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India’s Wars

Thu. September 14th, 2017
Washington, DC

Seventy years after gaining independence, India is poised to consolidate its dominance in South Asia. As India’s role expands beyond the subcontinent, a deep understanding of its military experience and potential is essential.

Arjun Subramaniam’s new book, India’s Wars, delivers a much-needed and timely analysis of the performance of India’s military after independence. Subramaniam examined the forging of India’s army, navy, and air force through early conflicts with Pakistan and China, and how this evolution positions India in the twenty-first century. He was joined in conversation by John H. Gill. Carnegie’s Ashley J. Tellis moderated. A light reception followed, and books were available for purchase.

Arjun Subramaniam

Arjun Subramaniam is a fighter pilot, scholar, and author who recently retired from the Indian Air Force with the rank of air vice marshal, after thirty-six years in uniform. He is currently a visiting fellow at the Harvard Asia Center.

Ashley J. Tellis

Ashley J. Tellis holds the Tata Chair for Strategic Affairs and is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, specializing in international security and U.S. foreign and defense policy with a special focus on Asia and the Indian subcontinent.

John H. Gill

John H. (Jack) Gill is a professor at the National Defense University and an associate professor at the Near East-South Asia Center for Strategic Studies in Washington, DC. A former U.S. Army South Asia foreign area officer, he retired as a colonel in 2005 after more than twenty-seven years of service.

Carnegie India does not take institutional positions on public policy issues; the views represented herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Carnegie India, its staff, or its trustees.
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Ashley J. Tellis

Tata Chair for Strategic Affairs

Ashley J. Tellis is the Tata Chair for Strategic Affairs and a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, specializing in international security and U.S. foreign and defense policy with a special focus on Asia and the Indian subcontinent.

Arjun Subramaniam

Arjun Subramaniam holds the President’s Chair of Excellence in National Security at National Defence College in New Delhi and is an adjunct faculty member at the Indian Naval War College in Goa.

John Gill