World During Trump 2.0: Implications for Global and Regional Peace, Security, and Stability
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The NUST Institute of Policy Studies (NIPS) organized the seminar on “World During Trump 2.0: Implications for Global and Regional Peace, Security, and Stability” on Tuesday, December 24, 2024. Moderated by Dr Ashfaque Hasan Khan, DG, NIPS, the seminar, featuring three keynote addresses, was attended by statesmen, former senior civil and military officials, veteran ambassadors, public officials, academics, think tank experts, scholars, researchers, and students. There was an expert consensus during the seminar that big changes awaited the world during Trump 2.0.
One of the keynote speakers, Mushahid Hussain Sayed, veteran statesman and Chairperson, Pakistan-China Institute, said that the return of Donald Trump to the White House augured sharp shifts in global and regional dynamics which could also likely change traditional institutional structures and reshape governance in the United States. Mushahid Hussian noted that India’s growing isolation across South Asia, despite the American prioritization of India, would create an unprecedentedly favorable moment which should be properly utilized by Pakistan for the greater regional interest.
During his keynote address, Masood Khalid, Pakistan’s former ambassador to China, highlighted that Trump’s cavalier penchant for unilateralism would lead to greater anti-globalization and geoeconomic fragmentation. Ambassador Masood Khalid stressed that Pakistan must safeguard its vital interests unflinchingly, navigate the increasingly complex global geopolitical environment astutely, continue to deepen relations with China confidently, and promote relations with the U.S. on the basis of the principle of bilateralism and mutual interest.
In his keynote address, Ambassador Sohail Mahmood, DG, ISSI and former foreign secretary, stated that amidst the privileging of India by the United States, the intensification of great-power competition, and rising global trade protectionism, Pakistan should keenly focus on political stability, economic growth, and deft navigation of bloc politics as a solid guarantee against impending geopolitical headwinds.
The keynotes were followed by a detailed discussion session which dealt with issues like the future direction and pace of great-power competition, domestic challenges of great powers, imperatives of comprehensive national development, geopolitical future of South Asia, the future of peace and stability in the Middle East, expansion of BRICS, inclusive and exclusive multilateralism, and other pertinent recent strategic developments.