CSP WEEKLY UPDATES (January 11-17, 2025)

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THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA & THE UNITED NATIONS

Ø  Trump’s loyalist calls for stronger Pak-US ties

https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/1272600-trumps-loyalist-calls-for-stronger-pak-us-ties

Ø  Pakistan’s missiles will never be a threat to the U.S.

https://asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/Pakistan-s-missiles-will-never-be-a-threat-to-the-U.S

Ø  US lawmaker looks to scrap Pakistan’s ‘non-Nato ally’ status

https://www.dawn.com/news/1884766

Ø  One Question Looming Over Israel-Hamas Truce Deal—Why Now?

 https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/01/15/israel-hamas-truce-deal/

Ø  Trump Is Opening Pandora’s Box

https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/01/14/trump-us-president-greenland-canada-panama-expansionism-history/

Ø  Tehran’s Proxies Are on the Back Foot. An Iran-Russia Defense Pact Could Revive Them.

https://www.cnas.org/publications/commentary/tehrans-proxies-are-on-the-back-foot-an-iran-russia-defense-pact-could-revive-them

Ø  America’s China Strategy Is Incomplete

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/americas-china-strategy-incomplete

Ø  Blinken’s audacious final message for the Middle East

https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/content-series/inflection-points/blinkens-audacious-final-message-for-the-middle-east/

Ø  Foresight Africa 2025-2030

https://www.brookings.edu/collection/foresight-africa-2025-2030/

Ø  Trump and Xi Face Off

https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trump-and-xi-face-off-u-s-china-relations-bf341036

Ø  Guterres hails Gaza ceasefire deal as ‘critical first step’

https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/01/1159031

Ø  Guterres highlights ‘hope through action’ for 2025, amid continuing turmoil

https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/01/1159016

Ø  UN rights chief in historic meeting in Syria’s with caretaker authority in Damascus

https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/01/1159021

Ø  Confirmed: 2024 was the hottest year on record, says UN weather agency

https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/01/1158891

Ø  2025 agenda: ‘We must not let opportunities pass,’ says UN Assembly President

https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/01/1159001

RUSSIA & EUROPE

Ø  US cracks down on Russian oil exports to China and India

https://www.geo.tv/latest/585023-us-cracks-down-on-russian-oil-exports-to-china-and-india

Ø  Russia says new sanctions will destabilise markets

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2521934/russia-says-new-sanctionswill-destabilise-markets

Ø  Putin, Iranian president to sign strategic partnership treaty

https://tass.com/politics/1900449

Ø  US, UK behind attack on Turk-Stream gas pipeline, says Russian envoy

https://tass.com/politics/1900429

Ø  As EU president, Poland aims to speed up Ukraine’s accession process — Polish leader

https://tass.com/world/1899669

Ø  UK, Ukraine leaders sign ‘landmark’ 100-year agreement

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/1/16/uk-ukraine-leaders-sign-landmark-100-year-agreement

Ø  Indians lured to Russia are dying on the front lines in Ukraine

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/16/indians-russia-ukraine-war-putin-modi/

Ø  Romania sets May date for new presidential election

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/1/16/romania-sets-may-date-for-new-presidential-election

Ø  Ukraine captures North Korean soldiers; Russia readies for talks with Trump

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/1/15/moscow-hopes-for-talks-with-trump-that-sideline-ukraine-and-europe

Ø  Ukraine launches largest air attacks on Russia since start of war

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/1/14/ukraine-launches-largest-air-attacks-on-russia-since-start-of-war

Ø  NATO launches new Baltic Sea mission to protect undersea cables

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/1/14/nato-launches-new-baltic-sea-mission-to-protect-undersea-cables

Ø  Europe Threatens to Trigger a Global Scramble for Natural Gas

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-13/natural-gas-prices-europe-s-ability-to-pay-more-may-price-out-poorer-nations

Ø  Croatia’s President Milanovic re-elected in landslide run-off victory

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/1/12/incumbent-expected-to-win-as-croatians-vote-in-presidential-run-off

Ø  Thousands gather in Germany to protest far-right AfD congress

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/1/11/german-protesters-attempt-to-block-far-right-afd-congress

Ø  A Wider War Has Already Started in Europe

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2025/01/europe-russia-ukraine-multifront-war/681295/

Ø  The Biggest Threat to Europe

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/europe/biggest-threat-europe

POLITICAL ECONOMY & NON-TRADITIONAL THREATS

Ø  SBP Weekly Data Report
http://www.sbp.org.pk/ecodata/index2.asp

Ø  Can South Asia escape poverty trap via regional trade?

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2521680/can-south-asia-escape-poverty-trap-via-regional-trade

Ø  Can Pakistan revive its steel mill?

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2521678/can-pakistan-revive-its-steel-mill

Ø  World Bank approves $20 billion loan

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2522425/world-bank-approves-20-billion-loan

Ø  The poverty trap

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2521603/the-poverty-trap-1

Ø  UAE rolls over $2bn deposits for Pakistan, confirms SBP

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2522576/uae-rolls-over-2bn-deposits-for-pakistan-confirms-sbp

Ø  World Bank flags flaw in Uraan plan

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2522658/world-bank-flags-flaw-in-uraan-plan

Ø  Economy seen growing at 3.4pc in FY25

https://www.dawn.com/news/1884432/economy-seen-growing-at-34pc-in-fy25

Ø  Pension pain

https://www.dawn.com/news/1884747/pension-pain

Ø  Oil settles lower on expected halt to Houthi shipping attacks

https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/oil-rises-us-inventory-declines-heighten-supply-concerns-2025-01-16/

Ø  Malnutrition costs Pakistan $17bn annually: report

https://www.geo.tv/latest/585622-pakistan-faces-rs4733tr-cost-per-annum-due-to-undernutrition

Ø  Govt plans $250 million ‘green fund’

https://www.dawn.com/news/1885579/govt-plans-250-million-green-fund

Ø  Scrapping a coal power avenue

https://www.dawn.com/news/1884746/scrapping-a-coal-power-avenue

Ø  Farm sector on autopilot

https://www.dawn.com/news/1884737/farm-sector-on-autopilot

Ø  Experts for public-private role in food security

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2522656/experts-for-public-private-role-in-food-security

Ø  Pakistan’s Climate Crisis: Bridging Policy Gaps And Empowering Grassroots Action

https://thefridaytimes.com/16-Jan-2025/pakistan-s-climate-crisis-bridging-policy-gaps-and-empowering-grassroots-action

Ø  Climate change’s security consequences for Pakistan’s future

https://www.samaa.tv/2087327436-climate-change-s-security-consequences-for-pakistan-s-future

Ø  Global warming, catastrophes, and climate finance

https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2025/01/12/global-warming-catastrophes-and-climate-finance/

Ø  Geopolitics of climate change

https://www.dawn.com/news/1885572

Ø  L.A. Fires Show Limits of America’s Efforts to Cope With Climate Change

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/climate/california-fires-climate-change.html

Ø  Armed conflict and climate change driving global economic uncertainty: WEF

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/1/15/armed-conflict-and-climate-change-driving-global-economic-uncertainty-wef