Dr. Adil Sultan

Dean Faculty: Aerospace and Strategic Studies (FASS) at the Air University Islamabad, Pakistan. He has served in the PAF for over 31 years and retired as an Air Commodore. During his military career he spent more than 14 years at the Strategic Plans Division (SPD), which is the Secretariat of Pakistan’s National Command Authority (NCA), where his last assignments were Director, Arms Control and Disarmament Affairs (ACDA) and Director Research and Analysis at the Policy, Doctrine and Strategy (PDS) Branch of the SPD.

Former Visiting Research Fellow: Of War Studies Department, King’s College London from 2017-2019, Visiting Research Fellow at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), London, and Visiting Fellow Henry L. Stimson Centre, Washington D.C.

Research Interests: Include arms control, nuclear deterrence, and emerging technologies. He is the author of book titled: “Universalizing Nuclear Nonproliferation Norms: A Regional Framework for the South Asian Nuclear Weapon States”, published by Palgrave MacMillan London in 2019.

Co-founder: Of ‘Strategic Foresight for Asia’ (www.strafasia.com), which is a London-based platform publishing policy relevant analysis on security issues.

Recent Publication: Artificial Intelligence Revolution: Contemporary Trends and Implications for the Future of Warfare Artificial Intelligence Revolution: Contemporary Trends and Implications for the Future of Warfare, Strategic Vision Institute · Jul 7, 2022.

Research Interest: Include arms control and nonproliferation, strategic stability, nuclear deterrence, global strategic issues, national and international security, politics of space, and emerging technologies.