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Dr. Mansoor Ahmed, Senior Research Fellow CISS, and Ms. Maimuna Ashraf, Research Officer CISS, participated in the Eighth European Union Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Conference (EUNPDC) 2019 held in Brussels from 13-14 December, 2019. The two day international conference was organized by the Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI), on behalf of the EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Consortium.

Ms. Maimuna Ashraf, Research Officer CISS, was a speaker in the EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Next Generation Workshop held in Brussels on 12 December 2019. She served as a panelist in the session on Non-Proliferation and Arms Control in Asia. The EUNPD Next Generation Workshop was organized by the Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI), on behalf of the EU

Ms. Maimuna Ashraf, Research Officer CISS, was selected for the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Scholarship for the Training programme on disarmament and non-proliferation of WMD, co-organized by the T.M.C. Asser Instituut and the Organization for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (OPCW). She participated in this training programme in The Hague, the Netherlands from the 30th of September to the 4th of

Strategic instability remains and New Delhi’s attempt at calling Islamabad’s nuclear bluff didn’t work.The latest India-Pakistan crisis has contested longstanding…

by Maimuna Ashraf.... Ms. Maimuna Ashraf, Research Officer CISS, analyzes the Pakistani perspective on the potential for voluntary nuclear information-sharing mechanism in South Asia, that appeared in the Stimson Center’s collection of essays, entitled “Multilateral Nuclear Information-Sharing: The View from South Asia”. Download PDFMs. Maimuna Ashraf Maimuna Ashraf is currently working as a Research Fellow

A US-based policy platform has analysed Pakistan’s conventional deterrence capability, and said it now has a range of non-nuclear response options. New Delhi: Pakistan is no slouch when it comes to conventional military deterrence. In fact, it is equipping its military with a dual-track modernisation programme, which can combat India’s denial strategies and limited war

Before the overt nuclearization of South Asia in 1998, three major wars between India and Pakistan highlighted the latter’s struggle to bridge the conventional imbalance. During this time, Pakistan’s latent nuclear capability provided an effective deterrent, which served to offset the conventional and nuclear threats from India. However, twenty years since India’s entrance into the

India’s pursuit of advanced military technologies has enabled it to secure its place among the world’s top importers of conventional weapons over the past two decades. India has also been investing in developing missile defenses for a Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) shield coupled with an integrated, and multi-layered air defence network. After testing the Prithvi