Muneeb Salman

Major power competition, maritime security in the Indian Ocean region, elitism and security policy in Pakistan

Muneeb Salman is serving as a Research Associate at the China Pakistan Study Centre, ISSI. His areas of interest include major power competition, maritime security in the Indian Ocean region, elitism and security policy in Pakistan.

He has previously worked at the Islamabad Policy Research Institute (IPRI), a think tank affiliated with the National Security Division, and Maritime Study Forum, Islamabad. He has also worked with a senior academic as a Research Assistant for more than a year and has led the pioneer student Social Media Team at the Department of International Relations, National Defence University. In October 2021, he was the youngest member at the age of 22 to join the research faculty of a public sector think tank.

Mr. Salman graduated in International Relations and is presently an MPhil scholar at the National Defence University, Pakistan, working on the role of epistemic communities in the national security policy process of Pakistan.