Mahrukh Khan
Research Fellow
Areas of Research:
North & South America
Mahrukh Khan did her M.Sc in Defense and Strategic Studies from Quaid-e-Azam University in 2008. She has been affiliated with the Institute since. Her area of research is Pakistan – United States relations and Baluchistan.
Issue Brief on “F-16 Case for Sustainment”
In a recent turn of events, the US State Department showcased a possible intent to approve the Foreign Military Sale (FMS) of F-16 fighter...
Issue Brief on “Biden Middle East Trip”
President Biden's Middle East trips came in the backdrop of key critical developments not just in the region itself but around the globe. In...
Issue Brief on “The State of Food Security in Pakistan”
On May 19, 2022, Foreign Minister of Pakistan Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari attended the United Nations conference on “Conflict and Food security” where he acknowledged that...
Issue Brief on “Ukraine Crisis; the US and Russia’s Diplomatic Standoff”
Steering US relations with Russia has remained one of the key challenges as well as priorities for any US administration. The escalation in the...
Issue Brief on “Falcon Talon 2022”
For the first time in three years, Pakistan and United States Air Forces held a joint exercise, under the title of ‘Falcon Talon 2022,’...
Issue Brief on “The State of Climate Change Services 2021: Water – Report Takeaways”
The recently released report by the World Meteorological Organization, titled “The State of Climate Change Services 2021: Water” paints a grim picture of the...
Issue Brief on “At 76, is the UN still Relevant in the Current Geopolitical...
As
the United Nations turns 76 years, it
is caught in a dilemma of the relevance of its existence and the ability to
lead as a global...
Issue Brief on “Reactions of the US Congress on the US Hasty Pullout from...
President
Biden has been a proponent of bringing back forces even when he was the Vice
President during the Obama administration and his top goal after...
Issue Brief on “Pakistan US Relations: The Shifting Sands”
As the war in Afghanistan comes to an end, the
US withdraws its forces along with its heavy investments with a cost of more
than US$2...
Issue Brief on “US-Russia Summit 2021: Reviving the Entente”
Russian President Vladimir Putin and US
President Joe Biden met for a bilateral summit in Geneva on June 16, 2021.
The high stake summit came at...