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Ejaz Hussain

Ejaz Hussain completed his master’s in International Relations from Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU), Islamabad, in 2003. He earned another master’s in Asian Studies from Lund University, Sweden, in 2006, and obtained his Ph.D. in Political Science from Heidelberg University, Germany, in 2010. He also completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley, USA, in 2017. Dr. Hussain has authored and edited two books and published numerous research articles in peer-reviewed journals, including the Journal of Asian Security and International Affairs. He has also taught at several universities, including COMSATS University Islamabad, Forman Christian College University (FCCU, Lahore), where he is an alumnus, Iqra University, Islamabad, and Shanghai International Studies University, China.

Dr. Hussain has been recognized as a fellow by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), Fudan Development Institute (FDDI, China), and the Fulbright Program (USA). His commentaries have appeared in prominent media outlets such as BBC, China Daily, CGTN, Global Times, South China Morning Post, Bloomberg, Express Tribune, The Friday Times, Daily Times, and The News.  Since 2022, Dr. Ejaz Hussain has been serving as an Associate Professor in the Department of Social Sciences at the Lahore School of Economics. His core areas of interest include comparative politics, foreign policy analysis, Belt & Road studies, governance and federalism, and climate crisis and public policy.

ORCID iD  

0000-0003-3117-1649

 

Media Outreach

Dr. Ejaz Hussain’s media contributions can be accessed as follow:

CV

  1. Hussain, E., Rao, M. F., Najeeb, S., & Zulfiqar, S. (2025). China–Pakistan Economic Corridor: Reappraising development and security in Gwadar. The China Review. (Accepted)
  2. Hussain, E. (2025). An analysis of contemporary China–Pakistan relations. The Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs. (Accepted)
  3. Hussain, E., & Jahanzaib, M. (2025). Russia–Pakistan relations in the contemporary context: Geo-economic opportunities and strategic constraints. Journal of World Affairs, 1(2), 165–183. https://doi.org/10.1177/29769442251350920
  4. Ullah, Z., & Hussain, E. (2024). US–Afghanistan relations post-withdrawal: Is there a future? Journal of Asian Security and International Affairs, 11(3), 365–382. https://doi.org/10.1177/23477970241265740
  5. Ahmed, H., Jallat, H., Hussain, E., Saqib, N. U., Saqib, Z., Khokhar, M. F., & Khan, W. R. (2023). Quantitative assessment of deforestation and degradation and its causes in Himalayan National Park: Employing Landsat data and socio-economic survey. Forests, 14(2), 201. https://doi.org/10.3390/f14020201
  6. Hussain, E. (2022). Taliban 2.0 and Afghanistan–Pakistan relations. Journal of Asian Security and International Affairs, 9(3), 375–392. https://doi.org/10.1177/23477970221130546
  7. Hussain, E. (2021). The Belt and Road Initiative and the Middle Corridor: Complementarity or competition? Insight Turkey, 23(3), 233–250. https://doi.org/10.25253/99.2021233.12
  8. Hussain, E., & Rao, M. F. (2020). China–Pakistan economic cooperation: The case of special economic zones. Fudan Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences, 13(4), 453–472. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40647-020-00292-5
  9. Malik, A., Hussain, E., Baig, S., & Khokhar, M. F. (2021). Forecasting CO? emissions from energy consumption in Pakistan under different scenarios: The China–Pakistan Economic Corridor. Greenhouse Gases: Science and Technology, 11(5), 745–761. https://doi.org/10.1002/ghg.1968
  10. Hussain, E. (2020). CPEC and the Belt and Road Initiative: Economic implications for the Greater Middle East. Asian Journal of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, 14(1), 35–50. https://doi.org/10.1080/25765949.2020.1728970
  11. Hussain, E. (2019). India–Pakistan: Challenges and opportunities. Journal of Asian Security and International Affairs, 6(1), 82–95. https://doi.org/10.1177/2347797018823964
  12. Hussain, E. (2019). CPEC: Governance and security challenges—Implications for the Belt and Road Initiative. Chinese Political Science Review, 4(1), 135–147. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41111-018-0109-z
  13. Hussain, E. (2018). Failure to understand military intervention in Pakistan: A rejoinder. Armed Forces & Society, 44(2), 368–378. https://doi.org/10.1177/0095327X17720941
  14. Hussain, E. (2017). China–Pakistan Economic Corridor: Will it sustain itself? Fudan Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences, 10(2), 145–159. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40647-016-0143-x
  15. Hussain, E. (2019). Will change in government affect China–Pakistan Economic Corridor? Chinese Journal of International Review, 1(2), 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1142/S2630531319500045
  16. Hussain, E. (2015). India–Pakistan relations: A rational choice perspective. Asian Studies: Jahangirnagar University Journal of Government and Politics, 34(1), 67–80. https://juniv.edu/journal/11382/file
  17. Hussain, E., & Jahanzaib, M. (2015). Afghanistan: The Western withdrawal and its implications for security and economy. Heidelberg Papers in South Asian and Comparative Politics, 76. https://doi.org/10.11588/hpsap.2015.77.216
  18. Hussain, E. (2015). Pakistan and India: Is peace possible? E-International Relations. http://www.e-ir.info/2015/12/02/pakistan-and-india-is-peace-possible/
  19. Hussain, E., & Khan, A. (2015). Civil–military relations in Pakistan: The case of Balochistan. Asian Studies: Jahangirnagar University Journal of Government and Politics, 33(1), 11–24. https://juniv.edu/journal/11381/file
  20. Hussain, E. (2012). Pakistan: Civil–military relations in a post-colonial state. PCD Journal, 4(1–2), 113–146. https://doi.org/10.22146/pcd.2577

 

Books

 

Book Chapters

  1. Hussain, E. (2025). The military at a political crossroad? Pakistan 2018–present. In A. Ranjan & I. Talbot (Eds.), Challenge, continuity and change in Pakistan. Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/Challenge-Continuity-and-Change-in-Pakistan/Ranjan-Talbot/p/book/9781032993645
  2. Hussain, E. (2022). The military and foreign policy in Pakistan: An analysis. In G. Ali (Ed.), Pakistan’s foreign policy: Contemporary developments and dynamics (Chap. 4). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003250920
  3. Hussain, E. (2022). The Belt and Road Initiative, the Middle Corridor and Turkey’s Asia policy: An analysis. In O. Anas (Ed.), Turkey’s Asia relations (pp. 209–226). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-93515-3_10
  4. Hussain, E. (2024). The impact of military agency on politics and state in Pakistan. In S. Al-Arian (Ed.), The quest for democracy: Examining civil-military relations in Muslim societies. Zaim University Press. https://www.izu.edu.tr/docs/default-source/default-document-library/62---the-quest-for-democracy2-(2).pdf?sfvrsn=e382a50a_0
  5. Hussain, E. (2020). Duality, dynamism and deterioration: Civil–military relations and governance in contemporary Pakistan. In G. Ali & E. Hussain (Eds.), Perspectives on contemporary Pakistan: Governance, development and environment (pp. 73–90). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003007784-6
  6. Hussain, E. (2016). China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC): Challenges, opportunities and strategies. In X. Li (Ed.), China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (pp. 121–138). Beijing Publishing House.
  7. Hussain, E. (2009). Politics and foreign policy in Pakistan. In J. Schöttli & S. O. Wolf (Eds.), State and foreign policy in South Asia (pp. 271–301). Samskriti.

 

Book Reviews

  • Hussain, E. (2024). Review of Afghanistan: Long war, forgotten peace (M. Cox, Ed.). Journal of Asian Security and International Affairs, 11(1), 153–155. https://doi.org/10.1177/23477970231176624
  • Hussain, E. (2023). Review of Theories of comparative politics: The search for a paradigm reconsidered (2nd ed.), by R. H. Chilcote. National Dynamics, 2(2). Fudan Development Institute, Fudan University, China.
  • Hussain, E. (2018). Review of Faith, unity, discipline: The ISI of Pakistan, by H. G. Kiessling. Journal of Asian Security and International Affairs, 5(3), 331–334. https://doi.org/10.1177/2347797018799891

 

Booklet

Hussain, E. (2018). China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). Institute for Research & Dialogue, International Islamic University, Islamabad. https://ird.iiu.edu.pk/product/china-pakistan-economic-corridor-cpec/