Rifaat Hussain

Rifaat Hussain (born 1 April 1952) is a Pakistani political scientist, professor, defense analyst and television personality whose career spans over four decades.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]} He is currently a professor and consultant in the Department of Government Policy and Public Administration at Pakistan's National University of Sciences and Technology.^[7][8]

Hussain earned his M.A. and Ph.D. from The Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver, United States.^[6] From 2005 to 2008 he served as the executive director of the Regional Centre for Strategic Studies (RCSS), a Colombo-based think tank in Sri Lanka, and spent two terms as visiting professor at Stanford University’s Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC).^{[9][10][11][12]} The New York Times Magazine has described Hussain as a "leading Pakistani foreign policy thinker."^[13]

Hussain's work has appeared in The Washington Post,^[14][15] The New York Times,^[16][17][18] and his foreign policy views have been quoted by The Wall Street Journal, Reuters, The Guardian, Bloomberg, CNN, TIME, and The Atlantic.^{[19][5][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30]}

Both The Economist and the BBC have interviewed Hussain on issues pertaining to South Asian security, including the Kashmir conflict, U.S. involvement in Afghanistan, Pakistan's counter-terrorism efforts, NATO and India-Pakistan engagement.^{[31][32][33][34]} Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, The Stimson Center and The Atlantic Council cite Hussain's insights as part of their published compilations and reports.^{[35][36][37][38]}

Dr. Hussain has held associations with Quaid-i-Azam University for 36 years, and has also headed the Department of Government Policy and Public Administration at the National University of Sciences and Technology, a top-ranked public research university in Pakistan.^{[39][40][7][8][41]}

He was one of 18 members on the Advisory Committee on Foreign Affairs during Imran Khan's government.^[42]