| PAKISTAN,
INDIA AND AMERICA: THE NUCLEAR DANGERS AHEAD\
Monday, June 16, 2003 – 6:00 p.m. The Westin Galleria Hotel (5060 West Alabama)
(HOUSTON, TX) MAY 27, 2003 – Where is the India-Pakistan
nuclear race heading and will the current thaw in their relations
make a difference? Are Pakistan’s nukes a legitimate
source of worry to the U.S., and what can the U.S. do about
them? Contentious and topical, these questions are fundamental
for understanding the future of Pakistan and India, and their
separate relationships with the United States.
The Asia Society Texas brings nuclear physicist
Dr. Pervez Amirali Hoodbhoy to discuss these
questions. Dr. Hoodbhoy is the author of
“Islam and Science: Religious Orthodoxy
and the Battle for Rationality,” now in
five languages. Dr. Hoodbhoy’s writings
have appeared in Le Monde, Japan Times,
Asahi, Washington Post, Los Angeles
Times and Seattle Times to name a few. He has
spoken at more than 20 U.S. college campuses, including MIT,
Princeton, Columbia and Johns Hopkins University on political
and social issues. He has appeared on BBC, CNN, PBS, NPR and
other television and radio networks where he was asked to
analyze political developments in South Asia.
Dr. Hoodbhoy received his bachelor’s degrees in electrical
engineering and mathematics, his masters degree in solid-state
physics and a Ph.D. in nuclear physics, all from the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology. He has been a faculty member at the
Department of Physics, Quaid-e-Azam University in Islamabad,
Pakistan since 1973. He has been awarded the Abdus Salam Prize
for mathematics and the Baker Award for Electronics.
This reception program takes place at The Westin
Galleria Hotel located at 5060 West Alabama at 6:00 p.m.
followed by the program at 6:30 p.m. The
cost is $10 for members of the Asia Society and PAGH,
$15 for non-members, and a special rate of
$5 for students with a valid identification. Reservations
are required. Please call the Asia Society
office at 713-439-0051 or visit www.asiasociety.org
for upcoming programs.
The Asia Society is dedicated to fostering positive communication
and interactions among Americans of all heritage and the peoples
of the Asia Pacific.
The Asia Society is dedicated to fostering
positive communication and interactions among Americans of
all heritage and the peoples of the Asia Pacific.
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