CATEGORY
DND Thought Center
DND Thought Center is an independent information hub based in Islamabad, Pakistan, that operates under the umbrella of DND News Agency. It aims to provide researchers, scholars, journalists, policymakers, and the broader community with comprehensive and in-depth perspectives on regional developments, security, and public diplomacy in South Asia, Central Asia, and Eastern Europe, which are strategically important to Pakistan and its foreign policy.
DND Thought Center carries out its work with researchers and analysts who are master’s and Ph.D. students, Ph.D. candidates, holders of doctoral degrees, administrative personnel, and seasoned diplomats. The majority of the authors have years or even decades of experience in the subjects they write about.
The audience is composed of researchers, government officials, academics, and private-sector decision-makers. It offers clear insights into the events shaping regional security, with a particular focus on issues related to Pakistan, and publishes studies and articles from the broader strategic community. It is a nonpartisan platform that seeks to shape the direction for decision-makers through the clear and insightful articles it publishes.

Pakistan from ‘Regional Security Stabilizer’ to ‘Security Provider’
By Dr. Shazia Anwer CheemaA continuous Palestinian genocide over the past three years has shaken the foundation of the liberal world order. The loopholes...
By Prof. Dr. Taimoor ul HassanIn Nepal in 2025, the word “change” is everywhere. Political parties invoke it. Protesters chant it. Social media amplifies...
The defeat of Saffron terrorism at the hand of Pakistan and the ideological recalibration of RSS
By Dr Shazia Anwer CheemaIt is never easy to internalise defeat. No matter how strongly cognitive dissonance resists it, defeat manifests itself often...
Field Marshal Asim Munir and Strategic Equilibrium
By Dr. Shazia Anwar Cheema
Pakistan has historically walked a delicate tightrope in its foreign relations, especially when it comes to the two global powers—the...
River Ravi cannot go to Supreme Court against Imran Khan for encroaching its lands
By Dr Shazia Anwer CheemaRivers do not talk, they roar, particularly when they are wounded and hurt. Their roars are the sound of gushing...
New provinces or New Governance? Rethinking Pakistan’s Administrative Structure
By Agha Iqrar Haroon
The debate on creating new provinces in Pakistan has once again taken center stage, generating a wide range of viewpoints and...
Wars are not options, but the trade is
By Dr. Shazia Anwer CheemaThe history books will remember August 2025 whenever there will be any chapter about Armenia-Azerbaijan relations.US President Trump, Azerbaijan’s President...
Bureaucrats, Khawaja Asif and the ‘System’
By Agha Iqrar HaroonAn X statement by Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif is nowadays at the center stage. In his statement, the veteran politician...
Downgrading of Kashmir Status from Indian State to Indian Colony
By Saqlain ImamOn August 5, 2019, in the charged aftermath of the Pulwama attack, the Government of India made a historic and controversial move...
Withdrawal of forces from KP, Mukti Bahini, PTI and PTM
DND ReportAfter having remained quarantined for over a year, the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) leadership has once again come to the surface to pitch...
Latest news
- Advertisement -
