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Haroon K. Ullah is a scholar, diplomat, and field researcher specializing in South Asia and the Middle East. Haroon currently serves on Secretary of State John Kerry’s Policy Planning Staff at the U.S. State Department, where he focuses on public diplomacy and countering violent extremism. He grew up in a farming community in Washington State and was trained at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, where he served as a senior Belfer fellow and completed his MPA.

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Brief fact-check and context for the thread: ’s self-introduction (scholar, diplomat, field researcher; Harvard MPA; Belfer fellow; PhD-level training) aligns with public profiles and publisher bios that were current around 2017–2018. These profiles note his Harvard Kennedy School MPA/Belfer affiliation and his doctoral work at the University of Michigan. (expertfile.com)

Public-service roles described in the first post — membership on the State Department’s Policy Planning Staff with portfolios including public diplomacy and countering violent extremism, and prior work at the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad — are corroborated in contemporary event and speaker bios. Those same sources also summarize his shift into a senior strategy role in U.S. government broadcasting. (prageru.com)

Scholarly work is documented: Ullah authored books such as Digital World War (Yale University Press) and Vying for Allah’s Vote (Georgetown University Press), plus a trade memoir, all of which are listed by major publishers and booksellers. Those publications are the best places to confirm academic claims and fields of expertise cited in his introduction. (bookshop.org)

Important caveat: later reporting documents a 2019 guilty plea and federal sentence related to falsified travel/invoice reimbursements while at the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM). That legal outcome changed how some official bios and media coverage were maintained; readers checking credentials should consult publisher pages, reputable news reports, and court or DOJ records for the precise timeline and documents. (voanews.com)

Note: ’s welcome and the light-hearted “Jimmy” aside are community culture — the substantive claims above are supported by the cited profiles and contemporary reporting.

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