Moeed Yusuf
Moeed Yusuf | |
|---|---|
 Yusuf speaking to media in Islamabad | |
| 9th Pakistan National Security Advisor | |
| Assumed office 17 May 2021 | |
| President | Arif Alvi |
| Prime Minister | Imran Khan |
| Preceded by | Himself (as Special Assistant) |
| Special Assistant to the Prime Minister for National Security | |
| In office 24 December 2019 – 17 May 2021 | |
| Prime Minister | Imran Khan |
| Preceded by | Nasser Khan Janjua |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Pakistan |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Education | Political science |
| Alma mater | Boston University (M.A), (Ph.D) |
Moeed W. Yusuf is a Pakistani national security scholar who is currently serving 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 National Security Division and Strategic Policy Planning from 24 December 2019 to 16 May 2021.[1]
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.[2]
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.[2]
Education[]
He holds Bachelors of Business Administration from Shorter College[disambiguation needed]; Masters and Doctor of Philosophy degrees from Boston University.[3]
Career[]
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.[4]
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.[5]
Yusuf served as the associate vice president at the Asia Center at the United States Institute of Peace.[6]
Books[]
- Brokering Peace in Nuclear Environments: US Crisis Management in South Asia (2018)[7]
- 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)[1]
- Getting it Right in Afghanistan (co-edited) (2013)[1]
References[]
- ^ a b c "Chairperson SPPC Bio". National Security Division.
- ^ a b "Moeed W. Yusuf SAPM on National Security & Strategic Policy Planning".
- ^ https://www.bu.edu/pardee/community/moeed-yusuf/
- ^ "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.
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