In the sixth segment of the NESA South Asia Interview Series, Professor Hassan Abbas interviews Professor Amitabh Mattoo, one of the India’s leading public policy thinkers and presently Professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi and Professor of International Relations at the University of Melbourne. He also served as advisor with cabinet rank to Read More >
Interview
Understanding the Dimensions of Tech Competition in the IOR
1 October 2020 – In this iteration of the NESA IOR Digital Series, NESA’s Jeff Payne hosts Ms. Ainikki Riikonen, Research Assistant at CNAS, for a conversation on the complicated nature of technological applications and how they are shaped by intrastate politics, regional dynamics, and geopolitical trends. The views presented in this article are Read More >
Jordan’s COVID 19 Response: Lesson’s Learned
30 September 2020 – The second edition of the NESA Alumni Virtual Interview Series featured a discussion with Dr. Emil Abujaber, Co-Founder and CEO of the non-profit Al Hadaf organization based in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. NESA’s Fahad Malaikah interviewed Dr. Abujaber on the lessons learned from Jordan’s experience with Covid-19 as well Read More >
Discussion with Ambassador Alex Rondos, EU Special Representative to the Horn of Africa
In this iteration of the NESA IOR Digital Series, Ambassador Alex Rondos, the European Union’s Special Representative to the Horn of Africa, explores state-level interaction in the Horn of Africa, as well as outside actors’ perception and actions to secure their interests in the region. While the Horn of Africa is geopolitically significant through Read More >
IOR Maritime Environmental Degradation
24 September 2020 – In this iteration of NESA’s ongoing digital series of the Indian Ocean Region (IOR), Dr. David Brewster of the National Security College, Australian National University discusses the necessity of addressing environmental security concerns in the Indian Ocean and how such challenges can be a mechanism for new cooperation among states, including Read More >
NESA Alumni Interview with Shahab Enam Khan
22 September 2020 – In the first edition of the NESA Alumni Virtual Interview Series, NESA’s Fahad Malaikah interviewed Prof. Shahab Enam Khan, Professor at Jahangirnagar University and Research Director at the Bangladesh Enterprise Institute. The discussion focused on Dhaka’s relations with Delhi and Beijing, Bangladesh’s foreign relations with its neighbors amidst the Covid-19 Read More >
Roundtable with Congresswoman Lois Frankel
On September 3rd, 2020 the NESA Center hosted a virtual roundtable discussion with The Honorable Congresswoman Lois Frankel (FL-21). Frankel discussed women’s role in security, specifying the importance of closing the gender gap, women’s rights to healthcare, reproductive care, access to education and the value of bipartisanship. NESA Professor Dr. Gawdat Bahgat shared lessons Read More >
Holistic Maritime Security for the Indian Ocean Region
2 September 2020 In this conversation as part of NESA’s ongoing digital series devoted to maritime security issues in the Indian Ocean Region, Vice Admiral Chauhan (Retd), Director General of the National Maritime Foundation, provides his thoughts on the idea of holistic maritime security for the Indian Ocean Region. The conversation explores both traditional and Read More >
Dynamics of Countering Violent Extremism in Pakistan and Beyond: A Conversation with Professor Qamar-Ul Huda
In the fifth segment of NESA South Asia Interview Series, Professor Hassan Abbas interviews Professor Qamar-ul Huda who is a non-resident fellow at The Atlantic Council in Washington, D.C and an adjunct associate professor at Georgetown University. He formerly worked as a senior policy advisor to the U.S. State Department Secretary’s Office on Religion and Read More >
Reflections on the Geopolitics of India, Pakistan and China – A Conversation with professor and historian John H. (Jack) Gill
In the fourth segment of NESA South Asia Interview Series, Professor Hassan Abbas interviews Professor Jack Gill of the Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies. John H (Jack) Gill, a military historian, serves as a professor at NESA. A former South Asia foreign area officer, he retired as a colonel in 2005. He Read More >