Furqan Khan is an Assistant Research Associate at the Islamabad Policy Research Institute (IPRI). Previously, he has been a member of the Consortium of Indo-Pacific Researchers, and a Research Intern with the China Focus Program at the Carter Center in the United States. Khan holds a bachelor's degree in International Relations from the National Defence University, Islamabad. His research interests include the impact of U.S.-China relations on the evolving South Asian geopolitics, with a special focus on China –Pakistan relations and its implications for the South Asian region (Afghanistan and India). @furqan_khans