The Center for International Strategic Studies (CISS) Islamabad conducts original policy research, analyses, and strategic outreach, and aims to highlight evolving regional and global strategic issues to promote peace and stability. The monthly perspective contains articles published by our researchers during the period.
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Twenty-eight years after Chaghai, Pakistan’s nuclear programme remains one of the most consequential strategic decisions in the country’s national history.…
Introduction The contemporary nuclear order is undergoing significant transformation, marked by intensifying great power competition, rapid technological change, and weakening…
Executive Summary Rapid technological advancements driven by increasing computational power and data-centric approaches are fundamentally reshaping the conduct of modern…
Abstract Where previously outer space was once accessible only to a handful of states, satellite miniaturisation has opened it to…
Why a 25-year-old plutonium accord still matters On 8 October 2025, Russia’s State Duma voted to withdraw from the U.S.–Russia…
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[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1712393316309{background-color: #ffffff !important;border-radius: 10px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text]Introduction On 11 March 2024, India tested its Agni-5 ballistic missile, codenamed ‘Divyastra.’ This missile…
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”by Dr Atia Ali Kazmi” font_container=”tag:h1|font_size:22|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_single_image image=”9794″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1712393316309{background-color: #ffffff !important;border-radius: 10px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text]Introduction The launch of a…
The incident happened amidst a precarious environment in South Asia, where New Delhi aspires for a splendid first-strike option on one hand, and, on the other hand, more dangerously, has an operational doctrine to fight a limited conventional war to remain below Pakistan’s nuclear threshold.
