Haneen Khalid is an emerging scholar, policy organizer, and founder helping shape the future of global security leadership. She is seeding an initiative developing data infrastructure and behavioral tools to support decision-making in nuclear and existential risk governance. Working at the intersection of diplomacy, policy, and science, she is guided by the belief that security must be shared—and that people, not weapons or institutions, deserve to be recognized as stewards of power and a living future. 

 

She has led major peace and climate security initiatives, including as South Asia Field Organizer for Global Zero, launching one of the region’s first youth disarmament campaigns, and as founder of the Progressive Youth Alliance, amplifying frontline voices in security and environmental policy. She has advised the Pakistani Parliament’s Women’s Caucus and serves on the Leadership Team of International Student/Young Pugwash.

 

As a 2025 Gorbachev-Shultz Youth Awardee, Haneen believes responsibility for our shared future lies with those willing to lead with care and courage. Sometimes progress means bold action; other times, it is the work of preserving beauty, connection, and continuity.

 

She holds advanced degrees from Princeton University and the University of Chicago, and has been recognized through fellowships with the Obama Foundation, Aspen Institute, and the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists.