20 YEARS OF TRANSFORMATIONS IN SOUTH ASIA
Thursday, January 31, 2013
9:00 – 9:45
Introduction & Keynote Address
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Introductory Remarks
Jessica Mathews, President, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Keynote Speaker
Jagdish Bhagwati, Columbia University
9:45 – 11:15 Will India Ever Be the “Locomotive of History” in South Asia?
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Where Does the Indian Economy Stand?
Arvind Subramanian, Peterson Institute for International Economics
An Elephant in the Dragon’s Den: India’s Trade with Southeast Asia
Vikram Nehru, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
India: The Challenge of Human Capital
Devesh Kapur, University of Pennsylvania
The Difficult Path to Reform: Confronting Political Corruption in India
Milan Vaishnav, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Moderator: Ashley J. Tellis, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
11:15 – 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 – 1:00 India and the Balance of Power in Asia
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1:00 – 2:00
Managing the Giant Next Door: India’s Response to China’s Military
Modernization
Ashley J. Tellis, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Integrating, Balancing, Deterring: India’s “Look East” Policy Revisited
Frédéric Grare, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
India and Pakistan: The Way Out of a Deadlock
Jack Gill, Near East and South Asia Center
Moderator: George Perkovich, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Lunch
2:00 – 3:30
The Stability of Deterrence in South Asia
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Is There an Arms Race in South Asia?
Toby Dalton, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
The Proliferation of Pakistan’s Tactical Nuclear Weapons
Neil Joeck, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
The Non-Unitary Model and Deterrence Stability in South Asia
George Perkovich, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Moderator: Iskander Rehman, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
3:30 – 3:45
Coffee Break
3:45 – 5:15
Differentiated Trajectories in the Indian Subcontinent
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Afghanistan: The Search for a Functional Political System
Sarah Chayes, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
The State vs. the Nation: The Quest for Political Legitimacy in Pakistan
Christine Fair, Georgetown University
Sins of the Fathers: The Origins, Future, and Implications of the Bangladesh
Governance Dilemma
Maneeza Hossain, Hudson Institute
Moderator: Frédéric Grare, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace