Date: Sep 29, 2017

About the book

This book reveals what went on behind the scenes in the years when the Pressler Amendment was in force, through a cast of characters that includes presidents, prime ministers, senators and generals in the US, India and Pakistan. It exposes the enormous power wielded by the military-industrial complex, which the author terms ‘Octopus’, and how it controls significant aspects of the American presence in the Indian subcontinent. Neighbours in arms provides a comprehensive account of how US foreign policy in the subcontinent was formed from 1974 till today, and ends with recommendations of a new US–India alliance that could be a model for American allies in the future.

About the author

Senator Larry Pressler was a US senator for 18 years. Elected twice to the US House of Representatives and later to the US Senate for three terms, among his signature achievements were the Pressler Amendment, which briefly halted the spread of nuclear weapons in the 1990s, and the epochal Telecommunications Act of 1996 which enabled the start of the Internet.

Read the programme here.


Speakers

Sen. Larry Pressler, author, Neighbours in Arms

Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan, Senior Fellow & Head, Nuclear and Space Policy Initiative, ORF

Samir Saran, Vice President, ORF

Sandeep Unnithan, Executive Editor, India Today

Swati Chopra, Penguin House

Vikram Sood, Advisor, ORF, & former Chief of RAW


The timing of this event is from 6:30 p.m. to 8:20 p.m.

Venue Address

Gulmohar Hall, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi