Aparna Pande appears on the Takshashila Institution podcast to discuss the determinants of Pakistan’s foreign policy and its quest to become a swing state in a conversation with Pranay Kotasthane. She also discusses the changing Afghanistan–Pakistan equation and the need for India to consider low-visibility functional cooperation with its western neighbor.
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A truck drives through the Alataw Pass Comprehensive Bonded Zone in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Located in the Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture of Bortala in Xinjiang, the Alataw Pass borders Kazakhstan. (Getty Images)