Strategic Stability in South Asia: Recent Developments
Brigadier General Gurmeet Kanwal (Retd) and Dr. Monika Chansoria

Tuesday, July 14, 2015

The Center for Global Security Research (CGSR) is hosting a talk entitled “An Informal Roundtable Discussion on “Strategic Stability in South Asia: Recent Developments.” Following the lecture there will be a question and answer session. The talk is open to all Laboratory employees.

The fragile security environment in South Asia is marked by territorial disputes and radical extremism. If there is another major terrorist strike with credible evidence of state sponsorship, India will be forced to retaliate militarily, though the response will be carefully calibrated. However, any military retaliation runs the risk of escalation to a larger conflict with nuclear overtones.”

Brig. Gen. Gurmeet Kanwal (Retd), Adjunct Fellow, Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Washington, D.C., is former Director, Centre for Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS), New Delhi. He commanded an infantry brigade on the Line of Control (Operation Parakram, 2001-03) and an artillery regiment in counter-insurgency operations in Kashmir Valley (Operation Rakshak, 1993-94). His books include Nuclear Defence: Shaping the Arsenal; Indian Army: Vision 2020; Pakistan's Proxy War; Heroes of Kargil; Kargil '99: Blood, Guts and Firepower and Artillery: Honour and Glory. He is a regular speaker at well-known international think tanks and military institutions.

Dr. Monika Chansoria is a Senior Fellow at the Centre for Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS), New Delhi. She holds a Ph.D. in International Relations from the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi and has been a recipient of the Hérmes Post-Doctoral Fellowship at the Centre for International Studies and Research in Paris. This is in addition to being awarded many international academic fellowships. She has also authored numerous books and her forthcoming book is Struggling for Stability amidst Contesting Claims over Sovereignty, Nationalism and Coercive Diplomacy: The Case of Japan and China in the East China Sea.

Strategic Stability in South Asia: Recent Developments

The Center for Global Security Research (CGSR) sponsored this seminar entitled "Strategic Stability in South Asia: Recent Developments" on July 14, 2015, at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. The seminar was presented by Brig. Gen. Gurmeet Kanwal (Retd) and Monika Chansoria.

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