Aparna Pande

Research Fellow, India and South Asia

Defense Strategy Foreign Policy
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At A Glance:

Aparna Pande is research fellow at Hudson Institute. Her major field of interest is South Asia, with a special focus on India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, foreign policy, and security.

Biography

Aparna Pande is a research fellow at Hudson Institute. Dr. Pande wrote her PhD dissertation on Pakistan’s foreign policy. Her major field of interest is South Asia with a special focus on India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, foreign policy, and security. Aparna has contributed to the American Interest, the Hindustan Times, the Times of India, the Live Mint, Huffington Post, the Sunday Guardian, The Print, and RealClearWorld.

A 1993 graduate of Delhi University, Dr. Pande holds a master of arts in history from St. Stephens College at Delhi University and a master of philosophy in international relations from Jawaharlal Nehru University. Dr. Pande received a doctorate in political science from Boston University in 2010.

Dr. Pande’s book's include Explaining Pakistan’s Foreign Policy: Escaping India (Routledge, 2011), From Chanakya to Modi: Evolution of India’s Foreign Policy (Harper Collins, 2017), Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Pakistan (Routledge, August 2017), and Making India Great: The Promise of a Reluctant Global Power (Harper Collins, 2020). 

 

Events
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19
September 2023
Past Event
Furthering US-India Security Cooperation
Featured Speakers:
Siddharth Iyer
Aparna Pande
Lisa Curtis
Tamanna Salikuddin
Tricia Bacon
Michael Rubin
Jesse Singh
Elizabeth Threlkeld
HE Ambassador Taranjit Singh Sandhu
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks during a luncheon hosted by US Vice President Kamala Harris and Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the US Department of State in Washington, DC, on June 23, 2023. (Photo by SAMUEL CORUM / AFP) (Photo by SAMUEL CORUM/AFP via Getty Images)
19
September 2023
Past Event
Furthering US-India Security Cooperation

Hudson Institute will host a daylong conference on United States–India security cooperation featuring expert panels and a keynote speaker.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks during a luncheon hosted by US Vice President Kamala Harris and Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the US Department of State in Washington, DC, on June 23, 2023. (Photo by SAMUEL CORUM / AFP) (Photo by SAMUEL CORUM/AFP via Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Siddharth Iyer
Aparna Pande
Lisa Curtis
Tamanna Salikuddin
Tricia Bacon
Michael Rubin
Jesse Singh
Elizabeth Threlkeld
HE Ambassador Taranjit Singh Sandhu
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26
October 2022
Past Event
Seventy-Five Years of India-US Partnership
Featured Speakers:
Aparna Pande
Arun Kumar Singh
Atul Keshap
Narayan Ramachandran
Daniel Castro
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26
October 2022
Past Event
Seventy-Five Years of India-US Partnership

Ever since India gained independence 75 years ago, the partnership between India and the United States has been critical. 

Please join Hudson Institute and Takshashila Institution for a discussion on the partnership between the oldest democracy and the largest democracy.

antony blinken Subrahmanyam Jaishankar phnom penh
Featured Speakers:
Aparna Pande
Arun Kumar Singh
Atul Keshap
Narayan Ramachandran
Daniel Castro
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18
March 2022
Past Event
Virtual Event | The Ideological Origins of India’s BJP
Featured Speakers:
Professor Walter Andersen
Eric B. Brown
Aparna Pande
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) volunteers perform a salute towards the RSS flag during Shastra Puja ceremony (weapon worship) on the occasion of Vijayadashmi, on October 25, 2020, in Amritsar, India. (Getty Images)
18
March 2022
Past Event
Virtual Event | The Ideological Origins of India’s BJP

This event will premiere on this page at 10:00 a.m. EDT, Friday, March 18. Register for the event here.

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) volunteers perform a salute towards the RSS flag during Shastra Puja ceremony (weapon worship) on the occasion of Vijayadashmi, on October 25, 2020, in Amritsar, India. (Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Professor Walter Andersen
Eric B. Brown
Aparna Pande
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16
December 2020
Past Event
Video Event | Partnering in the Indo Pacific
Featured Speakers:
Dr. Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan
Liselotte Odgaard
Dr Rani D. Mullen
Aparna Pande
16
December 2020
Past Event
Video Event | Partnering in the Indo Pacific

**__Please be advised: This event will premiere LIVE on this page at 12:00 p.m. EDT, Wednesday, December 16.__**

Join Hudson Institute for an expert

Featured Speakers:
Dr. Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan
Liselotte Odgaard
Dr Rani D. Mullen
Aparna Pande
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