C. Raja Mohan holds the Korea Chair at the Council for Strategic and Defence Research, Delhi and is a contributing editor on international affairs for The Indian Express.

July 26, 2022 04:30 IST
C. Raja Mohan writes: Delhi will have to respond, sooner than later, to the dramatic changes in the global environment triggered by the rise and assertion of China. With partners, India and Japan can form credible deterrence
Tue, Jul 26, 2022
July 19, 2022 04:40 IST
C. Raja Mohan writes: Joe Biden's recent trip to the Middle East highlights the emerging trends in the region's diverse political and strategic orientations. Diplomatic realism in Delhi means India can realise its potential in the region
Tue, Jul 19, 2022
July 11, 2022 18:42 IST
C Raja Mohan writes: India's participation in I2U2 summit – with Israel, US, UAE – marks a more confident engagement with the region.
Tue, Jul 12, 2022
July 05, 2022 04:15 IST
C Raja Mohan writes: This has led to greater Asian engagement with Europe as well as creation of new Indo-Pacific regional institutions – including Quad and AUKUS
Wed, Jul 06, 2022
May 31, 2022 04:00 IST
Pakistan’s hand today is much weaker, while India's room for manoeuvre has grown.
Tue, May 31, 2022
May 23, 2022 16:01 IST
C. Raja Mohan writes: The US is eager to strengthen India’s technological capabilities for defence and security. Delhi needs to move quickly to create internal environment for such partnerships with Quad members.
Tue, May 24, 2022
May 17, 2022 04:15 IST
C Raja Mohan writes: Ukraine conflict, developments in Sri Lanka, Nepal and Pakistan underline need to reframe regional ties, work with the logic of geography in Subcontinent
Tue, May 17, 2022
May 10, 2022 00:06 IST
C. Raja Mohan writes: The US emphasis on partnerships rather than unilateralism in dealing with the China challenge means India’s agency in the region can only grow.
Tue, May 10, 2022
May 03, 2022 03:15 IST
C. Raja Mohan writes: The Ukraine war has shown that India needs strong commercial and security partnerships with Europe that stand on their own merit and bring the many synergies between them into active play.
Wed, May 04, 2022
April 26, 2022 03:25 IST
C. Raja Mohan writes: Ukraine war has persuaded Delhi to recalibrate its great power relations, compelled Brussels to wake up from geopolitical slumber.
Tue, Apr 26, 2022
April 18, 2022 23:16 IST
C. Raja Mohan writes: India and UK have faced legacy issues, fundamental paradoxes. Now, amid a changing strategic scenario, Boris Johnson’s visit is well timed to move the relationship forward
Tue, Apr 19, 2022
April 12, 2022 04:00 IST
C. Raja Mohan writes: Its battles are tied to external geopolitical equations and rivalries
Tue, Apr 12, 2022
April 05, 2022 03:30 IST
C. Raja Mohan writes: He has challenged the army’s hegemony on a broad range of issues, blocked the no-confidence motion against him by dissolving the assembly.
Tue, Apr 05, 2022
March 29, 2022 03:43 IST
C Raja Mohan writes: Unlike a divided Germany that did not have full sovereignty and was troubled by its status as the fulcrum of the Cold War, Poland has risen to the occasion
Wed, Mar 30, 2022
March 22, 2022 04:00 IST
C. Raja Mohan writes: Washington could seize the current opportunity, amid Ukraine crisis, to elevate US's salience, limit the traditional economic and military weight of China and Russia in the Subcontinent.
Tue, Mar 22, 2022
March 15, 2022 04:00 IST
C. Raja Mohan writes: Whichever way it plays out, the current crisis has affirmed America’s pole position
Thu, Mar 17, 2022
March 08, 2022 03:55 IST
C. Raja Mohan writes: Countries in the region are worried and want to prepare for the possibility that China may emulate Russia and invade Taiwan.
Sat, Mar 19, 2022
March 01, 2022 03:00 IST
C. Raja Mohan writes: As Europe unites against the Russian president’s aggression, India must realise that Putin and Russia are not the same.
Tue, Mar 01, 2022
February 22, 2022 03:30 IST
C. Raja Mohan writes: Delhi can’t forever view Central Europe through Moscow’s prism. It must appreciate region's salience, independence.
Wed, Feb 23, 2022
February 15, 2022 03:30 IST
C. Raja Mohan writes: Strengthening engagement with the region, stronger partnerships can enhance India’s reach and impact.
Wed, Feb 16, 2022
February 08, 2022 04:00 IST
C. Raja Mohan writes: Delhi has its own interests to keep in mind. It will struggle to tread the middle ground as Russia-China and US-led blocs consolidate their global coalitions
Wed, Feb 09, 2022
February 01, 2022 03:20 IST
C. Raja Mohan writes: Until now, India had the luxury of treating its foreign, economic and strategic policies as separate domains. It needs to integrate its financial, trade, technological, security and foreign policies
Wed, Feb 02, 2022
January 25, 2022 03:30 IST
🔴 C. Raja Mohan writes: Greater engagement with Europe and dealing with its multiple contradictions must necessarily be important elements of India’s international relations today
Tue, Jan 25, 2022
January 18, 2022 04:30 IST
🔴 C. Raja Mohan writes: Islamabad’s new national security policy acknowledges the need to walk a different path as its multiple crises become more intense. Delhi should watch, be prepared to react positively
Tue, Jan 18, 2022
January 11, 2022 04:00 IST
🔴 C. Raja Mohan writes: Current crises in Belarus, Ukraine, the Caucasus, and Kazakhstan are reshaping the geopolitics of the region, with Russia at the very centre of that restructuring.
Wed, Jan 12, 2022



