Brahma Chellaney

Henry Kissinger once quipped “it may be dangerous to be America’s enemy, but to be America’s friend is fatal.” India is learning how true that statement rings.

New Delhi’s counterterrorism focus on J&K has allowed jihadists to gain influence in states like Kerala, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal. ISIS has even named a 'Bengal emir'. The situation is fraught and must be controlled.

Pakistan even uses the Indus Waters Treaty, the world's most generous water-sharing pact, as a stick to beat us with. Why does India put up with this stinging rogue behaviour?

China clearly doesn't believe in equitable water sharing arrangements. But these are a must for Asia, which needs to avoid both Chinese domination and water wars.

Both India and Japan now view China without any blinkers. And both are natural democratic allies in a crucial region.

The Modi government has finally realised what was well known — that 'Pakistan will not mend its ways'.

Nepal impinges directly on India’s security. As its ruling communist party leans to China, and skips the first BIMSTEC drill, India must stop treating it with kid gloves.

By making New Delhi a key target of the extraterritorial effects of its sanctions on Iran and Russia, Washington is injecting new irritants in India-US ties.

By talking directly with Kim Jong Un, the US President is causing Beijing to fear a loss of influence in Pyongyang, its only formal military ally.

Pyongyang might seek to retain its short and medium range nuclear arsenal while dismantling its long-range nuclear capability.

Today, the US is acting counterproductively to its own interest to safeguard the currency's centrality.

Following US' unilateral withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, Kim Jong-un appears to have got cold feet.

Contrary to popular perception, the violence began even before Myanmar gained independence in 1948.

There is a risk that the Chinese backing down could only be a temporary respite from border tensions.

New Delhi must prepare. It cannot afford to be complacent.

New Delhi needs a strategy to counter Beijing.

Two successive Indian governments went out of their way to accommodate US commercial interests in order to operationalise the deal.

Our negligence on water scarcity has been so deep that it can be remedied only through hands-on political direction.

He could also invite Beijing's wrath by getting Japan to join US air and sea patrols in the South China Sea.

It has taken the Myanmar state counselor just a few months to put her stamp on her country's international relations.

The only thing that could temper Beijing's dam frenzy is a prolonged economic slowdown at home.