Staff Reporter
Secretary Defence Lt Gen (Retd) Mian Hilal Hussain on Thursday unveiled a plaque to inaugurate Centre for Strategic Perspectives (CSP) at Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI).
Addressing the participants Mian Hilal Hussain said that the establishment of CSP is a very timely initiative, keeping in view the changing dynamics and transformations that the world is currently undergoing.
He said, the world is in a flux and the contemporary challenges underline the need for a holistic and all encompassing approach towards the various challenges that we face today.
He said that the post-world war era produced international institutions which are now being destabilized due to rigid unilateralism.
It must not be forgotten that solutions to longstanding and serious problems require a harmony as geopolitical tensions and growing inequality cannot be solved by any single country on its own. Global threats are collective and therefore require collective solutions to them, he added.
Director General (DG) ISSI, Ambassador Aizaz Ahmed Chaudhary, in his welcome address stated that the ISSI is fully committed to providing inputs to the government of Pakistan and that the institute aims to synergize its work and be relevant to policy makers in Pakistan.
He further said that ISSI is working on narratives which are in line with the Government of Pakistan and “We are further working to augment those narratives.”
In his introduction of CSP, Director, Centre for Strategic Perspectives, Najam Rafique introduced the newly established centre of excellence and gave a briefing about the activities and working of the centre.
