The year 2018 was very productive for the Center for International Strategic Studies (CISS). We published a book titled Nuclear Pakistan: Seeking Security and Stability, edited by Dr. Naeem Salik, our senior fellow. CISS also organized various seminars on a range of issues including The Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy and Pakistan; Chemical/Biological Weapons Convention:
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The Center for International Strategic Studies (CISS), on Wednesday, rebutted an international study on Pakistan’s nuclear command and control structure (NC2)by arguing that it attempted to undermine its credibility through weaknesses in the system, which did not exist. A report, ‘The Finger on the Button: The Authority to Use Nuclear Weapons in the Nuclear-Armed States’
Brigadier (Retired) Dr. Naeem Salik, Senior Research Fellow CISS, gave comments on tensions between India-Pakistan on Indus News, in the program Indus Special with Ejaz Haider.
by Tanzeela Khalil.... As I put my daughter to sleep, the television runs a news ticker of an unfortunate event where forty Indian security personnel have been killed as a result of car bomb in Indian occupied Kashmir (IoK). Making these the deadliest attacks on Indian forces after Uri attacks. The immediate thought that crosses
The pictures of the seminar organized by the Karachi Council on Foreign Relations at the Movenpick Hotel yesterday. Ambassador Ali Sarwar Naqvi was a speaker along with Sardar Masood Khan, President AJK on the subject of Pakistan’s Strategic Neighbourhood. Media CoveragePakistan TodayThe Express TribuneThe Nation
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by Riaz Khokhar.... Imran Khan has promised to bring about a change in Pakistan. This would entail taking vital steps in the way the country is being run. Pakistan’s foreign policy has greatly suffered over the last few years as it is said to have not been handled in a proper manner. Is Imran Khan
Ms. Huma Rehman, Senior Research Fellow CISS, participated in 59th Meeting of Institute of Nuclear Management Meeting (INMM) Baltimore, Maryland USA, on July 22-26, 2018. During the meeting, Ms. Rehman presented her research on “Assessing Non-proliferation and Disarmament Challenges and South Asian Regional Security Complexâ€.
Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) is a comprehensive document comprising 24 articles, 03 annexures and a preamble. The Convention prohibits production, acquisition, stockpiling and use and retention of chemical weapons. In addition, Convention prohibits supply of chemical weapon to state and non-state actors. Pakistan signed the Convention in 1993. As a signatory Pakistan is bound to
by Amna Tauhidi.... The rationale for supporting the idea of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) as a model of economic integration and regional cooperation comes from the belief that this will lead to the economic development in the entire region. The Central and South Asian region has been labelled the most fragile region in the
