THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA & THE UNITED NATIONS
| Ø Taliban wages campaign of targeted killings against former members of Afghan security forces https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/11/30/taliban-killings-security/ Ø Pakistan ‘welcomes’ second round of US-Taliban talks in Doha https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/11/26/pakistan-welcomes-second-round-of-us-taliban-talks-in-doha Ø Pakistan pledges $28m in Afghanistan humanitarian support https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/11/23/pakistan-pledges-28-million-in-afghanistan-humanitarian-support Ø NATO Chief Says Mission Creep Corrupt Hurt Afghan Effort https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/nato-debates-the-lessons-of-mission-creep-in-afghanistan/2021/12/01/802f37c6-5285-11ec-83d2-d9dab0e23b7e_story.html Ø Host’s headache: Invite list for Biden’s democracy summit proves divisive https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/dec/2/joe-biden-democracy-summit-invite-list-proves-divi/ Ø Where Afghanistan’s New Taliban Leaders Went to School https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/25/world/asia/pakistan-taliban-afghanistan-madrasa.html Ø Dozens of Former Afghan Security Forces Dead or Missing Under Taliban, Report Says https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/30/world/asia/taliban-revenge-killings-afghanistan.html Ø Report Link: https://www.hrw.org/report/2021/11/30/no-forgiveness-people-you/executions-and-enforced-disappearances-afghanistan Ø Report: Biden Administration Signals Plans for an Indo-Pacific Economic Framework https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IN/IN11814 Ø Report: China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities—Background and Issues for Congress https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/RL/RL33153 Ø Israel: Background and U.S. Relations in Brief https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R44245 Ø Defense Primer: What Is Command and Control? https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IF/IF11805 Ø Getting the world unstuck on the Sustainable Development Goals https://www.brookings.edu/podcast-episode/getting-the-world-unstuck-on-the-sustainable-development-goals/ Ø All Against All: The Sectarian Resurgence in the Post-American Middle East https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/middle-east/2021-12-02/iran-middle-east-all-against-all Ø The Last Days of Intervention: Afghanistan and the Delusions of Maximalism https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/afghanistan/2021-10-08/last-days-intervention Ø Security Council ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee Adds One Entry to Its Sanctions List https://www.un.org/press/en/2021/sc14712.doc.htm Ø Sustainable Development Hinges on Collaboration between Aid, Peace-building Efforts, Says Secretary-General at Launch of Global Humanitarian Overview https://www.un.org/press/en/2021/sgsm21055.doc.htm Ø “Group of 77” Developing Countries and China Foreign Ministers Meeting, Stresses Need for Vaccine Equity, Fairer Global Economic Architecture https://www.un.org/press/en/2021/sgsm21053.doc.htm Ø WFP appeals for greater support for Afghanistan as hunger increases https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/12/1106912 Ø Conference to Create Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone in Middle East, Says It Would Strengthen Global Non-Proliferation Norms, Help Build Safer World https://www.un.org/press/en/2021/sgsm21046.doc.htm Ø ‘Turning point’ reached for survivors of ISIL crimes in Iraq, Security Council hears https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/12/1107022 Ø Drowning of 27 migrants in English Channel is worst disaster on record: IOM https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/11/1106562 Ø Interview: ISIL survivors can be assured of international support https://news.un.org/en/audio/2021/12/1107062 |
RUSSIA & EUROPE
POLITICAL ECONOMY & NON-TRADITIONAL THREATS
