The third Round Table between the Center for International Strategic Studies, Islamabad and the Stimson Center, Washington DC, was held on Zoom on May 27, 2021, in follow up of the earlier two Round Tables held between the two Think Tanks on February 4, 2021 and April 7, 2021. The subject was “Trends in South Asian Strategic Stability, Short term, Medium term and Long term.” The discussion, as before, was governed by Chatham House Rules and also covered bilateral relations between Pakistan and the US in the light of recent high level interaction between the two countries.
In the Round Table, the Pakistani side was led by Ambassador Ali Sarwar Naqvi, Executive Director CISS, and included Dr. Naeem Ahmed Salik, Dr. Mansoor Ahmed, and Mr. Zawar Haider Abidi while the US side was led by Dr. Sameer Lalwani, Senior Fellow for South Asia in the Stimson Center, and included Col. David Smith, Distinguished Fellow, Stimson Center, Ms. Sun Yun, Co-Director China, East Asia, Stimson Center, Dr. Toby Dalton, Co-Director, Carnegie Endowment and Ms. Tamanna Salikuddin of US Institute of Peace.
