Hamayoun Khan

Hamayoun Khan is the Director of the China-Pakistan Study Centre (CPSC) at the Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI). A seasoned strategic affairs and foreign policy expert with over 20 years of professional experience, he specialises in China-Pakistan relations, regional security, geopolitics, geo-economics and international relations. He previously served as Programme Advisor at the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) Pakistan, Research Fellow at ISSI, faculty member at the National Defence University (NDU), and Media and Political Advisor at the Australian High Commission in Islamabad. He is also a founding member and former Director of the Pakistan Council on China (PCC). An accomplished researcher and published author, he has participated in international research and professional programmes in China, Europe and the United States. He is a regular television commentator on foreign policy and strategic affairs. He holds an MPhil in Defence and Strategic Studies from Quaid-i-Azam University, where he is currently pursuing his PhD, focusing on the emerging Petro-Yuan and the existing Petrodollar systems.