Interaction with Deepa M Ollapally , Research Professor of International Affairs and the Associate Director of the Sigur Center for Asian Studies at the Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University at CPPR office

Date:June 17, 2016, Friday; 12:00 pm onward

Venue : CPPR Office

Deepa M. Ollapally is Research Professor of International Affairs and the Associate Director of the Sigur Center for Asian Studies at the Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University. She also directs the Rising Powers Initiative at the Sigur Center.

She is a specialist on Indian foreign policy, Asian regional security, and comparative foreign policy outlooks of rising powers. Her most recent book isWorldviews of Aspiring Powers: Domestic Foreign Policy Debates in China, India, Iran, Japan and Russia (Oxford University Press, 2012). Another volume, Nuclear Debates in Asia is forthcoming from Rowman & Littlefield in 2016.  She is completing a new book on Energy Security Worldviews in Asia.. She has published extensively in journals such as Foreign Affairs, Asian Survey, The National Interest, Maritime Affairs and Political Science Quarterly.

 Dr. Ollapally has served on the Board of Directors of Women in International Security, Washington D.C., and is an Advisory Council Member for Women in Security, Conflict Management and Peace, Delhi.

She is a frequent commentator in the media, including appearances on CNN, BBC, CBS, PBS and Reuters TV. She holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from Columbia University.