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Quetta and Wellington: Attitudes and Threat Perceptions of the Indian and Pakistani Armies

Regional experts from India and Pakistan review The Quetta Experience and The Wellington Experience, two books by Stimson Distinguished Fellow, Col. David Smith that provide insight into the Indian and Pakistani armies’ internal and external threat perceptions. This webinar, based on a South Asian Voices special series, will examine the themes in the books and assess what they may portend for India and Pakistan’s security dynamics and regional strategy in the future.

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March 8, 2021 from 8:30-10:00 AM EST ()

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Featured Speakers

  • Reshmi Kazi, Associate Professor, Nelson Mandela Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, Jamia Millia Islamic University, New Delhi
  • Aditi Malhotra, Co-Editor, Journal for Intelligence, Propaganda and Security Studies, Graz
  • Brig. Naeem Salik (retired), Senior Fellow, Center for International Strategic Studies, Islamabad
  • Col. David O. Smith (retired), Distinguished Fellow, South Asia Program, Stimson Center, Washington D.C.
  • Sadia Tasleem, Lecturer, Defense & Strategic Studies, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad
  • Akriti Vasudeva, Research Analyst, South Asia Program, Stimson Center, Washington D.C.

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