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Dr. Ahmad Rashid Malik


Areas of Research:

China-Pakistan relations, Asia Pacific (Japan & Korean Peninsula)

Dr. Ahmad Rashid Malik has been working as Senior Research Fellow (China, Japan, & Asia-Pacific) at the Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad. He earned his Doctorate from La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia (1998), and M.A. from the International University of Japan (国際大学), Niigata, Japan (1989). He had been Fellow of the Korea Foundation at the Economic Institute of Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea (1998) and Fellow of the Japan Foundation in Tokyo (2010-11). He regularly writes for newspapers and magazines especially on East Asian affairs and contributed a number of research papers in academic journals in the wider perspective of political economy. He is the author of Pakistan-Japan Relations: Continuity and Change in Economic Relations and Security Interests (London & New York: Routledge, 2008). He had been Head of Department of International Relations at Preston University, Islamabad. Previously, he also worked for the Islamabad Policy Research Institute as Research Fellow (Japan & East Asia) during 2005-10. He also worked as Economic Analyst/Adviser for Korean multinational Daewoo in Pakistan and carried out mega commercial projects inter-alia the M-2 Motorway project, Daewoo Express Bus, & Daewoo City Bus in Lahore as its pioneer.

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The Trump-Xi Summit

The US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping met for the first time at the Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida on April...

The Pakistan-China Bilateral Trade: The Future Trajectory

Abstract Trade volume between Pakistan and China largely remained insignificant. It did not constitute a viable economic partnership between the two countries until the first...

Issue Brief on “The Malaysia-North Korea Diplomatic Meltdown”

The diplomatic rift has been escalating between Malaysia and North Korea nowadays with no point of return. Malaysian authorities expelled the ambassador of the...

Issue Brief on “Modi’s Perversion of the CPEC”

Introduction Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is steadfast in his perversion of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and he has not moved back. Falsification and...

Issue Brief on “The China-US Escalating Tension in the South China Sea”

Introduction China-US rivalry has been escalating in the South China Sea with each passing day. On 19 December 2016, China seized a US drone submarine,...

Issue Brief on “Sabotaging the CPEC”

Introduction The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is a multi-billion national project of China and Pakistan aimed at transforming the economy of the country and the...

Issue Brief on “The China-Philippines Ties After the Hague’s Verdict”

Introduction China's has thorny ties with some of its East Asian neighbours because of the overlapping historical claims over a number of islands in the...

Islamabad Paper on Revisiting Islam in Japan

Preface To present an accurate picture of Islam in Japan is an arduous task. There is a variety of aspects such as cultural, social, strategic...

Looking West:China and Central Asia, US-China Economic and Security Review Commission (Washington: United States-China...

Looking West: China and Central Asia is a US Congressional hearing done in March 2015. Experts on Central Asia were invited to solicit their...

Issue Brief on “The Growing Pakistan-China Defense Cooperation”

Pakistan is proud of its relations with China. These relations include fraternal diplomatic ties, growing political understandings, and deepening defence cooperation over the past...