Mr. Riaz A. Khokhar, Research Assistant CISS, spoke in a webinar on COVID-19 and the Future of SAARC organized by the Asian Institute of Diplomacy and International Relations (AIDIA), based in Kathmandu, Nepal. The panelists were from all of the SAARC countries, except the Maldives and Afghanistan. Watch the Webinar here:
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by Riaz Khokhar.... The management of COVID-19 reveals which countries are taking the lead in geopolitics in South Asia. On March 12, 2020, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi proposed to the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) countries a strategy to deal with the Coronavirus challenge through a video conference. It was a move
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On Monday, 09th of March, Ms Saima Aman Sial, Senior Research Officer CISS, participated in a roundtable discussion on 'Preserving Freedom of Seas: Post-Pulwama Challenges and Responses' hosted by Maritime Study Forum. The other participants included Ambassador Ghalib Iqbal, Prof. Dr. Nazir Hussain (SPIR, QaU), Senator Sitara Ayaz, Dr. Tughral Yamin (CIPS), Brig. (R) Amir
He believes Ra’ad-II “will significantly enhance the operational and targeting flexibility of the air leg of Pakistan's strategic forces.†“It gives enhanced capability for precision strikes against critical military targets on land and at sea from safer standoff ranges. With its extended range, hitherto invulnerable sites, forces and assets can now be taken out with
Ambassador Ali Sarwar Naqvi, Executive Director CISS, participated in discussion on Prime Minister’s meeting with President Trump in Davos and Government’s economic performance, hosted by anchor Mona Alam on PTV News. ED CISS also participated in another discussion in PTV World's program, Views on News, on PM’s meeting with President Trump on 22nd January 2020.
Ambassador Ali Sarwar Naqvi, Executive Director of Center for International Strategic Studies (CISS), Speaks at Council on Foreign Relations, Karachi on US-Iran tension and implications for Pakistan at a round table on January 07, 2020.
Ms. Afeera Firdous, Research Assistant at CISS, presented a paper on “Knowledge Economy and ICT: Promoting Technological Connectivity under CPEC†in a three-day conference, The Third Conference on CICA Non-governmental Forum held in Chongqing, China. The event was organized by Institute of Chinese Borderland Studies and Chinese Institute of Foreign Affairs (both working under Chinese
Dr. Mansoor Ahmed, Senior Research Fellow CISS, and Ms. Maimuna Ashraf, Research Officer CISS, participated in the Eighth European Union Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Conference (EUNPDC) 2019 held in Brussels from 13-14 December, 2019. The two day international conference was organized by the Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI), on behalf of the EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Consortium.
