Tahir Azad

Dr Tahir Mahmood Azad is the Founder and Executive Director of London Dialogue (LD), an independent research and policy think tank based in London focused on defence, strategic affairs, and emerging technologies. A specialist in nuclear politics, hypersonic weapons, missile technology, strategic stability, and emerging military technologies, he holds a doctorate from the National Defence University of Pakistan and has recently concluded doctoral thesis research at the University of Reading, UK, where he is affiliated with the Department of Politics and International Relations. Dr Azad has held competitive international research fellowships at King's College London, Sandia National Laboratories, the Graduate Institute Geneva, the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF), the Institute for Security and Development Policy (ISDP) Stockholm, and the University of Bristol. He has published research and policy analysis in leading academic and policy outlets, including Small Wars Journal, Defence and Security Analysis, the Journal of Strategic Security, Foreign Policy Analysis, and World Affairs, and maintains an active publication profile at smallwarsjournal.com. ORCID: 0000-0003-3826-2009 Contact: [email protected] | [email protected]