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Rifaat Hussain
Pakistani political scientist (1952–2025) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Rifaat Hussain (Urdu: سید رفعت حسین;[1] 1 April 1952 – 7 March 2025) was a Pakistani political scientist, defence analyst and television personality whose career spanned over four decades.[2][3][4][5][6][7] He was professor and consultant in the Department of Government Policy and Public Administration at Pakistan's National University of Sciences and Technology.[8][9]

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Hussain earned his M.A. and Ph.D. from The Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver, United States.[7] 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).[10][11][12][13] The New York Times Magazine described Hussain as a "leading Pakistani foreign policy thinker."[14]
Hussain's work appeared in The Washington Post,[15][16] The New York Times,[17][18][19] and his foreign policy views have been quoted by The Wall Street Journal, Reuters, The Guardian, Bloomberg, CNN, TIME, and The Atlantic.[20][6][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31]
Both The Economist and the BBC 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.[32][33][34][35] The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, The Stimson Center and The Atlantic Council cite Hussain's insights as part of their published compilations and reports.[36][37][38][39]
Hussain held associations with Quaid-i-Azam University for 36 years, and 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.[40][41][8][9][42]
He was one of 18 members on the Advisory Committee on Foreign Affairs during Imran Khan's government.[43] Hussain died on 7 March 2025, at the age of 72.[44]
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