that took him in as a teenage refugee from Augusto Pinochet's Chile.
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    The Global Divide Over the Ukraine War

    Brahma Chellaney urges all parties to adopt a realistic approach to a deadlocked conflict and negotiate accordingly.

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