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    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan

    Introduction

    Professor C Raja Mohan is Visiting Research Professor at the Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS). He was the Director of ISAS, from May 2018 to December 2021. He was Professor of South Asian Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, and at the S Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

    Professor Mohan is one of India’s leading commentators on India’s foreign policy. He has been associated with a number of think tanks in New Delhi, including the Institute of Defence Studies and Analyses, the Centre for Policy Research and the Observer Research Foundation. He was also the founding director of Carnegie India, New Delhi – the sixth international centre of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington DC.  He was the Henry Alfred Kissinger Chair in International Affairs at the United States Library of Congress, Washington DC, from 2009 to 2010. He served on India’s National Security Advisory Board. He led the Indian Chapter of the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs from 1999 to 2006.

    He writes a regular column for the Indian Express and was earlier the Strategic Affairs Editor for The Hindu newspaper, Chennai. He is on the editorial boards of a number of Indian and international journals on world politics.

    Professor Mohan has a Master’s degree in nuclear physics and a PhD in international relations. Among his recent books is Samudra Manthan: Sino-Indian Rivalry in the Indo-Pacific (2013) and Modi’s World: Expanding India’s Sphere of Influence (2015).

    Areas of Interest and Expertise

    • India’s Foreign Policy
    • Asian Security
    • Great Power Relations
    • International Politics of Technology
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    isascrm@nus.edu.sg
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    +65 6601 5961
    Designation
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    Visiting Research Professor
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    Email
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    isascrm@nus.edu.sg
    DID
    :
    +65 6601 5961
    Designation
    :
    Visiting Research Professor

    CONTRIBUTIONS

    ISAS Briefs

    India and Pakistan: Coping with China’s Geopolitics

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan

    7 February 2022


    ISAS Briefs

    India and Central Asia: Connectivity and Security

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan

    31 January 2022


    ISAS Insights

    India and South Asia: The Elusive Sphere of Influence

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan

    6 January 2022


    ISAS Briefs

    Biden’s Afghan Peace Initiative

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan

    9 March 2021


    ISAS South Asian Discussion Papers

    President Biden and South Asia

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan, John Joseph Vater

    21 January 2021


    ISAS South Asian Discussion Papers

    Navigating India-China Rivalry: Perspectives from South Asia

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan, Chan Jia Hao

    25 September 2020


    ISAS Briefs

    India and Shinzo Abe’s Strategic Legacy

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan

    15 September 2020


    ISAS Briefs

    India and the Deepening Sino-Pak Alliance

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan

    24 August 2020


    ISAS Briefs

    India Rethinks the Non-Aligned Movement

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan

    11 May 2020



    ISAS Special Reports

    65: China’s Digital Silk Road: Implications for India

    Ashok K Kantha, Chilamkuri Raja Mohan, Mareike Ohlberg, Dev Lewis, Chan Jia Hao, Santosh Pai, Rajesh Ghosh, Vivan Sharan, Yamini Jindal, Ananth Padmanabhan

    31 January 2020


    ISAS Insights

    Beyond Non-alignment: S Jaishankar’s Reflections on Indian Foreign Policy

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan

    25 November 2019



    ISAS Briefs

    India and Britain in the Western Indian Ocean

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan

    7 November 2019


    ISAS Briefs

    India and France in the Vanilla Islands

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan

    29 October 2019


    ISAS Briefs

    India’s Russian Option in Eurasia

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan

    8 October 2019


    ISAS Working Papers

    China’s Digital Expansion and India

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan, Chan Jia Hao

    8 October 2019


    ISAS Briefs

    India’s Kashmir Strategy under the Afghan Shadow

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan

    8 August 2019


    ISAS Briefs

    India and Pakistan: Modi Persists with Hardline on Terror

    John Joseph Vater, Chilamkuri Raja Mohan

    20 June 2019



    ISAS Briefs

    645 : Australia and Sri Lanka Deepen Naval Cooperation

    Roshni Kapur, Chilamkuri Raja Mohan

    5 April 2019


    ISAS Insights

    553 : Reversing 1979: Gulf Reforms and South Asia

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan, Nazneen Mohsina

    25 March 2019


    ISAS Insights

    540 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Andamans: India ends the Neglect of the Strategic Island Chain

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan, Ankush Ajay Wagle

    8 March 2019


    ISAS Briefs

    625 : The European Union’s New Strategy towards India

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan, Atmakuri Lakshmi Archana

    3 December 2018


    ISAS Briefs

    624 : Deepening Singapore-India Defence Cooperation

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan, Ankush Ajay Wagle

    26 November 2018


    ISAS Working Papers

    300 : South Asia’s Space Programmes: Development and Diplomacy

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan, Chan Jia Hao

    26 July 2018


    ISAS Insights

    495 : India and Indonesia: Constructing a Maritime Partnership

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan, Ankush Ajay Wagle

    14 June 2018


    ISAS Briefs

    530 : India-Singapore Defence Agreement: A New Phase in Partnership

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan

    4 December 2017


    ISAS Briefs

    525 : India and the Resurrection of the Quad

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan

    17 November 2017


    ISAS Insights

    476 : Donald Trump’s ‘Indo-Pacific’ and America’s India Conundrum

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan

    13 November 2017


    ISAS Briefs

    518 : Rex Tillerson in South Asia: An American Tilt towards India?

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan

    30 October 2017



    ISAS Insights

    352 : Charting a New Course: Modi’s Pakistan Policy

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan

    11 October 2016


    ISAS Working Papers

    204: Modi’s Foreign Policy: Focus on the Diaspora

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan

    11 April 2015


    ISAS Working Papers

    203: Modi’s American Engagement: Discarding the Defensive Mindset

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan

    1 April 2015


    ISAS Insights

    277: Modi and the Indian Ocean: Restoring India’s Sphere of Influence

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan, Visiting Research Professor, ISAS

    20 March 2015


    ISAS Briefs

    360: India-US Relations: Modi and Obama Begin a New Chapter

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan, Visiting Research Professor, ISAS

    29 January 2015


    ISAS Working Papers

    190: India’s Military Diplomacy: Legacy of International Peacekeeping

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan, Visiting Research Professor, ISAS

    13 June 2014


    ISAS Working Papers

    184: Indian Military Diplomacy: Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan, Visiting Research Professor, ISAS

    26 March 2014


    ISAS Briefs

    317: Chinese Navy in Eastern Indian Ocean: Implications for Delhi and Jakarta

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan, Visiting Research Professor, ISAS

    13 February 2014


    ISAS Working Papers

    168 : India’s Regional Security Cooperation: The Nehru Raj Legacy

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan

    7 March 2013


    ISAS Working Papers

    166 : India’s Security Cooperation with Myanmar: Prospect and Retrospect

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan

    21 February 2013






    ISAS Briefs

    235 : An Indo-Pak Search for the China-India Model

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan

    9 April 2012


    ISAS Working Papers

    144 : From Isolation to Partnership: The Evolution of India’s Military Diplomacy

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan

    28 February 2012


    ISAS Briefs

    227 : India Eyeing a New Gateway to Southeast Asia

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan

    26 January 2012


    ISAS Insights

    122 : India, Libya and the Principle of Non-Intervention

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan, Senior Fellow at the Centre for Policy Research in New Delhi, Contributing Editor for The Indian Express

    13 April 2011


    ISAS Insights

    119 : India’s Pakistan Talks: Engagement without Expectation?

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan, Strategic Affairs Editor of The Indian Express, New Delhi

    28 February 2011


    ISAS Insights

    117 : Themes from India’s Big Power Diplomacy

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan, Strategic Affairs Editor of The Indian Express, New Delhi

    26 January 2011



    ISAS Insights

    78 : India’s Nuclear Navy: Catching up with China

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan

    20 July 2009


    ISAS Working Papers

    73 : The Making of Indian Foreign Policy: The Role of Scholarship and Public Opinion1

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan

    13 July 2009


    ISAS Working Papers

    71 : Maritime Power: India and China turn to Mahan

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan

    7 July 2009


    ISAS Briefs

    103 : Sino-Indian Naval Engagement

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan, Professor at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University

    16 April 2009



    ISAS Insights

    52 : Sino-Indian Rivalry in the Western Indian Ocean

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan

    5 February 2009


    ISAS Insights

    46 : President Barack Obama, the United States and the Sino-Indian Balance

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan

    29 January 2009


    BOOKS

    A New Pivot to Asia

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan

    15 January 2021

    India 2020: Trump, Biden and India

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan

    1 January 2021

    China’s Digital Expansion and India

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan, Chan Jia Hao

    1 January 2021

    Putting Sovereignty Back in Global Order: An Indian View

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan

    15 September 2020

    A New Geopolitics: India’s Pivot to the United States

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan

    1 March 2020

    India’s Naval Strategy and Asian Security

    Anit Mukherjee, Chilamkuri Raja Mohan

    19 November 2015

    Modi’s India: Towards a Bolder International Engagement

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan

    1 February 2015

    Debating China’s ‘Peaceful Rise

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan

    14 August 2014

    India-Pakistan: Ten Questions on Peace Process

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan

    28 July 2014