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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.
Ms. Maimuna Ashraf, Research Officer CISS, was a speaker in the EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Next Generation Workshop held in Brussels on 12 December 2019. She served as a panelist in the session on Non-Proliferation and Arms Control in Asia. The EUNPD Next Generation Workshop was organized by the Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI), on behalf of the EU
In deterrence theory, besides the capability and political will the communication of deterrence threat is the third crucial element. However, it has been commonly experienced especially in the context of India-Pakistan hostility that such signals fall on deaf ears. The long festering disputes have created a deep seated mistrust of the signals emanating from the
The Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI) organized a Public Talk on November 12,2019 under its Distinguished Lecture Series titled, “How Pakistan and the US Can Provide a Plan B for Afghanistan”. Dr. Marvin G. Weinbaum, Director, Afghanistan and Pakistan Program at the Middle East Institute, Washington, DC was the guest speaker at the occasion.
Ms Saima Aman Sial, Senior Research Officer CISS, presented a paper, on "India-Pakistan Nuclear Crises: Escalation Dynamics" in a one day Conference on Deconstructing Balakot Strikes: Pakistan's Conventional Warfighting Doctrine and the Way Forward, co-organized by Center for Security, Strategy and Policy Research (CSSPR), University of Lahore and Center for Aerospace and Security Studies (CASS),
Ms. Maimuna Ashraf, Research Officer CISS, was selected for the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Scholarship for the Training programme on disarmament and non-proliferation of WMD, co-organized by the T.M.C. Asser Instituut and the Organization for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (OPCW). She participated in this training programme in The Hague, the Netherlands from the 30th of September to the 4th of
Ms. Saima Aman Sial, Senior Research Officer CISS, participated in the 2019 New Shape Forum on Weapons Governance, October 2019, organized by Global Challenges Foundation and Geneva Disarmament Platform in Geneva.



