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 “US Analyst Pushes Chabahar as Alternative for Supplies to Afghanistan”
Pakistan has been in the eye of storm in the US for past many months now, while the allegations made on the country are...
Growing India-US Strategic Cooperation: An Analysis
Abstract
India and the US have seen a growth in convergence of their interest in the last one and a half decade. However, a new...
Report – In-House Meeting on “US National Security Strategy 2017”
The Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI), hosted an In-House Meeting on December 28, 2017 with a distinguished panel of analyst to discuss the...
Issue Brief on “US National Security Strategy 2017”
In December 2017, President Trump issued his administration's National Security Strategy (NSS). The document was hailed as an American First National Security Strategy, translating...
Issue Brief on “US Aid Appropriations to Pakistan – 2018”
In the past few years, the disbursement of US aid to Pakistan has remained an issue of immense debate in both Washington and Islamabad....
Issue Brief on “Tillerson’s Visit to Pakistan- More of the Same”
Pakistan is one country that the current US Administration can neither recognise as an important ally nor put it on the sidelines. In the...
Stigmatised from 9/11 to Trump and Beyond: A American Muslim Journey, Reza Mansoor (Create...
The writer in the book describes lives of the ordinary American Muslims in the US after the September 11 attack on the World Trade...
Issue Brief on “US Defence Secretary’s Visit to India”
In his first two-day official visit to India from September 25-27, 2017, US Defence Secretary James Mattis met with the Indian Prime Minister Narendra...
Issue Brief on “Understanding Trump’s Policy Approach to Pakistan”
Nothing seems to be new in the Pakistan and US ties, and the latest set of allegations towards Pakistan come as no surprise.
The...
Issue Brief on “Recalibrating US Iran Relations”
Though Iran is a priority for the Trump administration, his policy position remains ambiguous; whilst his administration's outlook on Iran, like most of his...