Michael Bhatia
Michael Bhatia | |
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Michael Bhatia in Afghanistan, Social Science Advisor for the Human Terrain Team | |
| Born | August 23, 1976 Upland, California, USA |
| Died | May 7, 2008 (aged 31) Khost Province, Afghanistan |
| Academic work | |
| Notable works | War and Intervention: Issues for Contemporary Peace Operations (2003) Afghanistan, Arms and Conflict: Armed Groups, Disarmament and Security in a Post-War Society (co-author, 2008) |
Michael Vinay Bhatia (August 23, 1976 – May 7, 2008) was a researcher studying conflict resolution in war-torn countries. He was born in Upland, California. He attended Brown University, where he graduated magna cum laude with a B.A. in International Relations in 1999. He was the recipient of the Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship and a Marshall Scholarship to study at the University of Oxford where he earned his M.Sc. in International Relations in 2002. He was a visiting fellow at the Watson Institute for International Studies at Brown University and a lecturer at Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada.
Bhatia was killed on May 7, 2008, in Khost Province, Afghanistan, where he was serving as a social scientist in consultation with the US Defense Department. On May 16, 2008, by order of Robert Gates, the Secretary of Defense of the United States, Bhatia was awarded the Secretary of Defense Medal for the Defense of Freedom posthumously.