Tamim Asey is the Founder and Executive Chairman of the Council on Foreign Relations Afghanistan(CFRA). He is also a fellow at the Royal College of Defense Studies (RCDS) in London and the former Deputy Minister for Policy and Strategy at the Ministry of Defense of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. He previous served as the Director General of International Relations and Regional Security Cooperation at the Office of National Security Council (ONSC) of the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. He also served as the Director General for Policy and Strategy at ONSC.
He is a fellow at Asia Society and was a Fulbright scholar at Columbia University. Mr. Asey also taught at the American University of Afghanistan (AUAF). He is a prolific writer and regular contributor to Foreign Policy magazine, The Diplomat, Eurasia Review, The Diplomat, 8am Newspaper and appears on regular on national and international media to discuss political and economic developments in Afghanistan and South Asia.