Vandana Asthana, Ph.D., speaks to the opening-night audience at this year's 49th Annual Great Decisions Lecture Series at Whitworth. Asthana's lecture, "China and India: Partner or Competitors?," addressed water conflicts and water security between the two nations. Asthana is head of the Christ Church College Political Science Department and Environmental Studies Unit, in Kanpur, India, as well as the author of several books on politics and security. She is also a former associate of a Ford Foundation-funded project on security and the environment in South Asia. She is currently seeking a second doctorate in the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences at the University of Illinois, where she is researching water conflicts and security with special reference to corporatization and commodification of water.
