Madhav Nalapat

Madhav Nalapat

Madhav Das Nalapat is a contributor to The Diplomat and holds the UNESCO Peace Chair and is Director of the Department of Geopolitics at Manipal University in southern India. Nalapat is a former Coordinating Editor of the Times of India and writes extensively on security, policy and international affairs.

Featured Articles

  1. Why the US Fumbled Afghanistan

    Central AsiaSecurityAfghanistan

    A decade after the Afghan War began, it’s clear the US made a mistake in not working more with India. The missteps then have haunted it since.

  1. Al-Qaeda Goes Local in India

    SecuritySouth AsiaIndia

    India is becoming a hotbed of terrorist recruitment. Police corruption and shameful incidents like the Gujarat pogrom are making it even worse.

  2. EU Pushing Sri Lanka Toward China

    SecuritySouth AsiaSri Lanka

    Western pressure on Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa over the defeat of the Tamil Tigers risks creating another Burma.

  3. The Anglosphere Can Lead the World

    PoliticsSouth AsiaIndia

    …argues Madhav Nalapat. But only if Barack Obama takes a leaf out of George W. Bush’s book and treats India as a partner.

  4. How China Plays the Great Game

    East AsiaSecurityChina

    The prize for China is ejecting the US from Asia, says Madhav Nalapat. Its best chance to claim it? NATO’s defeat in Afghanistan.

  5. Will India’s Military Revolt?

    PoliticsSouth Asia

    Dispirited by a government that seems soft on the intifada in Kashmir, Madhav Nalapat says trouble is brewing in the military.

  6. The History of Sino-India Tensions

    PoliticsSouth AsiaIndia

    Watchers of Asia's two big rising powers are getting it wrong, says The Diplomat's Madhav Nalapat. In focusing on economics and a border dispute, they are overlooking the biggest irritant to ties: a soft-spoken monk who was granted asylum in India 50 years ago.