Brahma Chellaney is Professor of Strategic Studies at the Centre for Policy Research in New Delhi. He is also a Member of the Policy Advisory Group headed by the Foreign Minister of India. Until January 2000, Professor Chellaney was an adviser to Indiaís National Security Council, serving as convenor of the External Security Group of the National Security Advisory Board. A specialist on international strategic and arms control issues, Professor Chellaney has held appointments at Harvard University, the Brookings Institution, the Johns Hopkins Universityís School of Advanced International Studies, and the Australian National University. He received his Ph.D. from Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi. He is the author of four books, the latest being Asian Juggernaut: The Rise of China, India and Japan (HarperCollins). He has published research papers in International Security, Orbis, Survival, Washington Quarterly, Security Studies, and Terrorism, among others. Professor Chellaney is also a newspaper columnist and television commentator. He regularly contributes opinion articles to the International Herald Tribune, The Wall Street Journal, The Japan Times, The Asian Age, and The Hindustan Times.
Charles A. Kupchan is Professor of International Affairs in the School of Foreign Service and Government Department, Georgetown University, and Senior Fellow and Director of European Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. Dr. Kupchan was Director for European Affairs on the National Security Council during the first Clinton administration, and has also worked at the U.S. Department of State on the Policy Planning Staff. He received a B.A. from Harvard University and M.Phil. and D.Phil. degrees from Oxford University. He is the author of The End of the American Era (2002), Power in Transition: The Peaceful Change of International Order (2001), Civic Engagement in the Atlantic Community (1999), and numerous articles on international and strategic affairs.
A qualitative reordering of power in Asia is challenging strategic stability and reshaping major equations. A new Great Game is underway, centered on building new alliances, ensuring power equilibrium, gaining greater market access, and securing a larger share of energy and mineral resources. In this high-stakes competition, the relationship between the worldís two most populous countries, China and India, is critical to the future of Asian security. This seminar will focus on two of the historical and contemporary sources of friction between these rising powers: Burma (Myanmar) and Tibet.
