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Part Four Asif Haroon Raja The Gulf States Reconsider Their Security Architecture The Israeli strike on Doha in September 2025 reportedly shocked the Gulf States and highlighted the limitations of…
The Pakistan Embassy in Beijing, together with its consulates in Chengdu, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, and Shanghai, is…
In recent months, the resurgence if Afghanistan based terror outfits has posed a significant threat to national…
The world was taken by surprise by the swift and decisive U.S. military operation against Venezuela in…
Iran has launched a missile strike on Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, a critical hub for…
The amendment to the Anti-Terrorism Act 1997 will remain in force for three years. A similar provision,…
Seismic shifts in global and regional dynamics are taking place in the aftermath of the four-day India–Pakistan…
The Centre for Development and Stability (CDS) organized and hosted…
The seminar was held at Sardar Bahadur Khan Women’s University…
 National Assembly SecretariatDirectorate General of Media Omani Parliamentary delegation…
Conducted by the Centre for Development and Stability (CDS) Date:22/2/2026…
Until the first decade of May 2025, the national atmosphere was weighed down by uncertainty and apprehension. The negative effects…
Henry Kissinger once remarked that friendship with the United States can often prove more fatal than enmity. History lends considerable…
Climate change is no longer a distant worry for Pakistan. It’s a harsh, everyday reality affecting millions. Though this country…
 The Taliban is not splintering because of foreign pressure or military defeat; it is splintering because ethnic monopoly over…
ISLAMABAD: The Centre for Development and Stability (CDS), organized seminar titled:  'Disinformation: The Undermining Force Within—Revealing its Structural Threats to…
As of early January 2026, ever-increasing rhetorical and diplomatic tensions between India…
Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) and the cult followers are feeling ecstatic over the…
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…
Part Two Asif Haroon Raja The Baloch Sardars Balochistan constitutes about 44 percent of Pakistan's landmass, yet it remains the…
Part One Asif Haroon Raja Balochistan: The Other Side of the Picture To understand the present-day challenges of Balochistan, it…
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