Ms. Anum A. Khan is an Associate Director at the Center for International Strategic Studies (CISS) Islamabad. She has worked with Pakistan’s Strategic Plans Division at the Arms Control and Disarmament Affairs Branch from a decade up until July 2023. She is currently enrolled in Ph. D program of Defence and Strategic Studies at Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad and is a visiting Ph.D. scholar at the School of History, Politics and International Relations at the University of Leicester, UK. She holds an M.Phil Degree in Strategic and Nuclear Studies from National Defence University, Islamabad and BS (Hon’s) in Media and Communication Studies from International Islamic University, Islamabad. Her areas of interests include issues related to emerging and new technologies, cyber-security, deterrence and strategic stability, nuclear export controls, policy and doctrines, civil nuclear energy, non-proliferation, arms control and disarmament.