Friday, May 25, 2018 - 16:00

Fri, May 25, 2018 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM LIU INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL ISSUES. Free. Join us for this panel discussion with Pervez Hoodbhoy, Gaurav Kampani, Raminder Kaur, and Sadia Tasleem, moderated by M. V. Ramana with the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs. Light refreshments offered.

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In May 1998, India and Pakistan conducted multiple nuclear weapon tests. Since then leaders in India and Pakistan have supported and funded efforts to develop a range of missiles, airplanes, and submarines to deliver these nuclear weapons, and their militaries have been preparing to fight nuclear wars. The panel will discuss the various dimensions of the risks and dangers associated with nuclear weapons in India and Pakistan, and the impact of the acquisition of nuclear weapons on other aspects of social and political life in South Asia.

Speaker profiles:
Pervez Amirali Hoodbhoy is currently Zohra and Z.Z.Ahmad Distinguished Professor of Physics and Mathematics at Forman Christian College-University, Lahore.

Gaurav Kampani is assistant professor of political science at the University of Tulsa in Oklahoma and a Nonresident Fellow at the Atlantic Council’s South Asia Center.

Raminder Kaur is Professor of Anthropology & Cultural Studies at the University of Sussex.

Sadia Tasleem is a lecturer in the Department of Defence and Strategic Studies at Quaid-i-Azam University in Islamabad.

Hosted by the UBC School of Public Policy and Global Affairs.