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Asad ullah Khan


Research Fellow

Areas of Research:

China-Pakistan relations, national security, and counter-terrorism

Asad Ullah Khan is a Research Fellow at the China Pakistan Study Center at the Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI). His area of research includes China-Pakistan relations, national security, and counter-terrorism. He has represented Pakistan at various national and international forums on these subjects. Mr. Khan is the author of numerous research articles, book chapters, and opinion pieces in reputed journals, books, and magazines in the domain of countering violent extremism (CVE). Previously, he was a Senior Research Associate with the Centre for Aerospace and Security Studies (CASS) in Islamabad for more than three years and rejoined ISSI in June 2024. Recently, he published his work in a book launched by the International Center for Counter-Terrorism in The Hague, Netherlands.

Mail asadkhan@issi.org.pk

Issue Brief on “Development with Chinese Characteristics”

Since the Third Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China in 1978, the third plenums have held special...

Issue Brief on “Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in Pakistan: Lessons from China”

Special Economic Zones (SEZs) are predefined areas of economic activity that stimulate industrial growth, international trade, and manufacturing jobs within a country. They serve...

Issue Brief on “XIPLOMACY: China’s Global Civilization Initiative”

While the world is moving towards multipolarity, the challenges to the current world order are also growing. States particularly involved in conflicts are promoting...

Issue Brief on “New Land Rules in IIOJ&K: Proverbial Last Nail in the Coffin”

The Indian Ministry of Home Affairs through an order on October 26, 2020 amended 14 land laws of the Illegally Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK)...

Report – Webinar on “Iran, Pakistan and South Asia under the Pandemic”

As part of the 16th ISSI-IPIS Dialogue, the Institute of Strategic Studies of Islamabad (ISSI) in collaboration with the Institute for Political and International...

Report – Webinar on “Illegal Use of Pellet Guns in Indian Occupied Jammu and...

The Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI) organized a Webinar on Illegal Use of Pellet Guns in Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir on June 26, 2020...

Issue Brief on “China-India Border Standoff: An Overview”

China and India are once again engaged in a military standoff over the border dispute in the region of Ladakh. The scuffle between the military personnel...

Issue Brief on “COVID-19 and Repression in Indian Occupied Kashmir”

Even as the COVID- 19 pandemic spread to India, the population of 12.5 million (2011 Census) people in Indian occupied Kashmir (IOK) were already...

Special Brief on Covid-19 on “COVID-19 and India: Response & Impact”

1.   Covid-19 and Overall Scenario in India Covid-19 also known as Coronavirus initially originated from the wet market of Wuhan, China and then gripped the whole world...

Issue Brief on “The Inadequacies of Indian Counter Terrorism Structure”

The United States will set up a counter-terrorism training centre in India as part of an agreement with homeland security signed in New Delhi...