Moeed Yusuf
Moeed Yusuf | |
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8th Pakistan National Security Advisor | |
In office 17 May 2021 – 10 April 2022 | |
President | Arif Alvi |
Prime Minister | Imran Khan |
Preceded by | Himself (as Special Assistant) |
Succeeded by | Vacant |
Special Assistant to the Prime Minister for National Security & Strategy Planning | |
In office 24 December 2019 – 17 May 2021 | |
Prime Minister | Imran Khan |
Preceded by | Nasser Khan Janjua |
Personal details | |
Born | Pakistan[citation needed] |
Education | Political science |
Alma mater | Boston University (M.A), (Ph.D) |
Moeed W. Yusuf is a Pakistani national security scholar and administrator who is currently serving as the 3rd vice-chancellor of the Beaconhouse National University.[1] Previously, served as the 9th National Security Adviser to the Prime Minister of Pakistan. Previously he served in the capacity of a Special Assistant to the Prime Minister of Pakistan on the National Security Division and Strategic Policy Planning from 24 December 2019 to 16 May 2021.[2]
Before joining the government, Yusuf was the Associate Vice President for Asia at the Institute of Peace in Washington, D.C., and previously a Fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future at the Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, and a Research Fellow at the Mossavar-Rahmani Center at Harvard University's Kennedy School.[3]
Yusuf has taught Political Science/International Relations at Boston University, George Washington University, the Lahore University of Management Sciences, and the Quaid-e-Azam University.[3]
Education
[edit]He holds Bachelor of Business Administration from Shorter College; Masters and Doctor of Philosophy degrees from Boston University.[4]
Career
[edit]On 25 September 2019, he was appointed as Chairperson of Pakistan's Strategic Policy Planning Cell under National Security Division for a two-year period.[5]
On 24 December 2019, he was appointed as the Special Assistant to the Prime Minister of Pakistan on National Security Division and Strategic Policy Planning.[6]
Yusuf served as the associate vice president at the Asia Center at the United States Institute of Peace.[7]
Bibliography
[edit]- Brokering Peace in Nuclear Environments: US Crisis Management in South Asia (2018)[8][9]
- Pakistan's Counter-terrorism Challenge (Editor) (2014)
- Insurgency and Counterinsurgency in South Asia: From a Peacebuilding Lens (Editor) (2014)
- South Asia 2060: Envisioning Regional Futures (co-edited) (2013)[2]
- Getting it Right in Afghanistan (co-edited) (2013)[2]
References
[edit]- ^ https://www.bnu.edu.pk/bnu/bnu-news/Post/3612
- ^ a b c "Chairperson SPPC Bio". National Security Division.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b "Moeed W. Yusuf SAPM on National Security & Strategic Policy Planning".
- ^ "Moeed Yusuf | The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future". www.bu.edu.
- ^ "Moeed appointed planning cell chief". Dawn. September 26, 2019.
- ^ "PM appoints Dr Moeed Yusuf as special assistant on national security". The Express Tribune. December 24, 2019.
- ^ "USIP dismisses false claims against Dr Moeed Yusuf". Business Recorder. October 4, 2019.
- ^ "Book Review: Brokering peace in nuclear environments". The Express Tribune. September 12, 2018.
- ^ Sahadevan, P. (January 24, 2020). "Book Review: Moeed Yusuf, Brokering Peace in Nuclear Environments: U.S. Crisis Management in South Asia". International Studies. 57 (1): 79–83. doi:10.1177/0020881719885527 – via CrossRef.