Walter Ladwig

I have been interviewed on international affairs by the Washington Post, the Financial Times, the BBC, Reuters, Sky News, and the Associated Press, among others.

Quoted in Yashraj Sharma, “India bets on Modi-Trump warmth to navigate choppy future with US,” Al Jazeera, November 10, 2024.

Quoted in Junaid Kathju, “India’s Indo-Pacific strategy gets EU, Asean defence boost to counter China’s influence,” South China Morning Post, October 30, 2024.

Quoted in Hugh Cameron, “Zelensky Reveals How Modi Can Stop Putin’s Ukraine Invasion,” Newsweek, October 28, 2024.

Quoted in Junaid Kathju, “‘A Trudeau problem’? How India’s ties with Canada fell apart over murder of separatist leader,” South China Morning Post, September 22, 2024.

Interviewed on ITV about the UK’s decision to give control of the Chagos Archipelago to Mauritius, October 3, 2024.

Quoted in Alice Cuddy, “What I found on the secretive tropical island they don’t want you to see,” BBC, September 29, 2024.

Quoted in Junaid Kathju, “Pakistan’s potential BRICS entry seen as benefiting China at India’s expense,” South China Morning Post, September 22, 2024.

Quoted in Krishn Kaushik, “Ammunition from India enters Ukraine, raising Russian ire,” Reuters, September 19, 2024.

Quoted in Junaid Kathju, “Labour’s Election Win Sparks Hopes for Stronger, more ‘Pragmatic’ India-UK ties,” South China Morning Post, July 9, 2024.

Quoted in Junaid Kathju, “China’s New Aircraft Carrier Pushes India, Japan, South Korea to Upgrade: ‘Source of Anxiety,” South China Morning Post, June 3, 2024.

Quoted in Junaid Kathju, “US-India Ties Strained by Biden’s Gaffes, Criticism, Murder Plot – but ‘They Need Each Other,” South China Morning Post, May 7, 2024.

Quoted in Junaid Kathju, “With BrahMos Missile Delivery to the Philippines, India Sets Out its Arms Stall for Southeast Asia,” South China Morning Post, April 22, 2024.

Quoted in Hannah Ellis-Petersen, Aakash Hassan and Shah Meer Baloch, “Indian Government Ordered Killings in Pakistan, Intelligence Officials Claim,” Guardian, April 4, 2024.

Oral evidence offered to UK Foreign Affairs Committee for their inquiry into the UK Government’s Engagement Regarding the British Indian Ocean Territory, February 28, 2024.

Quoted in John Reed, “Adani Answers Modi’s Call to Arms,” Financial Times, February 27, 2024.

Interviewed on NDTV (India) about the Davos Summit Amid Wars, January 14, 2024.

Quoted in John Reed, John Paul Rathbone and Demetri Sevastopulo “Alleged Plot to Assassinate Sikh Separatist Complicates US-India Ties,” Financial Times, November 23, 2023.

Interviewed on CNN-News18 (India) about International Humanitarian Law and the Israel-Hamas war, October 18, 2023.

Interviewed on Times Now (India) about military operations against insurgent groups, October 18, 2023.

Interviewed on CNN-News18 (India) about the implication of the Israel-Hamas war for regional relations, October 12, 2023.

Interviewed on Brookings Global India Podcast about “India-China security competition on land, at sea, in space, and beyond,” October 5, 2023.

Quoted in Hannah Ellis-Petersen, “Canada assassination claim sparks rare consensus in India’s polarised politics and media,” The Guardian, September 28, 2023.

Interviewed on NDTV (India) about the effect of the Indo-Canadian dispute on US-Indian relations, September 28, 2023.

Interviewed on CNN-News18 (India) about Indo-Canadian relations, September 25, 2023.

Quoted in Ben Farmer, “Inside the shadowy Indian spy agency at the heart of Canada killing row,” The Telegraph, September 23, 2023.

Interviewed on Sky News about Canadian allegations of Indian covert action, September 22, 2023.

Quoted in Hannah Ellis-Petersen, “‘Very messy’: India-Canada row over Sikh killing causes diplomatic shock waves,” The Guardian, September 22, 2023.

Quoted in Sebastian Sebibt, “Singh Nijjar au Canada: l’ombre mysterieuse des espions indiens,” France24, September 21, 2023.

Quoted in John Paul Rathbone and John Reed, “India’s foreign spy agency drawn out of the shadows by Canadian allegations,” Financial Times, September 20, 2023.

Interviewed on Sky News about Canadian allegations of Indian covert action, September 19, 2023.

Quoted in Daniel Hurst, “Japan and South Korea should be invited to join Aukus, UK parliamentary committee says,” Guardian August 30, 2023.

Quoted in Foreign Affairs Committee Report, “Tilting horizons: the Integrated Review and the Indo-Pacific,” House of Commons August 30, 2023.

Quoted in Clara Preve-Durrieu, “Britain Seeks To Bolster Ties, Trade With Former Colony,” New York Sun August 10, 2023.

Interviewed on CNN-News18 (India) about the way the UK has handled Sikh Separatists, July 6, 2023.

Interviewed on CNN-News18 (India) about an attack on the Indian Consulate in San Francisco by Sikh Separatists, July 4, 2023.

Interviewed on TimesNOW (India) about Prime Minister Modi’s state visit to the United States, June 22, 2023.

Quoted in Suchet Vir Singh, “How indigenous is ‘indigenous’ in India’s defence production? Lines are blurred in globalised world,” The Print (India), April 30, 2023.

Interviewed on Republic TV (India) about an attack on the Indian High Commission in London, March 21, 2023.

Oral evidence offered to UK Foreign Affairs Committee for their inquiry into the Tilt to the Indo-Pacific, January 10, 2023.

Quoted in Xiaoshan Xue, “印度制造”或致军备不足，印度与中国军力竞争被掣肘  VOA Chinese, September 16, 2022.

Interviewed on Sky News about Boris Johnson’s visit to India, April 22, 2022.

Quoted in Hardeep Singh, “Will India’s neutrality on Putin’s aggression backfire?” Spectator, March 17, 2022.

Quoted in Brodie Owen “India caught off guard by Britain’s ‘surprise’ travel ban decision,” The National News, April 20, 2021.

Quoted in Phuong Oanh “Mỹ tái khẳng định trọng tâm chiến lược trong chính sách đối ngoại,” Thông tấn xã Việt Nam, March 18, 2021.

Interviewed on LBC News about the border dispute between India and China, “International relations expert on Sikkim latest,”  January 25, 2021.

Interviewed by Smita Sharma on the Biden administration’s India policy and Trump’s foreign policy legacy, India Ahead News (India), January 20, 2021.

Research cited in “Sự khác biệt của Tổng thống Biden ở châu Á -Thái Bình Dương,” Pháp Luật Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh, January 11, 2021.

Quoted in Himanshu Upadhyaya and Abhishek Punetha, “Restricting Access to Defence Audit Reports and the Need for Greater Public Debate,” The Wire (India), August 19, 2020.

Appearance on “The Debate With Arnab Goswami” to discuss the Quad and Sino-Indian relations, Republic TV (India), July 10, 2020.

Quoted in Saphora Smith, “Nuclear powers, a disputed border and an uneasy truce: Explaining the India-China conflict,” NBC News, June 20, 2020.

Interviewed in Utkarsh Mishra, “Days of informal summits with China are numbered,” Rediff.com, June 18, 2020.

Interviewed in “Big crowds for Trump’s first India visit,” BBC News Day, February 14, 2020.

Quoted in Andrej Matišák, “Vojna Iránu s USA? Konflikt už dávno beží,” Pravda (Slovakia), January 8, 2020.

Quoted in “A shooting puts the spotlight on military training for allies,” The Economist, December 12, 2019.

Research cited in Praveen Swami, “EAM S Jaishankar’s India foreign policy needs tempering; its substance belies historical fact,” First Post (India), November 19, 2019.

Research cited in Lt General DS Hooda (Retd), “Lessons Pakistan Army learnt from Kargil — and one it did not,” Hindustan Times, July 25, 2019.

Quoted in Carly Read, “South China Sea: Germany ‘SPLIT’ on whether to back US or Beijing in disputed waters,” Express, June 13, 2019.

Quoted in Stuart Lau, “Vigilant of the past, Germany wades warily into the South China Sea,” South China Morning Post, June 12, 2019.

Research cited in Ajai Shukla, “Generals, Step Back,” Business Standard (India), April 29, 2019.

Research cited in Jason Fritz, “Making Security Assistance Work: Rethinking U.S. Efforts to Boost Partner Militaries,” War on the Rocks, April 4, 2019.

Quoted in Sadanand Dhume, “India Is Falling Behind China in an Asian Arms Race,” Wall Street Journal, February 27, 2019.

Research cited in Ahmad Faruqui, “Bracing for an Indian Attack,” Daily Times (Pakistan), March 19, 2018.

Research cited in Muhammad Ali Baig, “Pakistan’s new war strategy,” Daily Times (Pakistan), February 28, 2018.

Quoted in Andrej Matišák, “Veľkí proti veľkým. Amerika sa vracia ku koreňom,” Pravda (Slovakia), January 3, 2018.

Quoted in Andrej Matišák, “Neistota vo svete nahráva konfliktom,” Pravda (Slovakia), January 3, 2018.

Research cited in Phillip Carter and Andrew Swick , “Why were US soldiers even in Niger? America’s shadow wars in Africa, explained,” Vox, October 26, 2017.

Quoted in Kiran Stacey and Demetri Sevastopulo, “Trump takes ownership of stubborn Afghan conflict,” Financial Times, August 21, 2017.

Quoted in  “What is India’s ‘Cold Start’ Military Doctrine,”  Economist January 31, 2017.

Quoted in Kiran Stacey and Farhan Bokhari “Pakistan vows nuclear retaliation if India attacks,” Financial Times, January 19, 2017.

Quoted in Kiran Stacey and Farhan Bokhari “Pakistan fires its first submarine-based nuclear cruise missile,” Financial Times, January 9, 2017.

Quoted in Sam Winter-Levy, “The U.S. needs a new approach to counterinsurgency. This is what it can learn from El Salvador,” The Washington Post, December 7, 2016.

Quoted in Kiran Stacey and Peggy Hollinger “India launches race to build fighter jet,” Financial Times, October 23, 2016.

Quoted in Kiran Stacey and Kathrin Hille “Modi and Putin to meet as longstanding alliance drifts,” Financial Times, October 14, 2016.

Quoted in Amy Kazmin and Farhan Bokhari “India launches ‘strikes’ on Pakistan terror targets,” Financial Times, September 29, 2016.

Quoted in Kiran Stacey “India’s Rafale deal belies strained procurement ability,” Financial Times, September 25, 2016.

Research cited in Ajai Shukla, “Army reserves right to respond, but struggles to find options,” Business Standard (India), September 20, 2016.

Quoted in “Obama faces backlash after warning U.K. against leaving EU,” CBC News, April 23, 2016.

Quoted in Greg Jaffe and Griff Witte “A cold-eyed view of allies has left Obama with few overseas friends,” Washington Post, April 18, 2016.

Research cited in Praveen Swami, “In fact: The rhetoric and reality of India-Pakistan peace,” Indian Express, January 4, 2016.

Research cited in C. Christine Fair, “Pakistan’s army is building an arsenal of “tiny” nuclear weapons—and it’s going to backfire,” Quartz India, December 21, 2015.

Research cited in Shashank Joshi, “India’s incredible shrinking air force,” The Interpreter, September 21, 2015.

Research cited in Rashmee Roshan Lall, “Amid the photo ops, a quiet war is still burning,” The National (Abu Dhabi), August 20, 2015.

Research cited in Arun Joshi, “Firing on LoC: Pakistan’s grand design,” The Tribune (Chandigarh), August 20, 2015.

Research cited in Praveen Swami, “A new toolkit: For talks to succeed, India needs to tackle Pak’s covert war,” Indian Express, August 14, 2015.

Research cited in “Boats Against the Current: Mistrust still thwarts efforts to make peace between India and Pakistan,” The Economist, August 1, 2015.

Research cited in Praveen Swami, “Explained: Why PM Modi’s plodding way with Pak is in step with reality,” Indian Express, May 25, 2015.

Appearance on the BBC to discuss the resignation of the U.S. Secretary of Defense, December 11, 2014

Quoted in Adnan R. Khan, “The new nuclear threat,” Macleans, December 4, 2014.

Appearance on The BBC World News Channel’s The Hub to U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan, September 25, 2012.

Quoted in Michael Savage, “Challenge to Britain’s Spy Role in Drone War,” The Times, September 18, 2012.

Quoted in Simon Tisdall, “BRICS seek to build a rival international order,” The Guardian, March 29, 2012.

Quoted in “BRICS summit focuses on new development bank,” Agence France Presse, March 29, 2012.

Appearance on BBC 4’s World News Today to discuss Obama’s Afghan drawdown plan, June 22, 2011.

Appearance on BBC’s The Hub to discuss Indo-Afghan Relations, May 12, 2011.

Quoted in Sanjeev Miglani, “Indian plan to deter Pakistan more myth than reality,” Reuters, December 9, 2010.

Research cited in Will Inboden, “What’s going on inside David Cameron’s foreign policy?” Foreign Policy, August 2, 2010.

Appearance on BBC 4’s World News Today to discuss Indo-US Relations, November 23, 2009

Quoted in Quynh Le, “Vietnam’s trump card in the South China Sea?” BBC World Service, June 26, 2009

Quoted in Sandeep Unnithan, “Fast and Furious,” India Today, April 7, 2008