Ghanwa Arshad

[Dr. Asma Shakir Khawaja @AsmaKhawaja5]

His address outlines the following:

➡️ Conflict Resolution Over Crisis Management

➡️ Referencing the May 2025 standoff, General Zubair Mehmood Hayat notes that Pakistan’s calibrated response and Full Spectrum Deterrence successfully prevented a unilateral fait accompli.

➡️The broader takeaway is that there is no "safe space" for limited conventional war under a nuclear overhang; while deterrence prevents immediate catastrophe, it cannot substitute for genuine political settlements.

➡️ Pakistan and the Global South must transition from being reactive to actively generating their own security proposals. The address calls for building a reciprocal security order specifically tailored to the realities of the nuclear age.

#Security #Stability #Peace #Strategy
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[CISS AJK @ciss_ajk]

Under Modi's regime, academic freedom in India is under siege. Scholars like Dr Natasha Kaul, Dr. @ashoswai Ashok Swain, Prof. G.N. Saibaba & Umar Khalid are targeted for thinking differently. 🧵

🌎 At CISS AJK, we believe truth should never fear scrutiny.

📢 Our research officers, Shahzad Akram & Abdul Rehman, published a fact-based report dissecting how the Pulwama attack was politically motivated by the Modi regime to push South Asia toward nuclear brink for short term electoral gains.

⭕Instead of engaging with facts, Modi’s allies resorted to propaganda as a policy tool

🎧 India-based DisinfoLab—itself exposed by EU DisinfoLab—launched a smear campaign to silence our work.

🇵🇰 We wear their Insecurities and fear for truth as a badge of honour.

✍️When your academic integrity threatens a regime, you’re doing something right. ✌️

🔒 India blocked access to CISS AJK’s social media because Narender Modi is afraid of facts.

🟢 Our Executive Director Dr. Asma Shakir Khawaja rightly says:
“When truth becomes a threat, research becomes resistance.”

👉Despite the noise, we stand tall, unbought, unafraid, and fact-driven.

[Dr. Asma Shakir Khawaja @AsmaKhawaja5]

Strategic thinker @PravinSawhney sharing his rational analysis on emerging geo-strategic scenario
@ciss_ajk #Pakistan #Strategy #Politics #Geopolitics

[Dr. Asma Shakir Khawaja @AsmaKhawaja5]

پرواز ہے دونوں کی اسی ایک فضا میں
کرگس کا جہاں اور ہے، شاہیں کا جہاں اور

Strategy at it's best.
Strategic culture decides the role, aspirations, strategic designs and the future of a state.

Pakistan Zindabad 🇵🇰
Happy Iqbal Day, our national poet of Kashmiri origin

#IqbalDay #iqbalday9november
#Iqbal #Iqbal #Pakistan

[Dr. Asma Shakir Khawaja @AsmaKhawaja5]

While performing its job at best, Full Spectrum Deterrence (FSD) effectively caps escalation preventing existential nuclear war between Pakistan and India.

However elimination of sub-conventional crisis or resolution of broader comprehensive security issues are only possible through dialogue, regional institutionalised crisis control mechanisms and good governance.

Trusting the de-escalatory ladder under a nuclear overhang, “can be catastrophic.”

#nuclear #FSD #Strategy
#Peace #Security #Resolution #Pakistan

My latest for @TFT_ . Full article 👇

[Ghanwa Arshad @ghanwaarshad66]

@AsmaKhawaja5 November 6, 1947, remains a painful chapter in the history of Jammu and Kashmir. We must remember the innocent lives lost, the suffering of families, and the displacement of thousands.
We never forget the voices of those who suffered. #JammuGenocide #Kashmir

[Dr. Asma Shakir Khawaja @AsmaKhawaja5]

The structural erasure of the 1947 Jammu Genocide from broader international consciousness highlights a critical failure in historical accountability.

Recognizing the genocide and gender based violence during it as an organized crime against humanity by Indian Forces for demographic engineering, rather than an isolated incident of communal panic, is vital for a comprehensive understanding of the enduring geopolitical conflict in Jammu and Kashmir.

The pain of children of lesser God is still inaudible and invisible. Justice is denied.

@highlight #JammuGenocide #genocides #genocidaires #genocideawareness #violence #GenderBasedViolence #GBV

[President Vladimir Putin Parody @VladimierPutin]

Big BREAKING 🚨📢

[Ghanwa Arshad @ghanwaarshad66]

@VladimierPutin 🙌🙌🙌

[Ghanwa Arshad @ghanwaarshad66]

@Muqaddas150 Congratulations muqaddas 🎉🎉

[Ghanwa Arshad @ghanwaarshad66]

@Muqaddas150 @ciss_ajk Thank you 😊

[Ghanwa Arshad @ghanwaarshad66]

I am pleased to share that my article has been published on the Strategic Forecast platform.
This publication marks an important milestone in my academic and research journey. I am grateful for this opportunit.
Read full article on https://t.co/SwWQmlZhji
@ciss_ajk

[Dr. Asma Shakir Khawaja @AsmaKhawaja5]

🌎 Four Years of ;

⏩️ Scholarly Rigour.
⏩️ Strategic Dialogue.
⏩️ Evidence-Based Policy Engagement.

Marking the fourth anniversary of the Centre for International Strategic Studies, AJK (CISS AJK), we reaffirm our institutional commitment to advancing rigorous, peer-reviewed research, cultivating informed academic dialogue, and bridging the gap between scholarship and evidence-based policy formulation on critical regional and international strategic stability.

Through sustained strategic literacy, academic collaborations, and academic outreach, CISS AJK remains dedicated to decoding complex strategic realities to foster a more secure, stable, and resilient strategic environment.

🌟Advancing Knowledge. 🌟Shaping Discourse. 🌟Informing Policy.

Proud of you Team @ciss_ajk

#CISSAJK #StrategicStudies #PolicyEngagement #RegionalSecurity #AcademicExcellence #FourYearsOfCISSAJK #Kashmir #University #Education #Pakistan #Research #Security

[Ghanwa Arshad @ghanwaarshad66]

@AsmaKhawaja5 An inspiring journey of dedication, resilience, and intellectual excellence. Proud to see @ciss_ajk making remarkable contributions to strategic research and policy discourse. Congratulations to the entire team and executive director @AsmaKhawaja5 ✨

[Dr. Asma Shakir Khawaja @AsmaKhawaja5]

Over the last four quadrennial cycles (1 November 2022 – 1 November 2026), CISS AJK has solidified its academic footprint as a premier epistemic community of strategists and a security policy incubator.

By aligning rigorous scholastic metrics with real-time strategic foresight, the institution successfully operationalizes a multi-tiered framework designed to bridge the gap between academic theory and actionable policy making.

Congratulations Team CISS-AJK for making it possible with your hard work, resilience, endurance and commitment to excellence. Keep enlightening the world

#kashmir #jammukashmir #ajknews #AJK #Pakistan #education #research #strategy #nuclear #discourse @highlight @ciss_ajk

[Ghanwa Arshad @ghanwaarshad66]

I am pleased to share that my article has been published on the Strategic Forecast platform.
This publication marks an important milestone in my academic and research journey. I am grateful for this opportunit.
Read full article on https://t.co/SwWQmlZhji
@ciss_ajk

[CISS AJK @ciss_ajk]

🌍Strategic Forecast|CISSAJK

Title: Indian Development of Autonomous Drones and Their Implications for Strategic Stability
Author: Ghanwa Arshad (Research Intern)

The article explores how India’s growing investment in autonomous drones and AI-enabled warfare could affect strategic stability in South Asia, particularly amid tensions between India and Pakistan. It highlights risks of military miscalculation, unintended escalation, and gaps in existing regulatory frameworks, emphasizing the need for human oversight, transparent doctrines, and stronger governance mechanisms to prevent an uncontrolled arms race.

Read the complete article: https://t.co/txIu2t2NNj

[Ghanwa Arshad @ghanwaarshad66]

@AsmaKhawaja5 A wonderful initiative by CISS-AJK to promote strategic literacy. Such engagements are vital for understanding nuclear deterrence and security dynamics of South Asia. @ciss_ajk

[CISS AJK @ciss_ajk]

🌎 Academic Engagement| CISS AJK

Dr. Asma Shakir Khawaja, Executive Director, Center for International Strategic Studies, AJ&K (CISS-AJK), will speak at the seminar “The Kashmir Conflict: A Historical Perspective and the Way Forward,” organised by Cadet College Muzaffarabad, AJ&K.

⏯️She emphasised the importance of understanding the historical roots and post-partition origins of the Jammu and Kashmir conflict.

⏯️She highlighted the conflict’s impact on regional stability and South Asian security.

⏯️She stressed that the right to self-determination of the Kashmiri people must remain central to any resolution.

⏯️She underscored the need for sustained diplomacy and multilateral dialogue.

⏯️She called for a lasting resolution based on historical accountability, international engagement, and respect for the rights of the Kashmiri people.
@AsmaKhawaja5 @CISS_Islamabad @RadioactiveFrnd

[Dr. Asma Shakir Khawaja @AsmaKhawaja5]

In persuasion of our vision of knowledge sharing for informed discourse, The Center for International Strategic Studies, Azad Jammu and Kashmir (CISS-AJK), successfully convened its Strategic Outreach Program at the Neelum Valley Campus UAJK.

Coordinated by Research Officer @SabaGhulamnabi2, hosted by Campus Director Dr. Laal Hussain and lectures delivered by me, @ZohaibCISSAJK, @Tehmii_Syed, and @AbdulKashar, the event bridge academic inquiry with contemporary Strategic Studies and Nuclear politics.

The initiative aims at;

➡️ Cultivating critical strategy literacy among students and faculty on nuclear policy and emerging technologies.
➡️ Engaging the academic community in an intensive Q&A session to dissect regional security matrixes.
➡️ Advancing informed debate on the defining security & strategy.
➡️ Navigating the evolving global security architecture and optimizing Pakistan's strategic options.
➡️ Analyzing emerging trends, technological integrations, and unconventional shifts in contemporary conflict.
➡️ Assessing nuclear doctrines, deterrence frameworks, and risk reduction in escalation dynamics.
➡️ Addressing transboundary water security, riparian challenges, and policy pathways for Pakistan.

#CISSAJK #StrategicLiteracy #StrategicStability #NuclearPolicy #ArmsControl #UAJK #University #Education #Learning @ciss_ajk @RadioactiveFrnd @OfficialDGISPR @nasirjkhattak @ArmsConAdvisor @zafarwafa1977 @ExecDirCISSS @NaqviAliSarwar