Rifaat Hussain Explained

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]

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).[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] [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] [41]

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Department of Defence and Strategic Studies | Teaching & Research Methodology Skills Workshop for Teaching Faculty & PhD Students, in collaboration with LI Div HEC, August, 15-18, 2009.
  2. Web site: Department of Defence and Strategic Studies | M.Phil – Researches.
  3. Web site: Dr. Syed Rifaat Hussain – Jinnah Institute.
  4. Web site: U.S. Wants to Eye Pakistan Nukes. www.washingtonpost.com.
  5. Web site: Pakistani 'in a Tight Spot' Over Kashmir . Pamela . Constable . Pamela Constable . 29 May 2001. www.washingtonpost.com.
  6. Web site: Dr. Syed Rifaat Hussain .
  7. Web site: Dr. Syed Rifaat Hussain . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20200627060726/http://www.nust.edu.pk/INSTITUTIONS/Schools/S3H/Departments/GNPP/faculty/Pages/Dr--Syed-Rifaat-Hussain.aspx . 2020-06-27 . 2020-06-24.
  8. Web site: Archived copy . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20200627025117/http://www.nust.edu.pk/INSTITUTIONS/Schools/S3H/Departments/GNPP/faculty/Pages/default.aspx . 2020-06-27 . 2020-06-24.
  9. Hussain . Rifaat . May 2013 . FSI | CISAC - Pakistan's Foreign Policy Calibration . The Jinnah Institute.
  10. Web site: Syed Rifaat Hussain | Fulbright Scholar Program . www.cies.org.
  11. Web site: Former Executive Directors . Regional Centre for Strategic Studies.
  12. http://www.rcss.org/bio/Prof.%20Syed%20Riffat%20Hussain%20-%20Bio.pdf
  13. News: Palmer . Alex W. . 7 July 2021 . The Man Behind China's Aggressive New Voice . The New York Times.
  14. Web site: PAKISTAN: STATING ITS CASE . www.washingtonpost.com.
  15. Web site: BALANCE OF POWER IN SOUTH ASIA . www.washingtonpost.com.
  16. News: 25 February 1995 . Opinion | Credit Bhutto for Transforming Pakistan . The New York Times.
  17. News: 21 January 1995 . Opinion | Pakistani Technology . The New York Times.
  18. News: 16 February 1996 . Opinion | Pakistan Didn't Buy Nuclear Arms Parts . The New York Times.
  19. Web site: Constable . Pamela . 3 September 2013 . Pakistan says nuclear controls are firmly in place . www.washingtonpost.com.
  20. News: Frantz . Douglas . 14 December 2001 . A NATION CHALLENGED: ALONG THE BORDER; Where Smugglers Once Roamed, Toothpaste Hardly Squeezes Through . The New York Times.
  21. News: Walsh . Declan . 10 November 2005 . US uneasy as Beijing develops a strategic string of pearls . The Guardian . www.theguardian.com.
  22. Web site: 21 December 2014 . Pakistan dares to ask: will school attack finally end myth of the 'good Taliban'? . the Guardian.
  23. News: London . Saeed Shah in Islamabad, Pakistan, and Benoit Faucon in . 30 September 2018 . Pakistan Pursues Saudis in Bid to Avoid More China Debt . Wall Street Journal . www.wsj.com.
  24. News: 21 January 2021 . India Starts Donating Covid-19 Vaccines to Neighboring Countries . Wall Street Journal.
  25. News: 18 October 2019 . Prince William and wife Kate leave Pakistan, day after aborted flight . Reuters.
  26. News: 7 October 2002 . Pakistan's Election Won't be Perfect, but It May Help . Bloomberg.com.
  27. News: 16 November 2001 . The Rush of Victory . Bloomberg.com.
  28. Web site: 2001-10-19 . CNN.com - Rodgers: Troops hit the ground - October 19, 2001 . 2022-06-10 . Edition.cnn.com.
  29. Web site: 13 July 2009 . The Disgruntled Youth of Refugee Camps . The Atlantic.
  30. 4 July 2005 . War at the Top of the World . Time.
  31. News: 20 May 1999 . The most dangerous place on earth? . The Economist.
  32. News: 11 February 2012 . Too close for comfort . The Economist.
  33. News: 4 October 2010 . Analysis: Why Nato's tankers are so vulnerable . BBC News.
  34. News: 14 June 2002 . War and terrorism . The Economist.
  35. Web site: Pakistan's Nuclear Use Doctrine .
  36. https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/ACUS-Report-on-Pakistan.pdf
  37. https://www.stimson.org/wp-content/files/file-attachments/preface_1.pdf
  38. https://www.stimson.org/wp-content/files/file-attachments/nrrcsouthasia.pdf
  39. Web site: Department of Defence and Strategic Studies | M.Phil – Researches .
  40. Web site: Dr. Syed Rifaat Hussain – Jinnah Institute .
  41. Web site: Nust Rankings | Nust .
  42. Web site: 28 December 2018 . PM forms 18-member advisory council on foreign policy | Pakistan Today . www.pakistantoday.com.pk.

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