An Asian geostrategist, Brahma Chellaney presently is a professor of strategic studies at the Centre for Policy Research in New Delhi; a fellow of the Norwegian Nobel Institute; a trustee of the National Book Trust; and an affiliate with the International Centre for the Study of Radicalization at King’s College London. He has served as a member of the Policy Advisory Group headed by the foreign minister of India. Before that, he was an adviser to India’s National Security Council, serving as convener of the External Security Group of the National Security Advisory Board.
As a specialist on international strategic issues, he held appointments at Harvard University, the Brookings Institution, the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University, and the Australian National University. Earlier this year, he was a Bosch Public Policy Fellow at The Transatlantic Academy in Washington, DC. His scholarly essays have been published in numerous journals, including International Security, Orbis, Survival, Terrorism, Washington Quarterly, Nature, Security Studies, Politique Etrangere, Disarmament, and Australian Journal of International Affairs. He holds a Ph.D. in strategic studies.
In addition to being a strategic thinker and author, he is a columnist and commentator. His opinion articles appear in the International Herald Tribune, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Le Monde, The Guardian, The Hindu, Times of India, Economic Times, Mint, Japan Times, La Vanguardia, Straits Times, South China Morning Post, and other important newspapers. And he has often appeared on CNN and BBC, among others.
He also sits on a number of national and international organizational boards, including the Academic Council of The Henry Jackson Society, London. He has lectured at military war colleges, major think-tanks and universities, and international business forums like the CLSA Investors’ Forum, Global ARC, and FutureChina Global Forum, and participated in high-powered initiatives like the Bergedorf Roundtable and the World Economic Forum at Davos. He has taught professional and international seminars in the United States, Japan, Austria, Singapore, Australia, South Korea, Germany, Hong Kong, Britain, South Africa, Brazil and France.
He is the author of six books, including an international bestseller, Asian Juggernaut: The Rise of China, India, and Japan (New York: Harper Paperbacks, 2010). His latest book, Water: Asia’s New Battleground, has been published by Georgetown University Press, Washington, D.C. You may read parts of the book here.
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