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Event

Regional Perceptions of India’s Naval Rise

Tue, June 11th, 2013

Washington, DC

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With the emergence of the Indo-Pacific as the epicenter of global maritime activity, the rise of the Indian Navy has drawn much attention. Until recently, the bulk of the discussion has centered on the implications for the United States, but India’s naval expansion and modernization will necessarily be shaped in part by its neighbors’ perceptions and responses. 

Iskander Rehman, Nilanthi Samaranayake, and Oriana Skylar Mastro broadened the discussion on the trajectory of Indian sea power by exploring the regional perceptions of New Delhi’s naval rise. George Perkovich moderated.

Oriana Skylar Mastro

Oriana Skylar Mastro studies military operations and strategy, war termination, and Northeast Asia, China in particular. She serves as a first lieutenant in the United States Air Force Reserve where she works as an Asia-Pacific strategist at the Pentagon. She is also a Center for Strategic and International Studies Pacific Forum Sasaka Peace Fellow.

Iskander Rehman

Iskander Rehman is an associate in the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment and a Stanton Nuclear Security Fellow. His research focuses on security and crisis stability in Asia, specifically the geopolitical ramifications of naval nuclearization in the Indian Ocean.

Nilanthi Samaranayake

Nilanthi Samaranayake is an analyst at CNA in the Center for Strategic Studies. Her research at CNA focuses on Asia, particularly the Indian Ocean region, where she has examined security threats in the Bay of Bengal and the potential for U.S.-India security burdensharing in the Indian Ocean.

George Perkovich

George Perkovich is vice president for studies and director of the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. His research focuses on nuclear strategy and nonproliferation, with a concentration on South Asia, Iran, and the problem of justice in the international political economy.

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Event Speakers

Oriana Skylar Mastro
Nonresident Scholar, Asia Program
Oriana Skylar Mastro
George Perkovich
Japan Chair for a World Without Nuclear Weapons, Senior Fellow
George Perkovich
Iskander Rehman
Former Associate, Nuclear Policy Program
Iskander Rehman
Nilanthi Samaranayake
CNA
Nilanthi Samaranayake

Carnegie 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, its staff, or its trustees.

Event Speakers

Oriana Skylar Mastro

Nonresident Scholar, Asia Program

Oriana Skylar Mastro's headshot

Oriana Skylar Mastro is a nonresident scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace where her research focuses on Chinese military and security policy, Asia-Pacific security issues, war termination, and coercive diplomacy.

George Perkovich

Japan Chair for a World Without Nuclear Weapons, Senior Fellow

George Perkovich is the Japan Chair for a World Without Nuclear Weapons and a senior fellow in the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace’s Nuclear Policy Program. He works primarily on nuclear deterrence, nonproliferation, and disarmament issues, and is leading a study on nuclear signaling in the 21st century.

Iskander Rehman

Former Associate, Nuclear Policy Program

Rehman was an associate in the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment and a Stanton Nuclear Security Fellow. His research focuses on security and crisis stability in Asia, specifically the geopolitical ramifications of naval nuclearization in the Indian Ocean.

Nilanthi Samaranayake

CNA

Nilanthi Samaranayake is the director of CNA's Strategy and Policy Analysis Program.

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