NAME: Dr. MANSOOR AHMED

NATIONALITY: PAKISTANI

RELIGION: ISLAM

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in International Relations 2007- 2012

School of Politics and International Relations,

Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad

M.Phil in Defence and Strategic Studies 2004

Department of Defence and Strategic Studies,

Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad

M.Sc in International Relations 2001

School of Politics and International Relations,

Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad

WORK EXPERIENCE

Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad.

·  Lecturer,

Department of Defence and Strategic Studies Jan. 19, 2011 to date

Pakistan Audit and Accounts Service

(Department of the Auditor-General of Pakistan,

Islamabad).

·  Assistant-Director (HRM/Training) Jul 28, 2003 to Aug. 31, 2009

·  Deputy-Director (Audit, Defence Services) Sept. 1, 2009 to Jan. 19, 2012

PUBLICATIONS

·  Peer Reviewed

1.  “Prospects of Nuclear Terrorism: A Technical Assessment,” Regional Studies (Islamabad),Vol. 29, No.4 (Autumn, 2011).

2.  “Pakistan’s Nuclear Odyssey: A Bureaucratic Politics Perspective,” Political and Military Sociology: An Annual Review 39 (2012): pp. 61-83.

·  Non-Peer Reviewed

1.  “Security Doctrines, Technologies and Escalation Ladders: A Pakistani Perspective,” Paper presented at US-Pakistan Strategic Partnership: A Track-II Dialogue, Phuket, Thailand, September 18-19, 2011. Published by the Center for Contemporary Conflict, U.S. Naval Post-Graduate School, Monterey, California, USA.

OP EDS

1.  “Six Reasons Why Nukes Are Safe,” Weekly Pulse (Islamabad), February 21, 2008.

2.  “Why Pakistan Needs Tactical Nuclear Weapons,” Weekly Pulse, (Islamabad), May 6, 2011.

3.  “Understanding Pakistan’s Plutonium Option,” Weekly Pulse, (Islamabad), June 3, 2011.

PAPERS, PRESENTATIONS AND PARTICIPATION IN CONFERENCES

1.  “Pakistan’s Nuclear Future: Prospects and Challenges,” Paper presented at Pakistan and the Emerging Nuclear Order, (Conference organized by the Institute of Strategic Studies, Islamabad, ISSI, a joint venture among the Department of Defence and Strategic Studies, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Institute of Strategic Studies, Islamabad South Asia Strategic Stability Institute, SASSI, Islamabad, in collaboration with the Carnegie Endowment for Peace Washington, D.C. and the Stimson Centre, Washington D.C.). June 10-11, 2010.

2.  “Discrimination in Technology Influx,” Paper presented at Fissile Material Treaty: Possibility and Prospects, (Three-Day International Conference organized bythe South Asian Strategic Stability Institute, SASSI), March 20-22, 2011, Islamabad.

3.  “Security Doctrines, Technologies and Escalation Ladders: A Pakistani Perspective,” Paper presented at US-Pakistan Strategic Partnership: A Track-II Dialogue, Phuket, Thailand, September 18-19, 2011.

4.  “Military Modernization and Technological Maturation: Pakistan’s Options in the Next Decade,” Presentation made at The Next Decade of Nuclear Learning in South Asia, (Conference Organized by the U.S. Naval Post-Graduate School, Monterey, California and the U.S. Department of Energy), Bangkok, Thailand, May 21-23, 2012.

5.  2012 Seoul Nuclear Security Symposium, March 23, 2012.

6.  “South Asia Missile Transparency Conference,” (Organized by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA), Sofia (Bulgaria), Jul 25-27, 2011.

7.  “Seminar on Strategic Transparency for Retired Missiles,” (Organized by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and the Regional Centre for Strategic Studies, Colombo), April 2-5, 2012.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Nuclear Non-Proliferation; Arms Control and Disarmament; Nuclear, Missile and Strategic Weapon Systems; Pakistan’s Nuclear Programme; South Asian and Regional Nuclear Issues.

VISITING FACULTY

Department of Strategic and Nuclear Studies, National Defence University, Islamabad (September 2009-January 2011); Courses Taught: Introduction to Nuclear Technology; Role and Functions of IAEA.

LANGUAGES

Fluency: English, Urdu, Punjabi.