Faculty Profile

ayesha.khan@numl.edu.pk

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Shanghai University, China
(September 2019- December 2023)
Ph.D. (Global Studies)

National Defence University, Islamabad
(September 2015- August 2017)
M-Phil (International Relations)

Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi
(August 2008- July 2012)
B.A (Hons) English Language and Literature

Lecturer | NUML University, Islamabad
Islamabad - September 2025 -Current

Visiting Faculty | Bahria University, Islamabad
Islamabad - September 2024 -July 2025

Visiting Research Fellow | Shanghai University, China
Shanghai - September 2024 -July 2025

Research Assistant | Centre for Global Governance, Shanghai University
Shanghai - September 2019 - August 2020

Research Assistant | National Defence University
Islamabad - September 2018 - August 2019

Research Intern | Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Islamabad - June 2017 - September 2017

Research Assistant | World Bank & Asian Development Bank
Islamabad - November 2016 - June 2017

Research Intern | Institute of Strategic Studies, Research and Analysis (ISSRA), National Defence University
Islamabad - November 2015 - May 2016

Book Chapter, “Pakistani Perceptions of America and Trump”, in the edited volume titled, “Global Media Perceptions of the United States: The Trump Effect” by Yahya R. Kamalipour, published by ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD (2022). https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781538142431/Global-Media-Perceptions-of-the-United-States-The-Trump-Effect

‘The Geopolitics of China-Pakistan Historical Connectivity and Its Economic and Strategic Significance’, China Quarterly of International Strategic Studies, Vol.7, no.3, https://doi.org/10.1142/S2377740021500123

Changing Global Order and Power Realignments in Southwest Asia (ECO Region), Margalla Papers, Vol.26, no.1, https://doi.org/10.54690/margallapapers.26.I.107
‘China’s Maritime Cooperation with Pakistan and Iran: Implications for the Region’, Belt and Road Initiative Quarterly, 2021.

‘Geopolitics of CPEC and the Future of China and Pakistan’, Journal of East China Normal University, 2020, DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1000-5641.202092103

“The New Silk Roads: BRI and CAREC as Catalyst for Eurasian Economic Integration.” Paper presented at the 5th CAREC Institute Annual Research Conference, Islamabad, Pakistan, May 29/30, 2025.

“How to Benefit from China’s Belt & Road: Pakistan’s Experience for Latin America.” Presentation at the International Conference on Latin American Studies in Asia and Oceania (CELAO), Shanghai University, Shanghai, China, August 5, 2023.

“Can China and Latin America be “Iron Brothers”: Pakistan’s Perspective.” Presentation at Perspectives on the Development of China-Latin America Relations in the New Era, Centre for Latin American Studies at Shanghai University, Shanghai, China, August 28, 2022.

“Prospects and Challenges in China's Western Borderland: BRI and CPEC after Covid-19.” Paper presented at the 4th Annual Jiangnan Conference on China Studies, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, China, October 30, 2020.

“Geopolitics of CPEC and the Future of China and Pakistan.” Paper presented at Doctoral Forum Experiencing China - Dialogue on the Maritime Silk Road, Shanghai, China, October 10-13, 2019.

“Back to the Future: Traditional Political Thought Comes Around Full Circle.” Paper presented at the 4th International Conference on Socialism and Marxism in the 21st Century, Wuhan, China, November 15-17, 2019.

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