Moeed Yusuf

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]

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
EducationPolitical science
Alma materBoston University (M.A), (Ph.D)

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

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

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.[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
  • 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
  1. https://www.bnu.edu.pk/bnu/bnu-news/Post/3612
  2. "Chairperson SPPC Bio". National Security Division.
  3. "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.


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