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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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    Visiting Research Professor

    CONTRIBUTIONS

    ISAS Working Papers

    India’s European Diplomacy: The German Opportunity

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan

    23 January 2025


    ISAS Briefs

    Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s Indian Foreign Policy Legacy

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan

    30 December 2024


    ISAS Briefs

    Pakistan’s Missile Programme:
    The United States Imposes Sanctions

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan

    24 December 2024


    ISAS Briefs

    India and Europe:
    The Rise of the Indo-Mediterranean

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan

    6 December 2024



    ISAS Briefs

    President Trump’s Second Term:
    India-United States Ties

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan

    7 November 2024


    ISAS Working Papers

    India and Europe After Ukraine

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan

    23 October 2024


    ISAS Briefs

    India and ASEAN in a Changing World

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan

    14 October 2024


    ISAS Briefs

    The Wilmington Summit:
    A Consolidation of the Quad

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan

    23 September 2024


    ISAS Briefs

    India-China Talks:
    Inching Towards Military Disengagement?

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan

    16 September 2024


    ISAS Briefs

    India and the Sino-Russian Entente

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan

    28 May 2024


    ISAS Briefs

    Elections and Foreign Policy:
    India’s Pakistan Debate

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan

    16 May 2024


    ISAS Briefs

    India and the Ukraine Peace Conference

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan

    18 April 2024


    ISAS Briefs

    India and the Biden-Trump Rematch

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan

    18 March 2024


    ISAS Briefs

    India’s New Alignment:
    “Non-West” but Not “Anti-West”

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan

    19 February 2024


    ISAS Briefs

    India and the Maldives:
    The Perils of Hyper-nationalism

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan

    20 January 2024


    ISAS Briefs

    Russia in India’s Great Power Diplomacy

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan

    8 January 2024


    ISAS Briefs

    India-US Relations in 2023: Advancing Amid New Problems

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan

    27 December 2023


    ISAS Briefs

    Beyond 1971: Kissinger and India’s Geopolitics

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan

    19 December 2023


    ISAS Briefs

    Beyond Gaza: India’s Changing Middle East Policies

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan

    14 November 2023


    ISAS Briefs

    Beyond Trudeau: Connected Politics
    of India and the Anglosphere

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan

    5 October 2023


    ISAS Briefs

    The United States in Gwadar:
    Testing China’s Dominance in Pakistan

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan

    19 September 2023


    ISAS Briefs

    Connecting India, Arabia and Europa

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan

    11 September 2023


    ISAS Briefs

    India’s Changing Relations with Taiwan

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan

    21 August 2023


    ISAS Briefs

    Xi Jinping in India: A Diplomatic Opportunity?

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan

    3 August 2023


    ISAS Briefs

    Modi, Macron and the Art of Strategic Autonomy

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan

    17 July 2023


    ISAS Briefs

    India and the SCO: All is Not Well

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan

    10 July 2023


    ISAS Briefs

    The Biden-Modi Paradox: Implications for Asia

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan

    26 June 2023



    ISAS Briefs

    Rahul Gandhi and India’s Foreign Policy Consensus

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan

    12 June 2023


    ISAS Briefs

    Finding Common Ground: India, the Quad and ASEAN

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan

    29 May 2023


    ISAS Briefs

    Narendra Modi in Hiroshima:
    India and the Renewed Great Power Conflict

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan

    22 May 2023


    ISAS Briefs

    India-ASEAN Maritime Engagement

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan

    17 May 2023


    ISAS Briefs

    India, Japan and South Asia Geoeconomics

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan

    19 April 2023


    ISAS Briefs

    Unexpected Allies: India and Australia
    Deepen their Partnership

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan

    16 March 2023


    ISAS Briefs

    India and the Elusive G20 Consensus on Ukraine

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan

    6 March 2023


    ISAS Briefs

    General Pervez Musharraf and Pakistan’s India Relationship

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan

    8 February 2023


    ISAS Briefs

    India-US Strategic Partnership: The iCET Boost

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan

    2 February 2023


    ISAS Briefs

    India’s Return to the Global South

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan

    16 January 2023


    ISAS Insights

    Continuity and Change in Indian Foreign Policy

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan

    21 December 2022


    ISAS Briefs

    After General Qamar Jawed Bajwa:
    Prospects for India-Pakistan Relations

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan

    14 December 2022


    ISAS Briefs

    India and the China-US Summit in Bali

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan

    21 November 2022


    ISAS Briefs

    Rishi Sunak and India’s Anglophone World

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan

    28 October 2022


    ISAS Briefs

    Exporting Arms: India’s New Quest

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan

    25 October 2022


    ISAS Briefs

    Pakistan and the US-India Partnership

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan

    18 October 2022


    ISAS Briefs

    India and the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation:
    Challenges and Opportunities

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan

    21 September 2022


    ISAS Briefs

    India’s ‘One-China’ Policy and Taiwan Dilemmas

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan

    15 August 2022


    ISAS Briefs

    India’s NATO Engagement:
    Old Inhibitions and New Imperatives

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan

    12 July 2022


    ISAS Briefs

    Between the BRICS and the Quad:
    India’s New Internationalism

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan

    6 July 2022


    ISAS Briefs

    India and the Commonwealth:
    Re-imagining the Imperial Connection

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan

    16 June 2022


    ISAS Briefs

    India, the Quad and Indo-Pacific Maritime Security

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan

    3 June 2022


    ISAS Briefs

    Modi in Tokyo: The Quad and More

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan

    26 May 2022


    ISAS Briefs

    Modi Cracks the European Code

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan

    6 May 2022


    ISAS Briefs

    India and Britain: Getting beyond the Post-colonial

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan

    27 April 2022


    ISAS Briefs

    Modi and Biden: Competing Imperatives in Europe and Asia

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan

    14 April 2022


    ISAS Briefs

    India-China Relations: Getting Beyond the ‘Abnormal’

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan

    29 March 2022


    ISAS Briefs

    Ukraine and India’s Strategic Autonomy: The Russian Twist

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan

    4 March 2022


    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 Briefs

    615 : India and the Shifting Sands of the Gulf Region

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan, Nazneen Mohsina

    9 November 2018


    ISAS A Collection of Briefs

    The Sri Lankan Political Crisis

    Chulanee Attanayake, S Narayan, Chilamkuri Raja Mohan, Roshni Kapur

    1 November 2018


    ISAS Briefs

    612: India, China and the political crisis in Sri Lanka

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan, Roshni Kapur

    31 October 2018


    ISAS Briefs

    608: India and President Putin’s Pacific Pivot

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan

    22 October 2018


    ISAS Briefs

    607 : Indonesia and India: Dealing with Disasters Together

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan, Ankush Ajay Wagle

    16 October 2018



    ISAS Briefs

    595 : Pakistan Elections 2018: Imran Khan and a new South Asia

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan

    2 August 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

    579 : Ramzan Ceasefire: Peace Interludes in Kashmir and Afghanistan

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan

    13 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

    264 : India-Pakistan Peace Process: The Risk of a Breakdown

    Chilamkuri Raja Mohan, Visiting Research Professor at the ISAS

    17 January 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