India and Pakistan: Challenges for Regional Stability
VIEW EVENT DETAILSASNC in partnership with the World Affairs Council is pleased to host Nisid Hajari, the author of the recently published Midnight’s Furies: The Deadly Legacy of India’s Partition. From border disputes to foreign wars to the Taliban, many forces are at play in destabilizing South Asia. But the simmering conflicts of today have not emerged out of thin air. In conversation with Jonathan Karp, former Asia correspondent and current Executive Director of Asia Society Southern California, Hajari examines South Asia’s current regional instability and its connection to the bloody Partition of 1947.
What lessons can be learned from the past to foster increased security and cooperation in the region? How can India and Pakistan overcome the legacy of the Partition and find ways to manage shared challenges, from disaster relief to counterterrorism? Author and journalist Nisid Hajari will share insights into this complex relationship and its implications for regional security.
Nisid Hajari is Asia Editor for Bloomberg View. Prior to Bloomberg, Hajari was a top editor for Newsweek magazine in New York, and before that worked as a writer and editor at TIME magazine in Hong Kong. Hajari has appeared as a regular commentator on CNN, BBC and National Public Radio, and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Jonathan Karp is the Executive Director of Asia Society Southern California. After a long career in journalism, including a decade of reporting in Asia, Karp most recently served as Senior Editor at Marketplace Radio, leading the business coverage for their family of public radio shows. Karp served as a foreign correspondent in Hong Kong, New Delhi and Sao Paulo, Brazil, the last two posts as a staff writer for The Wall Street Journal.
Midnight’s Furies will be available for purchase and signing.
In Partnership with World Affairs Council
Promotional Co-sponsor: Institue for South Asian Studies, U.C. Berkeley; Mechanics' Institute