Rifaat Hussain

Hussain earned his M.A. and Ph.D. from The Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver, United States.^[7]

Hussain held associations with Quaid-i-Azam University for 36 years, and 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.^{[12][13][8][9][14]}

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).^{[15][16][17][18]}

Both The Economist and the BBC 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.^{[19][20][21][22]}

The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, The Stimson Center and The Atlantic Council cite Hussain's insights as part of their published compilations and reports.^{[23][24][25][26]}

He was one of 18 members on the Advisory Committee on Foreign Affairs during the Imran Khan's government.^[27]

Hussain's work appeared in The Washington Post,^[28][29] The New York Times,^[30][31][32] and his foreign policy views have been quoted by The Wall Street Journal, Reuters, The Guardian, Bloomberg, CNN, TIME, and The Atlantic.^{[33][6][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44]} His published works include: