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Brahma Chellaney
Brahma Chellaney, a longstanding contributor to The Japan Times, is a geostrategist and the author of "Asian Juggernaut" (Harper, 2010) and "Water: Asia’s New Battlefield" (Georgetown University Press, 2011), which won the 2012 Bernard Schwartz Award. He is professor of strategic studies at the Center for Policy Research, New Delhi.
For Brahma Chellaney's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 25, 2019
China's new age of uncertainty
China's open disregard of international rules and its penchant for bullying explain why it essentially remains a friendless power.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 13, 2019
The vital isolation of indigenous groups
Whatever the motivation, connecting with remote tribes with the rest of the world would amount to a death sentence for them.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 30, 2018
China at the crossroads
Deng's refusal to truly liberalize China has imposed enduring costs on the country, which increasingly bends reality to the illusions that it propagates.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 18, 2018
Beijing's South China Sea grab
In the last five years, China has turned its contrived historical claims to the South China Sea into reality and gained strategic depth.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 14, 2018
Treat China like the bully it is
Canada would do well to remember that deference to Beijing invites bullying, while standing up to it draws respect.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 21, 2018
Building a 'free and open' Indo-Pacific
While deference usually invites bullying, standing up to China draws respect and a readiness to negotiate and make concessions.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 14, 2018
A concert of democracies in the Indo-Pacific region
The deepening relationship between Japan and India serves the goal of forestalling the emergence of a China-centric Asia.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 25, 2018
The linchpins for a rules-based Indo-Pacific
the Abe-Modi summit offers an opportunity to discuss how the Tokyo-New Delhi duet can contribute to the larger U.S.-initiated effort to build strategic equilibrium, power stability and maritime security in the Indo-Pacific.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 23, 2018
The end of America's China fantasy
Over the last couple of years, the China-policy debate in the US has begun to reflect more realism, with a growing number of voices recognizing China's ambition to supplant its American benefactor as the leading global superpower. But is it too late to rein in America's main geopolitical rival?
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 4, 2018
The Beijing backlash begins
Trump's trade war with China shouldn't obscure a broader push-back against the country's mercantilist practices.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 17, 2018
China expands its control in South China Sea
Chinese territorial and maritime revisionism has made the South China Sea the world's most critical hotspot.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 24, 2018
A global environmental threat made in China
From large-scale dam-building to unbridled resource-exploitation, human activity is causing serious damage to Himalayan ecosystems.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 1, 2018
Trump's grand strategy
Not only can the U.S. president not be blamed for America's relative decline, he may actually be set to arrest it.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 19, 2018
Trump is losing the South China Sea
Unless the U.S. adopts a stronger policy to contain Chinese expansionism there, the widely shared vision of a free, open, and democratic-led Indo-Pacific will give way to an illiberal, repressive regional order.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 15, 2018
Trump delivers lessons for Japan on North Korea
The main lesson for Japan from the Trump-Kim summit is that instead of relying on Washington it must directly engage North Korea.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 5, 2018
The challenge of America's new extraterritorial sanctions
Trump's aggressive unilateralism poses a diplomatic test for Japan and other democracies.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 23, 2018
The world according to Trump and Xi
Trump's 'America First' strategy and Xi's 'Chinese dream' are founded on a common premise: that the world's two biggest powers can act in their own interest with impunity.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 22, 2018
The art of unraveling a potential deal
At a time when even U.S. allies are finding it difficult to rely on an unpredictable and capricious Trump administration, Kim's strategy will likely seek to safeguard his nuclear 'crown jewels' for the time being.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 7, 2018
Changing Indo-Pacific power dynamics
Japanese and Indian efforts to improve relations with Beijing work to China's advantage
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 24, 2018
How to negotiate with North Korea
U.S. and South Korean negotiators should seek to secure a nuclear-weapons-free zone on the Korean Peninsula.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
Harajuku strives to reclaim its former glory — and surpass it
Laforet Harajuku, which celebrated its 45th anniversary last year, has been a witness to the district's evolution over the years.
Saudi Arabia steps up Gaza-related arrests as Israel ties edge closer
The arrests for Gaza-related posts indicate Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s regime will take a hard line against citizens not toeing the line when it comes to normalizing ties with Israel.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.

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