Moeed Yusuf is a political scientist. He is currently Associate Vice President of Asia programs at the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington, D.C. He focuses on Pakistan/South Asian foreign policy issues, regional peace and conflict dynamics in South Asia, and on U.S. relations with South Asian states. He has previously been a Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School and at the Pardee Center at Boston University (BU). He has also taught at BU and Quaid-e-Azam University, Pakistan. He serves on a number of governing/advisory boards and task forces and his commentary appears regularly in the Pakistani and U.S. press and media.