Interested in knowing more about geopolitical affairs and developments in the Indo-Pacific region❓

This interview with Professor Brahma Chellaney offers valuable insights into India’s perspective on the current power dynamics in the region that has become the world’s geopolitical center of gravity. 🌏

Professor Brahma Chellaney, a member of the Distinguished Expert Panels of CPG’s Peace & Security (CPSC), is a professor of strategic studies at the Centre for Policy Research in New Delhi. As one of India’s leading geostrategists, he previously served on India’s National Security Advisory Board, where he contributed to the formulation of India’s nuclear doctrine. He coined the term “debt-trap diplomacy” to describe China’s strategy of leveraging the debt burdens of smaller countries for geopolitical gain.

Professor Chellaney is also a Richard von Weizsäcker Fellow at the Robert Bosch Academy in Berlin and an affiliate of the International Centre for the Study of Radicalization at King’s College London. He has 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. Additionally, he was a fellow at the Nobel Institute in Oslo and The Transatlantic Academy in Washington, DC. He is the author of nine books, including the international bestseller “Asian Juggernaut” (HarperCollins) and “Water: Asia’s New Battleground” (Georgetown University Press), which won the Bernard Schwartz Award.

This interview with Professor Chellaney is the first in a series shedding light on the Indo-Pacific strategies of various actors in Asia and the West. The series is presented in cooperation with the Montreal Centre for International Studies (CÉRIUM), University of Montreal, the Asian Studies Centre (CETASE), University of Montreal, and the Institute for Research on Contemporary Southeast Asia (IRASEC).