Writers
Ambassador Abdul Basit
Ambassador(R) Abdul Basit joined the Foreign Service of Pakistan in October 1982. He has held various diplomatic assignments at Pakistan Missions abroad, such as in Moscow, New York, Sana'a, Geneva, and London.
Mushahid Hussain Sayed
Mushahid Hussain Syed is the Chairman of Pakistan China Institute, former Minister for Information & Culture & Chairman of the Senate Defence & Foreign Affairs Committees, and former Editor of the daily The Muslim.
Saleem Samad
Saleem Samad is an award-winning independent journalist based in Bangladesh. A media rights defender with the Reporters Without Borders (@RSF_inter).
Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry
The writer is a former foreign secretary who also served as Pakistan's ambassador to the United States. Currently, he is associated with Sanober Institute Islamabad as its chairman.
Ambassador Masood Khalid
Pakistan’s former ambassador to China.
Kngineer Khurram Dastgir Khan
Engineer Khurram Dastgir Khan has served Pakistan as Minister for Foreign Affairs, Defense, Commerce and Energy. He can be contacted at @kdastgirkhan on X.
Sudheendra Kulkarni
The writer lived in Mumbai and was a close aide to India’s former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. A frequent traveller to Pakistan and China.
Ambassador Naghmana Hashmi
Ambassador Naghmana Hashmi the Author is a retired diplomat with over 37 years of distinguished service in the Foreign Service of Pakistan.
Prof. Nazir Hussain
The Author is a Professor of International Relations and presently working as a Member Board of Directors, at the Regional Centre for Strategic Studies (RCSS) Colombo-Sri Lanka.
Dr. Zafar Khan
Dr. Zafar Khan is currently a Professor with the Department of International Relations, Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engineering, and Management Sciences (BUITEMS), Quetta.
Ambassador Syed Sajjad Haider
The author has been a Foreign Service Officer with a diplomatic career of around 30 years, During which he held several important positions in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Rabia Akhtar
Dr. Rabia Akhtar Director Center for Security, Strategy and Policy Research (CSSPR) University of Lahore, Pakistan
Dr Shama Junejo
Dr Shama Junejo, Tamgha-e-Imtiaz, is a policy advisor and Communications Consultant in the UK. She has PhD in Military Ethics from University of Leicester.
Muhammad Nadeem Mirza
Dr. Muhammad Nadeem Mirza is a distinguished faculty member at the School of Politics and International Relations, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad.
Saima William
Saima William serves as the Program Lead for Climate Action at the Centre for Peace and Development Initiatives (CPDI) in Pakistan, a position she has held since January 2023.
Muhammad Hussain Baqeri
The writer is the founder and director of Iqbal Forum, Tehran.
Arshad Mehmood
Arshad Mehmood is a conflict zone journalist with extensive experience covering the US-led invasion of Afghanistan. Associated with a prestigious American news agency, The Media Line USA.
Dr Khurram Abbas
Dr Khurram Abbas is Director at the India Study Centre, Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad. He tweets @itskhurramabbas He can be reached at directorisc@issi.org.pk
Dr. Aneel Salman
The author is a dynamic academician, trainer and researcher who has a multidisciplinary background in Economics, Blue Economy, Ecofeminism, Institutional Governance, and Climate Change.
Dr. Zukun Lyu
Dr. Zukun Lyu is a research scholar in the Department of Political Science at the University of Siena.
Anish Mishra
Anish Mishra is an expert analyst on South and Southeast Asian domestic politics and foreign policy. He is a Ph.D. candidate at the Institut für Politische Wissenschaft (IPW).
Corinna Perini
Researcher at the University of Pisa, Italy.
Tom Harper
Lecturer and Linguist Specialising in Chinese and East Asian Affairs. PhD in Politics from the University of Surrey
Kestér Kenn Klomegâh
Kestér Kenn Klomegâh has a deep understanding of contemporary geopolitical dynamics and a keen interest in analyzing the trends in foreign relations.
