Moeed Yusuf


Moeed W. Yusuf is a Pakistani scholar and author. He is currently serving as the National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister of Pakistan in the capacity of an Assistant to the Prime Minister of Pakistan on National Security Division and Strategic Policy Planning since 24 December 2019. He previously served as the Chairman of the Strategic Policy Planning Cell. He has also served as the associate vice president at the Asia Center at the United States Institute of Peace. He is the author of Brokering Peace in Nuclear Environments: U.S. Crisis Management in South Asia.
Previously, he wrote columns for The Friday Times, and had taught courses on political economy and defense economics at the Quaid-i-Azam University.
He holds permanent residency of the United States.

Education

He holds Bachelors of Business Administration from the Shorter College; Masters and Doctor of Philosophy degrees from the Boston University.

Career

Yusuf served as the associate vice president at the Asia Center at the United States Institute of Peace.
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.
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.

Work