Dr. Moeed W. Yusuf

Dr. Moeed W. Yusuf is a distinguished national security scholar, administrator, and Director at the Institute of Peace and Connectivity. He served as Pakistan’s ninth National Security Adviser to the Prime Minister from May 2021 to April 2022, having previously served as Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on the National Security Division and Strategic Policy Planning. Before entering government, he was Associate Vice President for Asia at the United States Institute of Peace in Washington DC, a Fellow at Boston University’s Pardee Center, and a Research Fellow at the Mossavar-Rahmani Center at Harvard University’s Kennedy School.

He has taught Political Science and International Relations at Boston University, George Washington University, LUMS, and Quaid-e-Azam University. He holds Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Doctoral degrees from Boston University and currently serves as the third Vice Chancellor of Beaconhouse National University.