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Rifaat Hussain
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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]
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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]