ZAHID HUSSAIN is an award winning journalist and author. He is a
former correspondent for The Times of London and The Wall Street Journal. He
also has covered Pakistan and Afghanistan for several other international
publications, including Newsweek, Associated Press, The Economist and
India Today. He is regular columnist for Dawn, Pakistan’s leading English
language newspaper.
Hussain was Pakistan scholar at Woodrow Wilson International Centre
for Scholar. Washington. D.C (2011-2012). He has also been a visiting fellow at
Wolfson College, University of Cambridge (1999) and at Henry Stimson Center.
Washington. D.C (1994).
Hussain has authored three books: Frontline Pakistan: The
struggle with militant Islam (2007- Columbia university press, I.B Taurus and
Penguin) and The Scorpion’s Tail: The relentless rise of Islamic militants
in Pakistan (2010. Simonand Schuster. New York). The books have won
widespread acclaim as seminal texts on the subject. Frontline Pakistan was
declared book of the year (2007) by the Wall Street Journal.
His latest book is “ No Win War-The paradox of US-Pakistan relations
under Afghanistan shadow{ 2021 Oxford University Press}
Hussain has also contributed chapters in several books including “
Deliberate nuclear ambiguity” in the book “Pakistan and nuclear bomb”. Notre
Dame University Press (1999) and “Battling militancy” in the book
“Pakistan-Beyond crisis state.” Oxford University
Press (2011).
He has published number of research papers for various international
think tanks on subjects related to regional conflicts, terrorism and
geopolitics.
He has worked as consultant to World Bank and Department for
International Development (DFID).
He regularly participates in international conferences and
seminars.
Hussain appears regularly as a commentator on various national and
international radio and TV channels including BBC and CNN, Al Jazeera.