Hamna Tariq

Hamna Tariq is an MIA candidate at Columbia SIPA and was a Junior Fellow with the South Asia Program at the Stimson Center. She completed her Bachelor’s degree in International Studies and Urban Development at Trinity College Connecticut, where her thesis examined how the permanent liminality of Gilgit-Baltistan in Kashmir affects the region’s socio-political fabric. During her undergraduate studies, Hamna also researched the socio-economic and cultural impacts of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor and had her findings published in the European Financial Review in 2018. Prior to joining Stimson, Hamna interned with the South Asia program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Summer 2019. She is fluent in Urdu, Hindi, and Punjabi and proficient in Spanish.