Arif Kamal

Ambassador Arif Kamal is a retired career diplomat and former Director, Institute of Strategic Studies, Research & Analysis (ISSRA), National Defence University, Islamabad. In a career with Pakistan Foreign Service spanning over 35 years, he has held a number of key assignments: Desk Officer on Iran; Political Officer in Moscow and later as a key officer on the Soviet desk in Islamabad; he was also assigned to Tokyo and Ottawa; served as Consul General in Jeddah; and Ambassador to Qatar and Jordan with concurrent accreditation to Palestine. At ISSRA, he chaired Global Studies while his role there rested upon his years of experience as a diplomat and was geared to policy-relevant research.