A round table discussion was organized by the Center for International Strategic Studies (CISS) Islamabad titled†"Nuclear Ban Treaty: Debating the missing Link"†on April 13th 2017 at the Centers’ conference room in Islamabad. The objective of the event was to analyze recent developments regarding the prospects of a global nuclear weapons ban treaty which
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by Muhammad Sarmad Zia The case of Alexie Navalny’s anti-corruption protests and his subsequent detention by the Russian police, is…
By Muhammad Sarmad Zia..... In recent times, there has been a growing interaction between Pakistan and Russia. The increased cooperation between the two states in military and economic matters such as the 2014 lifting of Russian arms embargo on Pakistan, the ensuing defence cooperation agreement in 2015 aimed at promoting security, growing counterterrorism efforts, the
By Dr. Hasan Askari Rizvi Pakistan’s nuclear weapons have a narrow security focus of protecting Pakistan’s national security and policy options against India’s superiority of conventional security apparatus, its flourishing nuclear weapons and the delivery system. Had India not opted for nuclear explosions and weaponization in May 1998, Pakistan was expected to continue with its
By Christine M. Leah A nuclear weapons ban, whilst probably a noble and humanitarian goal, reflects misplaced idealism and an…
By Saima Aman Sial At the 2017 Carnegie Nuclear Policy Conference in Washington, D.C., an MIT scholar, talking on causes and consequences of nuclear first-use In South Asia stated that unlike the “conventional wisdom†about possible first use in South Asia, it may be India that uses its weapons first in a decapitating first strike against Pakistan. The revelation,
by Muhammad Sarmad Zia The emerging defence co-operation between Pakistan and Russia, the erstwhile Cold War antagonists may seem rather odd in the backdrop of Russia’s 70 year-long close strategic partnership with India, a longstanding adversary of Pakistan. But this is a reality that defies conventional wisdom and it is being eyed with interest and
A roundtable discussion was organized by the Center for International Strategic Studies (CISS) titled “Science and Diplomacy†on February 27, 2017 at the CISS office Islamabad. The guestspeaker at the occasion was Mr. Kamran Akhtar, Director General Disarmament at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with Executive Director CISS Ambassador Sarwar Naqvi in the chair. Other
During 2016, CISS held a wide range of activities; conferences, workshops, round-table discussions, research and publications. During the year we continued our partnership and foreign outreach with the International Institute of Strategic Studies, London, and made new contacts with other established international think tanks such as United States Institute of Peace (USIP) and the Atlantic
by Maryam Zubair North Korea recently conducted an MRBM (Medium Range Ballistic Missile) test with a range of 310 miles…
