Dr. Taimur Shamil is a national security and foreign policy expert from Pakistan currently based in New York, U.S.
He holds a PhD in International Relations with a dynamic experience of 15 years in academia, government and media.
Mr. Shamil has lectured on global affairs at prestigious institutions like American University Washington D.C, Pakistan Navy War College Lahore, National Defence University Islamabad, Quaid-e-Azam University Islamabad, National University of Science and Technology (NUST), NUML, and various other institutions. His research focuses on Pakistan-US relations,Pak- Afghan relations, South Asian politics, Pakistan’s foreign policy, strategic narratives, Afghanistan and India.
Mr. Shamil is Senior Research Fellow at Pakistan’s leading national security think tank Islamabad Policy Research Institute (IPRI), associated with National Security Division of Pakistan, and Adjunct Professor at National Defence University where he was teaching “Conflict and Cooperation in South Asia” to M.Phil class of spring 2023.
Dr. Shamil has been an active part of Track-II diplomacy between Pakistan- Afghanistan and Pakistan-United states. He has travelled extensively for track-II diplomatic engagements to Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Saudi Arabia, United States and more.
He is the recipient of the US State departments’ prestigious International Visitor leadership program (IVLP) where he spent 1-month long meetings with leading American think tanks, state and government institutions, universities and media houses in the United States.
Mr. Shamil has a considerable experience in media, he is the former Show Host of prime-time program “Dialogue with Taimur Shamil” on Pakistan Television, PTV (World), where he focused on Pakistan’s foreign policy and global politics. (PTV World is Pakistan’s only English language TV channel)
His analyses have appeared regularly on national and international TV Channels like Al-Jazeera, Al-Jazeera Arabic and several other national and international TV Channels as well. Mr. Shamil is an avid reader and writer. His articles have been published in leading national academic journals and international dailies like The News International, Dawn, The Express Tribune, The Nation and Huffington Post and many other newspapers.