Sohail Mahmood

Biography

Dr. Sohail Mahmood is an independent political analyst based in Raleigh, NC, USA. He was the Associate Dean & Head, Department of International Relations, Preston University, Islamabad and had served as Professor and Chair Department of Politics & International Relations, International Islamic University, Islamabad; Professor of International Relations, National University of Modern Languages (NUML), Islamabad; Senior Research Officer, Institute of Strategic Studies and Research Analysis, National Defense University, Islamabad; Assistant Professor, Area Studies Center for Africa, North & South America, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad; and Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of the Punjab, Lahore. Sohail has taught political science in Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, United States and Houston Community College, Houston, TX, United States. He has also undertaken numerous consultancy assignments with The World Bank, CIDA, SDC, IUCN and the UNDP.

Sohail has been interviewed in numerous television channels and radio programs like Aljazeera, PTV and Radio Pakistan.

He has authored nine books and monographs. The recent books include: Growing Influence of the Evangelical Christianity on the Policies of the USA and their Implications for the Islamic World, Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany, 2010;Reform of the Public Services in Pakistan, Nova Science Publishers, Inc., Hauppauge, New York, US, 2008; Good Governance Reforms Agenda in Pakistan: Current Challenges, Nova Science, New York, US, 2007; The Musharraf regime and the governance crisis: a case study of the Government of Pakistan, Nova Science, New York, US, 2001; and Islamic fundamentalist movements in Pakistan, Egypt and Iran (1995).

Sohail got his B.A. (Political Science) from Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, US in 1979, his M.A. (International Studies) from Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, NJ, US, in 1981, and his Ph.D. with Honors (Political Science), Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, US, 1993.

Sohail lives in Islamabad, Pakistan.