Usama Nizamani

Usama Nizamani is the Founder and Executive Director at CREST. Usama’s passion for understanding change and bridging policy landscape drove him to setup CREST as a prime consultancy and advisory firm. His interest has been nurtured by years of experience in the policy, think tank, civil-society, and the media industries. Similarly, as a dedicated research professional he has contributed academic and policy papers on technology and policy- related issues, the role of emerging technologies in inter-state crises and their impact on strategic decision-making. He also closely follows strategic stability issues in South Asia, the ongoing US-China strategic competition in the Indo-Pacific and the domain of technology. He also contributes as a speaker, discussant, and panellist in various Track-II dialogues, national and international conferences and webinars.Usama Nizamani is the Co-Founder and Executive Director at CREST. Usama’s passion for understanding change and bridging policy landscape drove him to setup CREST as a prime consultancy and advisory firm. His interest has been nurtured by years of experience in the policy, think tank, civil-society, and the media industries. Similarly, as a dedicated research professional he has contributed academic and policy papers on technology and policy- related issues, the role of emerging technologies in inter-state crises and their impact on strategic decision-making. He also closely follows strategic stability issues in South Asia, the ongoing US-China strategic competition in the Indo-Pacific and the domain of technology. He also contributes as a speaker, discussant, and panellist in various Track-II dialogues, national and international conferences and webinars.