Dr. Khurram Abbas

Currently, Dr. Abbas is serving as Director, India Study Center (ISC) at the Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI). Previously he served as Research Fellow (RF) at the Islamabad Policy Research Institute (IPRI). Dr. Abbas has extensively worked on the Foreign and Defense Policies of the Six GCC States with particular emphasis on Pakistan and Arab countries, China and Arab Countries, and India and Arab Countries. Dr. Abbas has completed his PhD in Peace and Conflict Studies from the Centre for International Peace and Stability (CIPS), National University of Sciences and Technologies (NUST). Dr. Abbas regularly delivers lectures at International and National universities and presents papers at National and International Conferences. He undertakes extensive research and regularly contributes to academic journals and national/international dailies. He has five book chapters, twelve research articles, and more than a hundred newspaper articles in his credit.

Currently, Dr. Abbas is on the Peer Review Panel of globally renowned Academic Journals including “Asian Survey”, “Journal of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies”, “Regional Studies”, and “Policy Perspectives”. He is a Permanent Member of the China-South and Southeast Asia Think Tank Forum (CSSTTF) at Yunnan Academy of Social Sciences (YASS), Kunming, China and Regular Member of China-Arab States Think Tank Forum, China. To attend various international conferences and courses/fellowships, Dr. Abbas has traveled to China, Qatar, Iraq, and Thailand.