CSP WEEKLY UPDATES (April 27-May 3, 2024)

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA & THE UNITED NATIONS

https://www.nation.com.pk/01-May-2024/pakistan-us-hold-talks-to-boost-bilateral-ties-trade

Ø  Strategic discrimination

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2464798/strategic-discrimination

Ø  US, Pakistan vow to boost cooperation on regional security

https://www.dawn.com/news/1830688

Ø  Top US envoy arrives in Islamabad to engage new regime

https://www.dawn.com/news/1830247

Ø  2023 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Pakistan

https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/pakistan/

Ø  DOD’s Gaza Pier and the Maritime Corridor—Gaza: The Human Toll

https://www.csis.org/analysis/dods-gaza-pier-and-maritime-corridor-gaza-human-toll

Ø  Cooperation is not off the table but will not be the thrust of U.S.-China interactions.

https://www.usip.org/publications/2024/04/blinkens-china-trip-shows-both-sides-want-stabilize-ties

Ø  President Biden trails former President Trump. Can he come back?

https://www.brookings.edu/articles/president-biden-trails-former-president-trump-can-he-come-back/

Ø  What is deterrence, and what is its role in U.S. national defense?

https://www.brookings.edu/articles/what-is-deterrence-and-what-is-its-role-in-u-s-national-defense/

Ø  Pakistan urges UN to reconsider Palestine’s full membership bid amid US veto

https://dunyanews.tv/en/Pakistan/808811-Pakistan-urges-UN-to-reconsider-Palestine/%27s-full-membership-bid-amid-US

Ø  Palestine: General Assembly discusses failed UN membership bid

https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/05/1149231

Ø  Gazans on tenterhooks awaiting news of ceasefire call

https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/05/1149216

Ø  Guterres calls on Israel and Hamas to end Gaza war

https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/04/1149176

Ø  Gaza at ‘most dangerous’ stage amid huge unexploded weapons risk, warns demining expert

https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/04/1149126

Ø  Gaza protests: UN rights chief flags ‘disproportionate’ police action on US campuses

https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/04/1149181

RUSSIA & EUROPE

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2464684/uk-to-help-explore-green-financing-tools

Ø  Belarus seeks to bolster trade, investment

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2464688/belarus-seeks-to-bolster-trade-investment

Ø  France’s Macron doesn’t rule out troops for Ukraine

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/5/2/frances-macron-doesnt-rule-out-troops-for-ukraine

Ø  Russia using chemical choking agents in Ukraine, US says

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68941220

Ø  Russian troops enter airbase in Niger where US soldiers are stationed

https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/02/russian-troops-enter-airbase-in-niger-where-us-soldiers-are-stationed

Ø  Russia seizes more ground in Ukraine’s east as Kyiv’s forces await supplies

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/5/1/russia-seizes-more-ground-in-ukraines-east-as-kyivs-forces-await-supplies

Ø  US to provide Patriot missiles to Ukraine as part of $6bn defence aid

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/27/us-to-provide-patriot-missiles-to-ukraine-as-part-of-6bn-defence-aid

Ø  Polish farmers suspend blockade of Ukraine border

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/29/polish-farmers-suspend-blockade-of-ukraine-border

POLITICAL ECONOMY & NON-TRADITIONAL THREATS

Ø  Moving the needle on GDP

https://www.dawn.com/news/1830921/moving-the-needle-on-gdp

Ø  US supports Pakistan’s efforts for IMF bailout

https://www.dawn.com/news/1831118/us-supports-pakistans-efforts-for-imf-bailout

Ø  Govt striving to clear $2bn Chinese IPPs dues

https://www.dawn.com/news/1830697/govt-striving-to-clear-2bn-chinese-ipps-dues

Ø  Pakistan’s trade potential in Asia

https://www.dawn.com/news/1830172/pakistans-trade-potential-in-asia

Ø  SBP receives $1.1 billion IMF loan tranche

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2464685/sbp-receives-11-billion-imf-loan-tranche

Ø  SBP holds key rate at record high

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2464529/sbp-holds-key-rate-at-record-high

Ø  Rethinking Pakistan’s FDI obsession

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2464376/rethinking-pakistans-fdi-obsession

Ø  Oil steadies, heads for weekly drop on U.S. economy worries

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/oil-steadies-heads-weekly-drop-us-economy-worries-2024-05-03/

Ø  Road to UHC

https://www.dawn.com/news/1831146/road-to-uhc

Ø  ADB asks Pakistan to use spatial mapping to mitigate damages

https://www.dawn.com/news/1830076/adb-asks-pakistan-to-use-spatial-mapping-to-mitigate-damages

Ø  Climate justice: Hope of humanity

https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2024/05/01/climate-justice-hope-of-humanity/

Ø  We might be closer to changing course on climate change than we realized

https://www.vox.com/climate/24139383/climate-change-peak-greenhouse-gas-emissions-action

Ø  CAN CLIMATE CHANGE PAKISTAN’S ECONOMY?

https://www.dawn.com/news/1829891