RAWALPINDI: Pakistan’s Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) General Sahir Shamshad Mirza on Tuesday emphasised that lasting peace and stability in South Asia can only be achieved through reciprocal measures for nuclear risk reduction and instituting a balance in a wider geostrategic construct.
The Center for International Strategic Studies (CISS), Islamabad, hosted a two-day International Conference on “Nuclear Deterrence in the Age of Emerging Technologies”. A distinguished group of scholars and experts from around the world attended the conference.
The conference aimed at fostering constructive dialogue on global strategic issues and sharing Pakistan’s policy perspectives.
As the Chief Guest on the occasion, General Sahir Shamshad Mirza delivered a keynote address on the first day of the conference.
General Sahir Shamshad Mirza highlighted Pakistan’s commitment to continued dialogue and collaboration in addressing the challenges posed by emerging technologies, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) stated in a press release.
The Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee emphasized that peace and stability in South Asia can only be achieved through reciprocal measures for nuclear risk reduction and instituting a balance in a wider geostrategic construct.
The forum was attended by prominent international scholars from a range of leading institutions. These included the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) and the National Institute for Deterrence Studies (NIDS), Australia.
Participants also came from the Ploughshare Foundation, Canada; the China Arms Control and Disarmament Association (CACDA); Peking University, China; and the Center for Polar and Oceanic Studies, China.
European representation included scholars from the European Leadership Network (ELN) and the LSE School of Public Policy. From Russia, experts attended from the Center for Energy and Security Studies (CENESS), the Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IMEMO RAS), and Saint Petersburg State University.
Other attendees included representatives from the Geneva Center for Security Policy, Switzerland; North Carolina State University, USA; and the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).
