Myra MacDonald: the shadow wars in the Indian subcontinent

What does the American withdrawal from Afghanistan presage for South Asian geopolitics?

(the transcript of the conversation)

Myra MacDonald is the author of Defeat is an Orphan: How Pakistan Lost the Great South Asian War and White as the Shroud: India, Pakistan and War on the Frontiers of Kashmir. The former Reuters Bureau Chief in India, MacDonald is an incisive observer of South Asian politics and commentator on the region’s history (fol…