Seminar 7/17 by Brigadier Gurmeet Kanwal (Retd.) and Dr. Monika Chansoria
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(Private)Open to the Public
THE MIDDLEBURY INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES AT MONTEREY AND
THE JAMES MARTIN CENTER FOR NONPROLIFERATION STUDIES
PRESENT
A Seminar
“India-China Strategic Relations and the Nuclear Dimension”
Speakers
Brigadier Gurmeet Kanwal (Retd.)
Brigadier 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
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, including the Cooperative Monitoring Center (Sandia Labs, US), Japanese Global Chair of Excellence (Hokkaido University, Sapporo), and the FMSH Senior Fellowship as Visiting Professor and Associate Director of Studies (Paris). Her authored books include, Nuclear China: A Veiled Secret (2014), China: Military Modernization and Strategy (2011), Chinese WMD Proliferation in Asia: U.S. Response (2009), and recently co-edited with Brig Gurmeet Kanwal, Pakistan’s Tactical Nuclear Weapons: Conflict Redux (2014). 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. She writes a regular column on foreign policy and strategic affairs for “The Sunday Guardian” newspaper.
Friday, July 17, 2015
12:00 PM – 2:00 PM
CNS Building (Seminar Room)
499 Van Buren Street
Monterey (831) 647-4154