Whether you had the best childhood or one of nightmares todays episode is a must listen for all of us. Join us as we listen to this powerful story of an American woman, who suffered from childhood abuse to ultimately become an accomplished author of several books and a well-renowned political scientist. She is bold, brilliant, and benevolent, who is also obsessed with animals. Dr. Fair shares her dark days and how she learned to embrace the past that has made her the intelligent fighter she is today. We have all at one time or another faced chaos. Many of us feel we need to “chill out” or escape to regroup and collect our thoughts. Dr. Fair shares her perspective on fixing the plane while trying to fly it at the same time.

DR. CHRISTINE FAIR’S BIO

Dr. C. Christine Fair is an accomplished writer, an undeterred researcher, a humble human being, and a woman with heroic spirit. She is bold, brilliant, and benevolent. She is a professor in the Security Studies Program at Georgetown University who also served at RAND Corporation, United Nations Assistance Mission to Afghanistan in Kabul, and USIP - a leading think-tank in D.C. Her research focuses on political and military affairs in South Asia (Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka). Dr. Fair is author of several books. Her most recent book is In Their Own Words: Understanding the Lashkar-e-Tayyaba (Oxford University Press, 2019). She is a frequent commentator at leading newspapers/magazines including (New York Times and Foreign Affairs) made several appearances as an expert on television and radio programs on BBC, Al Jazeera, CNN, and Voice of America). She resigned her membership with the International Institute of Strategic Studies and the Council on Foreign Relations to protest its consistent failure to address diversity issues. She speaks and reads Hindi, Urdu, and Punjabi.

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