Rifaat Hussain at the Shangri-La Dialogue (2012)

Dr. Rifaat Hussain (born 1 April 1952) is a Pakistani political scientist, professor, defense analyst and television personality whose career in the academia spans over four decades.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]} Hussain served as the executive director of the Regional Centre for Strategic Studies (RCSS) from 2005 to 2008, 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).^{[7][8][9][10]} The New York Times Magazine has described Hussain as a "leading Pakistani foreign policy thinker."^[11]

Hussain's work has appeared in The Washington Post,^[12][13] The New York Times,^[14][15][16] and his foreign policy views have been quoted by The Wall Street Journal, Reuters, The Guardian, Bloomberg, CNN, TIME, and The Atlantic.^{[17][5][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28]}

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.^{[29][30][31][32]} Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, The Stimson Center and The Atlantic Council cite Hussain's insights as part of their published compilations and reports.^{[33][34][35][36]}

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.^{[37][38][39][40][41]}

He is one of 18 members on the Advisory Committee on Foreign Affairs under Prime Minister Imran Khan's government.^[42]

Current work

Dr. Hussain is currently a professor and consultant at the Department of Government Policy and Public Administration at Pakistan's National University of Sciences and Technology.^[39][40]

Education

Rifaat Hussain earned his M.A. and Ph.D. from The Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver, United States.^[6]

Selected international publications

• "Sino-Pakistan Ties," in Thomas Fingar, Ed. The New Great Game: China and South and Central Asia in an era of Reform, (Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 2016), 116–146. (ISBN 978-0-8047-9764-1).
• "Pakistan's Relations with Azad Kashmir and the impact on Indo-Pakistani Relations," in Rafiq Dossani and Henry S. Rowen, Eds. Prospects for Peace in South Asia (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2005): 109–140. (ISBN 0-8047-5085-8).
• "Missile Race in South Asia: the way forward," South Asian Survey Vol. 11, No. 2 (July/December 2004): 273–286.
• "Democratic Transitions and the Role of Islam in Asia: Perspective from Pakistan," in Douglas E. Ramage, ed. Asian Perspectives Seminar: Democratic Transitions and the Role of Islam in Asia, 18 October 2000 (Washington, D.C.: 2000): 13–29.
• "The India Factor," in Maleeha Lodhi, ed. Pakistan: Beyond the Crisis State (London: Hurst and Company, 2011): 319–347. (ISBN 978-0-19-906322-2).
• Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE): Failed Quest for a "Homeland," in Klejda Mulaj, ed. Violent Non-State Actors in World Politics (London: Hurst and Company, 2010): 381–412. (ISBN 978-1-84904-016-7).
• "Pakistan's Security Policy in the 1990s with Special Reference to Relations with India, China and Central Asia," in Nobuko Nagasaki, Ed. The Nation-State and Transnational Forces in South Asia: Research Project: Institutions, Network and Forces of Changes in Contemporary South Asia (Tokyo: Japanese Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture, 2001): 213–240.
• "The Superpower and Major Power Rivalry in South Asia: The United States, the Soviet Union, India and China" in Lawrence Ziring and David G. Dickson, Eds. Asian Security Issues: National Systems and International Relations (Kalamazoo: Department of Government, Michigan University, 1988: 143–163.) (ISBN 0-929901-00-2).
• "Responding to terrorist threat: Perspectives from Saudi Arabia and Pakistan," Gulf Year Book, 2006 (Dubai: The Gulf Research Centre, 2007): 317–334. (ISBN 9948-434-293).
• "Responding to terrorist threat: Perspectives from Saudi Arabia and Pakistan," Journal of South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies Vol. XXX, No. 3 (Spring 2007): 38-61(ISSN 0149-1784).
• "Deterrence and Nuclear Use: Doctrines in South Asia," in E. Sridharan, Ed. The India-Pakistan Nuclear Relationship: Theories of Deterrence and International Relations (London and New Delhi: Rout ledge: 2007): 151–184. (ISBN 0-415-42408-9).
• "Changing security trends in South Asia: Implications for the Gulf Region," in Abdulaziz Sager, ed. Dynamic Alliances: Strengthening Ties between GCC and Asia (Dubai: Gulf Research Centre, 2006): 77–98. (ISBN 9948-432-81-9).

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