Rifaat Hussain

Dr. Rifaat Hussain
Born	Syed Rifaat Hussain (1953-01-09) 9 January 1953 Sargodha District, Pakistan
Occupation	Professor, analyst and anchor
Spouse(s)	Sammia Rifaat

Rifaat Hussain (born January 9, 1953) is a professor, analyst, television personality, former anchor and radio personality who served at Quaid-i-Azam University^[1] for 36 years.^[2] From 2003–2005, he had been serving at the National Defense University, Islamabad after rejoining in 2012. Rifaat Hussain served as the executive director at Regional Centre for Strategic Studies (RCSS) from 2005–2008 in Colombo, Sri Lanka.^[3][4]

He also hosted famous talk shows "Saweray Saweray" and "News Night", both on PTV and "Insight with Dr. Rifaat Hussain" on News One for four months.^[5][6] In addition, Rifaat Hussain had been serving as a visiting professor at the Center for International Security and Cooperation at Stanford University. He is one of the leading professors and analysts in Pakistan. He was a visiting professor at CISAC, Stanford University for the 2012–2013 academic year.^[3] In late 2013, Rifaat Hussain hosted his own radio show "Nuqta-E-Nazar" on Radio Pakistan for two months. He is currently a professor and chairman in the Department of Government Policy and Public Administration at Pakistan's National University of Sciences and Technology. He is also a visiting professor at the Foreign Service Academy.

Personal life

Hussain was born in Sargodha, Pakistan. He is married to Sammia Rifaat^[7] and has three sons Hamzah, Hannan and Haider.

Career

He holds an M.A. and a PhD in International Studies from University of Denver, Colorado. He specialises in international relations and foreign policy, defence and strategic studies, political science and international security and armed conflict.

International and national publications

Hussain has contributed over 100 articles both, nationally and internationally, including:

Rifaat Hussain at the Shangri-La Dialogue in 2012

• Current Developments in Iraq and Future Dispensation^[8]
• Responding to Terrorist Threat: Perspectives from Saudi Arabia and Pakistan^[9]
• Nuclear Doctrines in South Asia^[10]
• Pakistan's Relations with Afghanistan: Continuity & Change^[11]
• (Co-author), Afghanistan and 9/11: The Anatomy of a Conflict.^[12]
• From Dependence to Intervention: Soviet-Afghan Relations During the Brezhnev Era (1964–1982)^[12]
• (Co-Editor), Pakistan's Foreign Policy: A Reader, 2 Volumes^[12]
• (Co-author), Pakistan's Foreign Policy: A Research Guide^[12]
• "Available solutions and proposals for resolving the Kashmir Dispute," National Development and Security (Winter 2004): 1–32.^[12]
• "Pakistan's relations with Azad Kashmir," in Rafique Dossani and Henry Rowen, eds. Prospects for Peace and Security in South Asia (Stanford: Stanford University Press, forthcoming): 111–155.^[12][13]
• "Missile Race in South Asia: the way forward," South Asian Survey (July/December 2004), forthcoming^[12]
• "Indo-US Ties: Implications for Pakistan," MARGALLA PAPERS (2004):114–133.^[12]
• "War Against Terrorism: Pakistani Perspective," IPRI Journal (Winter 2004): 30–48.^[12]
• "Missile race in South Asia," South Asian Journal (January–March 2004): 72–84^[12]
• "Pakistan's relations with Azad Kashmir," Regional Studies Vol. XXI, No. 4 (Autumn 2003), pp. 82–97.^[12]
• "Pakistan's relations with Afghanistan: Continuity and Change, Strategic Studies (Winter 2002), pp. 43–75.^[12]
• "Thinking about Nuclear Use and "No First Use", National Development and Security, (Winter 2001/02), pp. 1–14.^[12]
• "Politics of Terrorism and Global Implications," MARGALLA PAPERS 2001:International Terrorism (Islamabad: National Defence College, 2001), pp. 31–45.^[12]
• "Pakistan's Security Policy in the 1990s with Special Reference to Relations with India, China and Central Asia," in Nobuko Nagasaki, Ed. The Nation-State and Transnational Forces in South Asia: Research Project: Institutions, Network and Forces of Changes in Contemporary South Asia (Tokyo: Japanese Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture, 2001), pp: 213–240.^[12]
• "Prospects for Peace between India and Pakistan," National Development And Security (Spring 2001), pp. 1–14.^[12]
• "SAARC As a Vehicle for Peace in South Asia," in Dr. S.M. Rahman, ed. SAARC In The New Millennium (Rawalpindi: Foundation for Research on International Environment, National Development and Security, 2001), pp. 191–200.^[12]
• "Foundations of Conflict Resolution," in Moonis Ahmar and Farhan Hanif Siddiqi, Eds. The Challenges of Conflict Resolution And Security In 21st Century: Problems and Prospects (Karachi: Department of International Relations, University of Karachi, 2001), pp. 6–12.^[12]
• "Democratic Transitions and the Role of Islam in Asia: Perspective from Pakistan," in Douglas E. Ramage, Ed. Asian Perspectives Seminar: Democratic Transitions and the Role of Islam in Asia, 18 October 2000 (Washington, D.C.: 2000), pp. 13–29.^[12]
• "The Imperative of Dialogue among Civilizations," National Development and Security (Summer 2000), pp. 23–30.^[12]
• "International Response to South Asia's Nuclearization," Strategic Issues (March 2000), pp. 12–22.^[12]
• "Nuclear Command/Control and Deterrence Stability," Strategic Issues (March 2000), pp. 98–109^[12]
• "Pakistan and Central Asia" in Ijaz Khan and Nasreen Ghufran, Eds. Pakistan's Foreign Policy Regional Perspective: A Critique (Peshawar: Department of International Relations, Peshawar University, 1999), pp. 81–91.^[12]
• "Quaid-I-Azam and Pakistan's Foreign Policy," in Dr. Riaz Ahmad, Ed. Pakistani Scholars on Quaid-I-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah (Islamabad, Quaid-I-Azam University Islamabad, 1999), pp. 400–409.^[12]
• "India-Pakistan Ties: A Cooperative Security Framework," in Saeed Shafqat, Ed. Contemporary Issues in Pakistan Studies (Lahore: Azad Enterprises, 1998), pp. 179–187.^[12]
• "Pakistan and Central Asia," Central Asia (Sweden), No. 2. (8) 1997, pp. 67–76.^[12]
• "Pakistan and Central Asia," in David O. Smith, Ed. From Containment to Stability: Pakistan United States Relations in the Post-Cold War Era (Washington, D.C.: National Defense University, 1993), pp. 191–216.^[12]
• "Moving Towards Peace in the Middle East" Strategic Studies (Spring/Summer 1993), pp. 38–51.^[12]
• "Ideology versus Pragmatism: China's Response to the New World Order" Strategic Studies (Autumn 1992), pp. 41–61.^[12]
• "The Future of Non-Aligned Movement and Its Implications for Pakistan" Strategic Studies (Summer 1992), pp. 43–52.^[12]
• "The Political Economy of Pakistan's Relations with Central Asia with special reference to ECO" Iranian Journal of International Affairs (July/August 1992), pp. 234–253.^[12]
• "The Ashkabad Summit," Strategic Perspectives No. 3 (1992): 47–53.^[12]
• "Quaid-I-Azam and Pakistan's Foreign Policy" Pakistan Journal of History and Culture (Winter 1991), pp. 138–147.^[12]
• "China: Keeping the socialist faith," Strategic Perspectives No. 2 (Autumn 1991): 28–34.^[12]
• "The Soviet Response to the Pakistan Resolution: An Evaluation" in Kaneez F. Yousaf, Ed. The Pakistan Movement Revisited (Islamabad: National Institute of Historical and Cultural Research, 1990), pp. 531–545.^[12]
• "The Superpower and Major Power Rivalry in South Asia: The United States, the Soviet Union, India and China" in Lawrence Ziring and David G. Dickson, Eds. Asian Security Issues: National Systems and International Relations (Kalamazoo: Department of Government, Michigan University, 1988), pp. 143–163.^[12]
• "Pakistan-American Relations in Soviet Perspective: An Evaluation" in Leo Rose and Kamal Matinuddin, Eds. Beyond Afghanistan: The Emerging US-Pakistan Relations (Berkeley: University of California, 1989), pp. 302–326.^[12]
• "American Intervention in the Middle East: Case Study of Lebanon, 1958" Strategic Studies (Spring 1990), pp. 72–92.^[12]
• "Superpower Intervention in the Middle East: A Case Study of the U.S. Intervention in Syria, 1957" Strategic Studies (Summer 1989), pp. 38–57.^[12]
• "The Political Economy of Soviet-Afghan Relations in the Brezhnev Era" Strategic Studies (Spring 1988), pp. 47–60.^[12]
• "Superpower and Major Power Rivalry in South Asia: U.S., U.S.S.R, China and India" Strategic Studies (Autumn 1988), pp. 16–37.^[12]
• "Soviet-Afghan Relations, 1919–1947" Journal of Central Asia (December 1987), pp. 193–208.^[12]
• "Pak-Soviet Relations since 1947: A Dissenting Appraisal" Strategic Studies (Spring 1987), pp. 64–88.^[12]
• "Lenin and Materialist Epistemology" Journal of European Studies (Summer 1986), pp. 21–42.^[12]
• "Superpower Rivalry and the World System Theory" Pakistan Journal of American Studies (September 1986), pp. 32–57.^[12]
• "Pak-Soviet Relations: An Appraisal" Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences (1985–1986), pp. 75–96.^[12]
• "Modernization, Forces of Production and Class Struggle: Alternative Perspectives on Socialist Construction in the Developing Countries" Journal of European Studies (Spring 1985), pp. 97–123.^[12]
• "A Dependency Perspective on Soviet-Afghan Relations in the Brezhnev Era" Regional Studies (Spring 1985), pp. 38–51.^[12]
• "Soviet Intervention: Case of Strategic Surprise or the US Inaction in Afghanistan" Regional Studies (1983), pp. 28–33.^[12]
• "Values and Facts in Social Science: A Critique of Logical Positivism" Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences (December 1983), pp. 24–37.^[12]
• "The World Order Model Project: An Evaluation" Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences (July–August 1980), 76–92.^[12]
• "Soviet-American Détente: Theory and Reality" Strategic Studies (December 1977), pp. 22–42.
• "Crisis in a Political System: Case Study of Pakistan's Crisis of 1971"SIRIUS (Spring 1975), pp. 33–40.^[12]
• "Tapping SAARC's potential for peace," The Gulf News 3 January 2004.^[12]
• "Reaching for Peace: What is behind India-Pakistan thaw," San Jose Mercury News 11 May 2003^[12]
• "Paying the Price: Pakistan's failed Afghan Policy" Dawn 16 March 2003^[12]
• "Between War and Peace" Dawn 3 January 2002.^[12]
• "Pakistan's Hobson's Choice," Dawn 10 October 2001.^[12]
• "Pakistan walks a tightrope," Jane Defense Weekly 24 October 2001. p. 23^[12]
• "The Emerging US grand strategy," The News February 2001.^[12]
• "From MAD to NMD" The News 28 January 2001^[12]
• "Key Issue of Kashmir," The News 7 August 2000.^[12]
• "India-Pakistan Peace Prospects," The News 31 July 2000^[12]
• "China's response to US missile defense," The News 23 July 2000.^[12]
• "Testing Times for NMD," The News 16 July 2000.^[12]
• "Chinese concerns about Afghanistan," The News 9 July 2000.^[12]
• "Farooq's Autonomy Gamble," The News 2 July 2000.^[12]
• "China's nuclear deterrence," The News 25 June 2000.^[12]
• The deal that never was," The News (1 August 1999).^[12]
• "The trust factor in South Asia," The News (25 July 1999).^[12]
• "A diplomatic failure," The News (18 July 1999).^[12]
• "From Lahore to Kargil," The News {Sunday Edition} (11 July 1999).^[12]
• "Implications of the July 4 deal," The News (11 July 1999).^[12]
• "A readable account of history" The News (4 July 1999).^[12]

References

• Chairperson (2008–2012) Rifaat Hussain, Defence & Strategic Studies (DSS) Department
• Article by Rifaat Hussain, http://www.ips.org.pk/international-relation/the-muslim-world/current-situation-in-the-middle-east-/1294-current-developments-in-iraq-and-future-dispensation.html
• Stanford University Rifaat Hussain profile, http://fsi.stanford.edu/people/4793
• AwazToday, http://www.awaztoday.com/profile_Dr-Syed-Riffat-Hussain_408.aspx
• Biography, http://sochtapakistan.com/dr-riffat-hussain/
• Hosted television show, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JRla27E0Fg