const portfolio = {   owner: 'Uroosa Khan',   status: 'loading...' };
Loading…
Home About Experience Research Publications Books Contact Download CV ↓
Focus Areas

Research Areas

The recurring beats across Uroosa Khan's journalism, policy analysis and independent research.

01

Geopolitics

The contest for influence between rising and established powers, from trade routes to technology standards.

02

International Relations

Diplomacy, alliances and the institutions that structure how states cooperate and compete.

03

Foreign Policy

How states — Pakistan and beyond — define and pursue their interests abroad.

04

Global Security

Conventional and unconventional threats, from state conflict to the militarization of new domains.

05

Climate Governance

The gap between climate commitments and institutional capacity to act on them.

06

Political Economy

How power and economic structure shape policy outcomes and reform.

07

Strategic Communications

How institutions frame and communicate policy to build legitimacy and public understanding.

08

China Studies

China's domestic trajectory and its implications for global power balances.

09

Pakistan–China Relations

The bilateral relationship and its regional and economic implications.

10

Artificial Intelligence

AI's role in reshaping business, governance and the global technology contest.

11

Economic Reforms

Structural barriers to reform and the politics of economic policymaking.

12

Space Security

The militarization of space as an emerging domain of strategic competition.

13

Regional Politics

Power dynamics within South Asia and its neighbouring regions.

14

International Diplomacy

The mechanics and strategy behind state-to-state and multilateral engagement.

RESEARCH PAPERS

Independent research

Papers hosted on Academia.edu, spanning climate governance and international policy.

Research paper

The Climate Crisis Outpacing Global Politics: Analyzing the Governance Gap in a Warming World

Abstract: Examines the widening gap between the scale of the climate crisis and the institutional capacity of global politics to govern it, tracing where multilateral climate frameworks fall short of the pace of change they aim to manage.

Keywords: climate governance, global politics, institutional capacity, multilateralism

Download / view on Academia.edu →
Op-ed / research

Economic Barriers and the Urgent Need for Structural Reforms

Abstract: An analysis of the structural economic barriers slowing reform, published on Stratheia alongside further commentary on Pakistan's energy sector, geopolitical shifts and regional security dynamics.

Keywords: economic reform, structural barriers, energy sector, regional security

Read on Stratheia →