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.

[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).

[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.