THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA & THE UNITED NATIONS
| Ø Pakistan declines US democracy summit invitation https://tribune.com.pk/story/2333005/pakistan-declines-us-democracy-summit-invitation Ø Moeed: Post policy shift Pakistan desires to become geoecomonic center https://www.samaa.tv/news/2021/12/moeed-post-policy-shift-pakistan-desires-to-become-geoecomonic-center/ Ø Biden’s ‘Summit for Democracy’ includes countries that hardly seem to qualify https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/biden-democracy-autocracy-summit/2021/12/06/67558116-56ad-11ec-929e-95502bf8cdd5_story.html Ø Biden’s Democracy Conference Is about Much more Than Democracy https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/06/opinion/biden-democracy-conference.html Ø Report: The U.S. Summit for Democracy https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IN/IN11817 Ø Report: U.S.-Japan Relations https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IF/IF10199 Ø Report: Defense Primer: Quantum Technology https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IF/IF11836 Ø COVID-19: Potential Implications for International Security Environment Overview of Issues and Further Reading for Congress https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R46336 Ø Current Trends in Islamist Ideology, Volume 29, Hillel Fradkin, Husain Haqqani, Eric B. Brown & James Barnett https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.hudson.org/CT%20%2029.pdf Ø UN hails ‘strong political support’ to boost peacekeepers in the field https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/12/1107442 Ø Unilateral sanctions particularly harmful to women, children, other vulnerable groups https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/12/1107492 Ø UN Emergency Response Fund provides ‘spark of hope’ for shared humanity https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/12/1107432 Ø Avoid starvation: ‘Immediate priority’ for 3.5 million Afghans https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/12/1107132 Ø From the Field: ‘climate-smart’ development in an uncertain world https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/12/1106992 Ø Report: Assessment of agricultural plastics and their sustainability: A call for action https://www.fao.org/publications/card/en/c/CB7856EN Ø INTERVIEW: Turn to the ICJ before choosing conflict, Registrar urges States https://news.un.org/en/interview/2021/11/1105242 Ø 193 countries adopt first-ever global agreement on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/11/1106612 |
RUSSIA & EUROPE
POLITICAL ECONOMY & NON-TRADITIONAL THREATS
