Kashif Hussain is Research Lead at Pakistan IT Industry Association (P@SHA). He was Stimson Center's 2021 South Asia visiting fellow. He previously worked as Research Fellow at the Strategic Studies Institute, Islamabad (SSII). He was one of Pakistan’s youth ambassadors to Turkey under the Turkey-Pakistan Youth Bridge Program in March 2015. He received a B.A. from Pakistan Military Academy, Kakul; followed by M.Sc and M.Phil degrees in International Relations from Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad. His research interests include geopolitics of South Asia, climate security & Information Technology.