Rauf, Tariq

Graduated from University of the Panjab (Political Science), University of London: London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE)(International Relations/Strategic Studies) and King’s College London (War Studies). Studied at Carleton University and the University of Toronto where he was the Ford Foundation Fellow in Dual Expertise: International Security-Arms Control / Soviet-East European Studies in the doctoral programme. Served as a Member of the Group of Eminent Persons for Substantive Advancement of Nuclear Disarmament established by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan, Consulting Advisor to the Executive Secretary of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization, Senior Advisor to Chair of Main Committee I (nuclear disarmament) 2015 NPT Review Conference and to Chair of 2014 NPT Preparatory Committee. He is a former Head of Verification and Security Policy Coordination, Office reporting to Director General, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Alternate Head of the IAEA Delegation to NPT Conferences; IAEA Liaison and Point-of-Contact for Nuclear Suppliers Group, Committee UNSCR 1540, Counter Terrorism Implementation Task Force; Coordinator of IAEA Multilateral Approaches to the Nuclear Fuel Cycle (IAEA LEU Reserve Angarsk, UK Nuclear Fuel Assurance, IAEA LEU Bank); and was  responsible for the IAEA Forum on Experience of Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones Relevant for the Middle East; Non-Proliferation Expert/Advisor with Canada’s delegations to NPT Conferences. His expertise includes safeguards, verification, global and regional nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament, nuclear-weapon-free zones, multilateral approaches to the nuclear fuel cycle: LEU bank/reserve, nuclear-powered submarines and safeguards, new technologies and strategic stability. PIR Center Advisory Board member since 2013.10/22 

Publications: 

• Crashing Nuclear Submarines Through IAEA Safeguards (January 2022). 

• Omicron to the Rescue: NPT Review Conference Postponed – Again! (January 2022). 

• Organisational Matters Relating to the Postponed Tenth (2020) NPT Review Conference (February 2021). 

• Does the TPNW Contradict or Undermine the NPT? (November 2020). 

• 50^th Anniversary of the NPT: Joint Communiqué by 17 States on Fulfilling Nuclear Disarmament Commitments (May 2020). 

• The NPT at 50: Perish or Survive? (March 2020).