Moeed Yusuf

Moeed Yusuf
Yusuf speaking to media in Islamabad
8th Pakistan National Security Advisor
In office
17 May 2021 – 10 April 2022
PresidentArif Alvi
Prime MinisterImran Khan
Preceded byHimself (as Special Assistant)
Succeeded byVacant
Special Assistant to the Prime Minister for National Security & Strategy Planning
In office
24 December 2019 – 17 May 2021
Prime MinisterImran Khan
Preceded byNasser Khan Janjua
Personal details
BornPakistan[citation needed]
EducationPolitical science
Alma materBoston 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

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He holds Bachelor of Business Administration from Shorter College; Masters and Doctor of Philosophy degrees from Boston University.[4]

Career

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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

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  • 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

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  1. ^ University, Beaconhouse National. "Beaconhouse". www.bnu.edu.pk.
  2. ^ a b c "Chairperson SPPC Bio". National Security Division.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ a b "Moeed W. Yusuf SAPM on National Security & Strategic Policy Planning".
  4. ^ "Moeed Yusuf | The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future". www.bu.edu.
  5. ^ "Moeed appointed planning cell chief". Dawn. September 26, 2019.
  6. ^ "PM appoints Dr Moeed Yusuf as special assistant on national security". The Express Tribune. December 24, 2019.
  7. ^ "USIP dismisses false claims against Dr Moeed Yusuf". Business Recorder. October 4, 2019.
  8. ^ "Book Review: Brokering peace in nuclear environments". The Express Tribune. September 12, 2018.
  9. ^ 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.