Nasir Hafeez holds a PhD from Department of International Relations, National Defence University (NDU) Islamabad. He has been associated with SAIS Johns Hopkins University as visiting research associate in south Asian studies centre. Has been teaching at NDU in IR and Strategic Studies department. Has published research papers in research journals and participated in various international/ national seminars / conferences. His research areas are national and international security, nuclear strategy, nuclear diplomacy, Non-proliferation, arms control and disarmament, Discourse analysis, strategic Foresight and scenario planning.