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Furqan Khan

Furqan Khan is a Great Power Politics Fellow at PoliTact, focusing on international security and South Asian geopolitics. He served as an Assistant Research Associate at the Islamabad Policy Research Institute (IPRI); currently is affiliated with the Oxford Global Society. He also worked as the China Focus Intern at The Carter Center in the United States, conducting research on Pakistan’s role in facilitating U.S.–China cooperation in post-withdrawal Afghanistan. He has authored several research papers and contributed commentaries. He holds an MA in International Relations from the University of Chicago and a bachelor’s (honours) degree in International Relations from the National Defence University, Islamabad.

Iran War and Trump-XI 2026 Summit

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ContextPresident Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping met this week in Beijing, a summit originally scheduled for April and was stalled due to the ongoing US-Iran war. What was expected to be a reset moment for US-China relations was overshadowed by the Middle East conflict, which carries significant implications for the global economy. Conflict…

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Russian President Vladimir Putin in New Delhi

Putin’s Visit And The New Us-India Reality

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Trump, MBS, And The Remaking Of U.S.–Saudi Relations When Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in New Delhi in December last year to attend the 23rd annual India-Russia summit, expectations were ripe for breakthrough agreements in energy and defense. Yet, despite the two countries agreeing to expand economic cooperation and reaffirming their “special and privileged strategic…

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