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 “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...
Report “XVI SCO Forum”
The XVI Session of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Forum was held
on May 25, 2020 in a video conference format in Islamabad, Islamic Republic of
Pakistan,...
US Indo-Pacific Strategy: Implications for South Asia
Abstract
The term ‘Indo-Pacific’ was first coined by the Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, in his speech delivered to the Indian parliament in 2007 which...
Issue Brief on “US Human Rights Report – 2020: An Appraisal and Key Takeaways”
Pledging
to put human rights back at the center of American foreign policy, President
Biden and his administration released its Human Rights Report – 2020 (HRR-2020)
in...
Issue Brief on “Biden Administration’s Interim National Security Strategic Guidance Report: The Essence”
The White House issued its first Interim National Security Strategic Guidance (NSSG) report on March 3, 2021, which lays down the organizing principles of...
Report – Conference “2nd International Parliamentary Kashmir Conference”
The Centre for Strategic
Perspectives (CSP) at the Institute of Strategic Studies, Islamabad (ISSI)
hosted the 2nd International Parliamentary Kashmir Conference in
collaboration with Jammu & Kashmir...
Issue Brief on “New Team in The White House – Implication for Pakistan”
There is a new team in the White House and President Biden's selection of the members of his cabinet will wield considerable influence over...