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Nepal’s election marks a rare democratic defeat of communism

Voters swept aside the two main communist parties that had shaped Nepali politics for years, reducing them to minor players in parliament.

19.03.2026 1

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Brahma Chellaney, Opinion Contributor

The world is watching America lose its moral compass and its global credibility

By any conventional measure of power, the U.S. remains formidable. Its military power is unmatched, and it still possesses the world’s largest...

05.03.2026 4

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Brahma Chellaney, Opinion Contributor

The world is watching America lose its moral compass and its global credibility

By any conventional measure of power, the U.S. remains formidable. Its military power is unmatched, and it still possesses the world’s largest...

03.03.2026 10

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Brahma Chellaney, Opinion Contributor

America’s most important Asian ally just got stronger

For Washington, this is both a gift and a challenge.

19.02.2026 40

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Brahma Chellaney, Opinion Contributor

The useful illusion of a 'rules-based order' is ending

The “rules-based international order” was never a set of neutral rules. It was a story the U.S. told — about itself, its power and its right to...

05.02.2026 6

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Brahma Chellaney, Opinion Contributor

US Myanmar policy is helping China — it must change

The Biden-era policy of isolating one of the world’s largest suppliers of rare earths only keeps strengthening China’s hand.

08.01.2026 10

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Brahma Chellaney, Opinion Contributor

The US built the Quad, but now it’s letting it fail

The Quad — the U.S., Japan, India and Australia — was conceived as a strategic coalition to uphold a “free and open Indo-Pacific,” a concept...

25.12.2025 10

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Brahma Chellaney, Opinion Contributor

The nuclear arms race is back, and it's testing US power

The geopolitical environment that once helped manage nuclear risks has eroded.

27.11.2025 10

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Brahma Chellaney, Opinion Contributor

Trump’s nuclear test order projects toughness — and sows confusion

In the nuclear age, restraint is not a sign of weakness but a strategic necessity.

13.11.2025 10

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Brahma Chellaney, Opinion Contributor

Trump’s foreign policy: Isolationist rhetoric, interventionist reality

The U.S. has carried out scores of covert and overt regime-change operations since the last century. Scholarly consensus is clear: such interventions...

09.10.2025 8

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Brahma Chellaney, Opinion Contributor

Nepal shows how Western media turn mob rule into 'people power'

This oversimplified narrative conceals the real drivers of upheaval while implicitly condoning violence.

22.09.2025 9

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Brahma Chellaney, Opinion Contributor

The fracturing world order bears frightening echoes of the 1930s

There is a growing risk of the world fracturing into rival geopolitical and economic blocs, threatening both prosperity and peace.

04.09.2025 20

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Brahma Chellaney, Opinion Contributor

Trump’s hidden goal in Alaska was to break the China-Russia axis

For decades, the bedrock of U.S. grand strategy was to keep Moscow and Beijing apart.

20.08.2025 10

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Brahma Chellaney, Opinion Contributor

Trump’s economic war on India is a gift to China

Trump’s punitive steps against India are eroding the very trust on which strategic alignment rests — to Beijing’s delight.

13.08.2025 10

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Brahma Chellaney, Opinion Contributor

US foreign policy is now a one-man reality show

Far from being the deft strategist he portrays, Trump has turned American diplomacy into an impulsive, self-serving spectacle.

03.07.2025 7

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Brahma Chellaney, Opinion Contributor

China’s threat to Tibet’s future should be a global concern

Xi Jinping is waiting for the Dalai Lama to pass away so that Beijing can impose its own puppet as the next spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism.

27.06.2025 10

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Brahma Chellaney, Opinion Contributor

Israel’s preemptive war could finally push Iran to go nuclear

The line between deterrence and provocation is perilously thin — and it may now have been crossed.

17.06.2025 7

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Brahma Chellaney, Opinion Contributor

Trump is breaking the global order, but maybe that’s a good thing.

Could the “Trump Shock” actually lay the foundation for a new, more balanced international system?

28.05.2025 10

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Brahma Chellaney, Opinion Contributor

Trump just undermined America’s strategic partnership with India

Trump not only spared Pakistan the consequences of its actions but also damaged the foundation of U.S.-India strategic trust.

17.05.2025 8

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Brahma Chellaney, Opinion Contributor

American policies have unintentionally fueled China’s rise

Instead of spurring political liberalization, China’s integration into the global economy spawned a more repressive state system.

30.03.2025 6

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Brahma Chellaney, Opinion Contributor

Trump’s China strategy seeks ‘containment with a smile’

Trump’s approach will seek to limit the influence and power of China without resorting to open hostility.

15.03.2025 10

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Brahma Chellaney, Opinion Contributor

As Trump meets with India’s Modi, Bangladesh demands attention

Bangladesh’s recent descent into lawlessness poses a foreign policy challenge for President Trump, especially because his predecessor supported last...

11.02.2025 9

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Brahma Chellaney, Opinion Contributor

Trump shows the power of personality on the global stage

Trump is first and foremost a dealmaker who views diplomacy through the prism of potential transactions.

25.01.2025 10

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Brahma Chellaney, Opinion Contributor

The China-India rivalry will define the future of Asia

In recent years, India is tasting the bitter fruits of Modi’s initial efforts to appease China.

25.12.2024 10

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Brahma Chellaney, Opinion Contributor