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. 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.

Biography

Hussain earned his M.A. and Ph.D. from The Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver, United States. 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). The New York Times Magazine has described Hussain as a "leading Pakistani foreign policy thinker."

Hussain's work has appeared in The Washington Post, The New York Times, and his foreign policy views have been quoted by The Wall Street Journal, Reuters, The Guardian, Bloomberg, CNN, TIME, and The Atlantic.

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. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, The Stimson Center and The Atlantic Council cite Hussain's insights as part of their published compilations and reports.

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.

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