Dr. Vivek Lall will provide his insights and assessment of the current security situation in South Asia at the Pacifica Institute.
During the past fifteen years South Asia has been a region in transition. War and an extremist insurgency destabilized Afghanistan and radical terrorism. Extremism and ethnic conflict have threatened to do the same in Pakistan. Sri Lanka was racked by a long civil war and large-scale human rights violations. Bangladesh managed to grow its economy despite continuing political strife. Nepal managed to end a lengthy Maoist insurgency with a negotiated settlement only to be confronted by a disastrous earthquake.
In the midst of these upheavals, India - one of the 9 nuclear powers - has emerged as a growing economic and military power, interested for the first time not only in stability on its borders but also in projecting maritime power in the larger Indian Ocean basin and in acting as something of a counterweight to a newly assertive China. India's strategic relationship with the United States has deepened since the bilateral nuclear accord of 2008 and security cooperation between the two countries after the Mumbai terrorist attacks of the same year.
NOTE: Vivek Lall, PhD, currently a senior executive at General Atomics, has extensive professional relationships at the highest levels in both India and the US. Please join us to meet Dr. Lall and hear his prospective on "Security in South Asia: the Subcontinent in Transition."
Admission/Cost:
Dates and times:
Monday, March 21 - 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM
For more information, please visit: www.sdwac.org
During the past fifteen years South Asia has been a region in transition. War and an extremist insurgency destabilized Afghanistan and radical terrorism. Extremism and ethnic conflict have threatened to do the same in Pakistan. Sri Lanka was racked by a long civil war and large-scale human rights violations. Bangladesh managed to grow its economy despite continuing political strife. Nepal managed to end a lengthy Maoist insurgency with a negotiated settlement only to be confronted by a disastrous earthquake.
In the midst of these upheavals, India - one of the 9 nuclear powers - has emerged as a growing economic and military power, interested for the first time not only in stability on its borders but also in projecting maritime power in the larger Indian Ocean basin and in acting as something of a counterweight to a newly assertive China. India's strategic relationship with the United States has deepened since the bilateral nuclear accord of 2008 and security cooperation between the two countries after the Mumbai terrorist attacks of the same year.
NOTE: Vivek Lall, PhD, currently a senior executive at General Atomics, has extensive professional relationships at the highest levels in both India and the US. Please join us to meet Dr. Lall and hear his prospective on "Security in South Asia: the Subcontinent in Transition."
Admission/Cost:
Dates and times:
Monday, March 21 - 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM
For more information, please visit: www.sdwac.org
