Syed Fraz Hussain Naqvi is pursuing his Ph.D and leading the Iran Program at IRS. He previously served at Army Institute of Military History (AIMH) as Civil Research Assistant. As the head of Iran Program, Mr Naqvi has cultivated research linkages with the scholars of Iran, United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Spain, Japan, Russia, Australia, Belgium, Turkey, and Canada.

Mr. Naqvi is also a widely published author with over 3 dozens publications that include research papers, essays and analytical pieces featuring both nationally and internationally in The National Interest (US), Manara Magazine (US), Middle East Blog (LSE, UK), CCPS (Taiwan), Voices on Peace and War (Norwich University, US), Melange Magazine and others. Mr. Naqvi has also contributed a book chapter on Pak-China-Iran Tripartite Cooperation in the edited book published by Tehran International Studies and Research Institute (TISRI).

Mr. Naqvi has travelled to Tehran and Moscow on official visits and participated as a speaker in International Conferences. He was the youngest speaker in 3rd Tehran Dialogue Forum (TDF) and one of only two Pakistani participants among over 200 presenters from around the world in 4th International Conference on Peace and Conflict Resolution organized by University of Tehran.

His areas of research are the Middle East, Indo-Pacific, Eurasia, International Security, Terrorism and Non-State Actors, Foreign Policy, Political Islam, Great Powers Competition and Astro Politics.