Mr. Adeel Mukhtar Mirza is currently a Fulbright PhD scholar at the Department of Public Policy,  Oregon State University (OSU), USA. He has worked as Assistant Research Associate at the Islamabad Policy Research Institute. He holds an M.Phil in Strategic Studies from the National Defense University, Islamabad, and a Diploma in Arms Control & Strategic Studies from Strategic Studies Institute (SSII), Islamabad. His area of expertise is in the Non-Traditional Security Threats, Climate Change, Comprehensive Security in South Asia and Strategic Stability. In addition to this, he also holds extensive knowledge on the issues of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). He has also served at Senate of Pakistan, Senate Standing Committee on Defense, attached with Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed. Moreover, he has the privilege to participate in a Visiting Research Fellowship Program at the Academy of Public Administration, Baku, Azerbaijan, sponsored by the Azerbaijan International Development Agency.