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Your Excellency Syed Yousuf Raza Gillani, Chairman Senate of Pakistan, Your Excellency First Class Inspector Mr. Liu Daxiu, Professor Mr. Zheng Huan, Your Excellency Ambassador Jauhar Saleem, President of the…
(By: Nuzhat Nazar) Pakistan’s latest IMF review should be read less as a routine financing update and…
Part Five After the 2025 India–Pakistan conflict, Pakistan faces growing security challenges from hybrid warfare, cross-border terrorism,…
On the afternoon of May 20, President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin jointly attended the…
Iran has historically proven resistant to external conquest. Its vast geography, inhospitable terrain, and strategic depth make…
Part One Optimistic Atmosphere in Switzerland Following the arrival of the American, Iranian, Pakistani, and Qatari delegations…
Qatar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has welcomed a new executive order signed by U.S. President Donald Trump,…
The Centre for Development and Stability (CDS) organized and hosted…
The Centre for Development and Stability (CDS), organized a seminar…
Governor of Sindh, Kamran Tesori, extended a warm welcome to…
The Centre for Development and Stability (CDS) organized and hosted…
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) will hold its 25th Leaders’ Summit in Tianjin, China, from August 31 to September 1,…
Pakistan–Afghanistan relations have been shaped by a paradox. Despite Pakistan's consistent political, economic, and humanitarian support, historical disputes, the Durand…
The BRICS group—an alliance of five emerging economies: Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa—represents a powerful bloc of influence…
Given the back-to-back wars in June 2025 and February 2026, and the…
The prophets of doom were feeling depressed after seeing Pakistan earning kudos…
Your Excellency Syed Yousuf Raza Gillani, Chairman Senate of Pakistan, Your Excellency First Class Inspector Mr. Liu Daxiu, Professor Mr.…
Asif Haroon Raja Pakistan is a nuclear-armed state with highly trained, battle-hardened and combat-experienced armed forces. For the past 25…
Part Four Asif Haroon Raja The Gulf States Reconsider Their Security Architecture The Israeli strike on Doha in September 2025…
Part Three Asif Haroon Raja An Appraisal of the Eight Decade Era The cumulative record of American military interventions has…
Part One Asif Haroon Raja From the Ottoman Collapse to a Fragmented Muslim World After the fall of the Ottoman…
On July 1st, the Ethnic Unity and Progress Promotion Law of the People’s Republic of China officially came into effect.…
Concluding Part Three Asif Haroon Raja Strategic Assessment and Future Outlook Pakistan's Strategic Concerns Pakistan has consistently maintained that a…
Part Two Asif Haroon Raja The Emerging Challenge to Taliban Rule The security and political landscape in Afghanistan is entering…
Nuzhat Nazar IntroductionThe signing of the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement by Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Türkiye on 7 August 2026…
Part One Asif Haroon Raja Strategic Importance of Badakhshan, Zebak and the Wakhan Corridor Badakhshan has emerged as one of…
Part Three By Asif Haroon Raja The Real Problem The central argument of this series is that the principal challenge…
Rimsha saleem The collapse of the US–Iran ceasefire threatens global energy markets, shifts geopolitical alliances, and forces regional powers to…
Rimsha saleem Security Council paralysis and bloc politics reveal a collapsing global order, leaving middle powers vulnerable. The contemporary international…
Rimshsa saleem NATO's Ankara Summit marks Europe's shift toward strategic autonomy and self-reliant defense as American guarantees recedes. The NATO…
Rimshas saleem Geoeconomic rivalry and supply chain fragmentation are replacing hyper-globalization with national security-driven trade. The international economic architecture is…
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