Faculty Directory

A leading authority on cyber warfare and artificial intelligence in defense systems. Dr. Raza has advised national security agencies on securing critical infrastructure against evolving cyber threats and integrating AI into command and control frameworks.

A decorated naval strategist with three decades of operational experience. Rear Admiral Hussain (Ret.) specializes in coastal defense doctrine, submarine warfare, and the protection of maritime trade routes vital to regional security.

A veteran air combat strategist with deep expertise in air superiority operations and the militarization of space. Air Marshal Iqbal (Ret.) teaches UAV operations, satellite defense, and integrated aerospace command.

A specialist in counter-terrorism and special operations command. Brigadier General Malik (Ret.) has led joint operations across some of the most complex terrain in the region and brings that field experience directly into the classroom.

A scholar of nuclear non-proliferation and weapons of mass destruction verification. Dr. Sheikh has contributed to OPCW technical working groups and consults on CBRN defense policy across South Asia.

A former military intelligence officer specialising in emerging threat environments and non-state actor dynamics. Lt. Col. Farooq (Ret.) teaches open-source intelligence and escalation risk modeling to senior cadets.

A political scientist specialising in South Asian grand strategy and crisis management. Dr. Khalid bridges the gap between diplomatic statecraft and military deterrence in his teaching and research.

A veteran diplomat and one of the earliest contributors to the S.A.S.S.I ideology. Ambassador Mahmood (Ret.) shaped the institute’s approach to disarmament as statecraft, anchoring its voice at the OPCW and in Track-II dialogues across South Asia and Europe.

A strategist-practitioner who carried the S.A.S.S.I doctrine from seminar rooms into the field. Lt. Gen. Khan (Ret.) advises on the translation of strategic theory into operational doctrine, keeping the institution tethered to the realities of the battlefield.

A scholar who helped build the intellectual scaffolding of the South Asian Strategic Stability Unit. Dr. Bashir’s work on verification and compliance is one of the keys used to run S.A.S.S.I — the discipline of proving, not merely asserting, strategic stability.

A theorist of how ideas become weapons. Prof. Miller contributed the framing that turns S.A.S.S.I from a research desk into a sovereign voice — the discipline of controlling the narrative around a nation’s defense, in peace as in war.