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Pakistan-China at 75: From strategic friendship to shared prosperity
(By: Nuzhat Nazar) As Pakistan and China mark 75 years of diplomatic relations on May 21, 2026, the relationship stands at an important moment of renewal. Its strength is already…
Analysis of the Need for New Provinces in Pakistan
The idea of creating new provinces in Pakistan is not new and has been debated many times.…
Pakistan and China Forge Ahead: Strategic Talks on Financial Cooperation and Energy Projects
In a significant move to bolster economic cooperation, Pakistan's Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb and Power Minister Awais…
Cross-Border Terrorism at Tajikistan- Afghanistan Border and China’s Emerging Security Dilemma
Terrorist and extremist attacks are increasingly becoming a serious threat to sustainable peace and regional security. Recent…
Who Will Blink First – Iran, Israel or the United States?Part I
Asif Haroon Raja The war initiated by the United States and Israel against Iran has now entered…
Pak-China Alliance at the 2024 SCO Summit: Forging A New Era of Strategic Partnership and Regional Cooperation
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit of 2024, hosted by Pakistan, was a defining moment in the…
Taiwan Issue: Emergence, Present, and the Future Ahead
The Taiwan issue has become one of the most sensitive topics in world politics. It is not…
PRESS RELEASE
CDS Hosted Roundtable Discussion on “Pakistan-Oman Bilateral Ties: A Cornerstone…
China-Pakistan Economic Corridor: Regional Connectivity, Innovation, and Security in Balochistan
The Centre for Development and Stability (CDS) organized a one-day…
Welcome Dinner in Honor of Mr. Amr Abdullah Baabood, CEO of COMEX, held on November 21, 2024 at Ramada by Wyndham Islamabad
The Centre for Development and Stability (CDS) organized and hosted…
DG CDS Dr. Irfan Ashraf’s Address at Renmin University of China Closing Ceremony
Respected organizers of the CIPCC Programme, media colleagues from different…
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Serious Rifts within PTI
After 10 April 2022, the leaders, activists, workers and supporters of PTI egged on by Imran Khan became rowdy and…
Indo-Afghan-Israel Strategic Collusion
The 2011 Indo-Afghan Strategic Partnership Agreement under Hamid Karzai formalised a relationship that had already been functioning covertly since 2002.…
Qatar Welcomes U.S. Executive Order: A Power Shift in Washington’s Middle East Strategy
Qatar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has welcomed a new executive order signed by U.S. President Donald Trump, which provides a…
Let’s Explore Kashmir Campaign
The Centre for Development and Stability (CDS) organized 3 days campaign "lets explore kashmir" aimed to explore and promote tourism…
April 25, 2026
Ceasefire Extension, Hormuz Tensions, and the Emerging Strategic Deadlock Asif Haroon Raja Background Full-scale war broke out on February 28,…
Doha Attacked by Israel
While she reiterated that Trump considered the elimination of Hamas a legitimate…
The Impact of CPEC – Why Pakistan Needs More Awareness and Action-Oriented Dialogue
The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a flagship project of China’s Belt and…
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Pakistan-China at 75: From strategic friendship to shared prosperity
(By: Nuzhat Nazar) As Pakistan and China mark 75 years of diplomatic relations on May 21, 2026, the relationship stands…
Pakistan’s IMF Review: A Window to Move from Crisis Management to Economic Statecraft
(By: Nuzhat Nazar) Pakistan’s latest IMF review should be read less as a routine financing update and more as a…
Deeper than Perception: What President Trump’s China Visit Means for Global Power Dynamics
President Trump’s 2026 visit to China is not just symbolic diplomacy, it reflects an effort by the U.S. and China…
Terror, Proxy Warfare, and Pakistan’s Strategic Response
Asif Haroon Raja In the last few days, several deadly terrorist attacks have rocked Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, particularly in Bannu and…
From Epic Fury to Strategic Exhaustion: Reshaping Global Power Equations
By Asif Haroon Raja The burning question dominating strategic discourse is whether President Donald Trump will sign and finalise a…
The Illusion of Consent
The extension of the US–Iran ceasefire has brought relief but not clarity. While the official narrative from Washington presents the…
Dialogue: The Safeguard Against China-U.S. Strategic Miscalculation
By Zhao Yunfei China and the U.S. share a responsibility to leverage dialogue as a safeguard against strategic miscalculation. Stability…
Evolving Scenario of Iran- US War
Asif Haroon Raja Key Features of the Proposed 14-Point Agreement of Iran: IranImmediate End to the War As soon as…
US–Iran De-escalation Formula: Breakthrough or Tactical Pause?
By Asif Haroon Raja The Fallacy of Binary OutcomesSome analysts are advancing the theory that the US–Iran conflict can end…
Expanding Terrorism: Pakistan’s Counter-Terror Response and the Afghan Conundrum
Asif Haroon Raja In the wake of the steadily intensifying cross-border terrorism orchestrated by the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Balochistan…
Hanging Between Peace and War
Asif Haroon Raja Iran: Most Sanctioned Country Since the Islamic Revolution of 1979, Iran has lived under the shadow of…
Deep Mistrust and a Cycle of Hostility: Why the US–Iran Conflict Cannot End
Given the back-to-back wars in June 2025 and February 2026, and the unresolved core disputes, it is highly doubtful that…
April 26, 2026
West Asia's Fragile Ceasefire Hangs by a Thread Asif Haroon Raja Trump had imposed a war on Iran on February…
April 26, 2026
When Time Becomes Iran’s Advantage and America’s Constraint (By: Nuzhat Nazar) The approaching end of the 60-day window under the…
When Strategy Replaces Diplomacy in Islamabad
(By: Nuzhat Nazar) With Abbas Araghchi now in Islamabad, and American envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner arriving in parallel,…