First Young Research of the Year Award was conferred to IR Faculty Member!

Tasawar Hussain is serving as Lecturer in the Department of International Relations (IR) at National

Defense University Islamabad. Before joining NDU in September 2013, he was Lecturer in IR at University of Sargodha. He has also worked as a visiting faculty at International Islamic University and Research Associate at Area Study Center for Africa, North & South America, a teaching and research institution affiliated with Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad. In his present position, he teaches courses in the field of International Relations, and supervises research at Masters level. His research focuses on United States foreign policy, human rights and IR theory. He is a member of the Board of Studies of Department of International Relations of Iqra University Islamabad and National Defense University Islamabad. For a brief period of time, he served as Assistant Editor of Journal of Contemporary Studies published by National Defense University. Hussain is enrolled as a PhD candidate in US Studies at Quaid-i-Azam University. He received his MSc and MPhil from the Quaid-i-Azam University and topped in class of 2006-2008. His MPhil Dissertation focused on the role of US media in Iraq War 2003. In 2011, Hussain received Global Merit Scholarship from the University of Sheffield for Masters in International Studies in which he got distinction in Masters Dissertation. He is also twice winner of US State Department’s Scholarship to participate in Summer Programs first, at Salzburg Global Academy in Austria and later, at Ball State University, United States. Recently, Hussain has published in a very prestigious academic journal of NDU—Margalla Papers titled “Identity and US Foreign Policy: Political Rhetoric in Iraq War 2003”. In the recognition of his research contribution, President NDU conferred upon him the first Young Research of the Year Award. His most recent research contribution includes “Making Sense of Ideational and Discursive Factors in War Mediation through Post-Positivist Tradition in International Relations” appeared in internationally indexed Journal of South Asian Studies. Hussain has seven research publications on his credit. Hussain welcomes fruitful academic interaction falling in his area of interest.