Aparna Pande is a Research Fellow and Director at the Hudson Institute’s Initiative on the Future of India and South Asia. A 1993 graduate of Delhi University, she holds a Master of Arts in History from St. Stephen's College and a Master of Philosophy in International Relations from Jawaharlal Nehru University. Pande received a Doctorate in Political Science from Boston University in 2004. She wrote her PhD dissertation on Pakistan’s foreign policy. Her book, entitled “Explaining Pakistan's Foreign Policy: Escaping India,” was released in April 2011 by Routledge. Pande is currently writing her forthcoming book on India’s foreign policy.