CSP WEEKLY UPDATES (January 7-13, 2023)

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA & THE UNITED NATIONS

Ø  US will continue to help Pakistan rebuild economy
https://www.dawn.com/news/1731077

Ø  The last eight years have been the warmest on record, researchers say
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/01/10/fifth-warmest-year-record-climate/

Ø  Taliban hard-liners consolidate control with crackdown on women
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/01/10/taliban-hardliners-women-work-universities/

Ø  Iran and Russia Are Closer Than Ever Before
https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/01/05/iran-russia-drones-ukraine-war-military-cooperation/

Ø  What We’ve Learned From the War in Ukraine
https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/01/10/ukraine-russia-china-war-strategy-putin-zelensky/

Ø  The Weaponization of Humanitarian Aid
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/world/weaponization-humanitarian-aid

Ø  Afghan Women and Girls: Status and Congressional Action
https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IF/IF11646

Ø  Guterres urges radical global finance shake-up to help Pakistan after deadly floods
https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/01/1132272

Ø  World Bank: sharp, long-lasting slowdown to hit developing countries hard
https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/01/1132327

Ø  Arab region registers world’s highest unemployment rate, UN survey finds
https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/12/1132112

Ø  Pakistan floods: 9 million more risk being pushed into poverty, warns UNDP
https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/01/1132207

Ø  International Conference on Climate Resilient Pakistan
https://www.undp.org/international-conference-climate-resilient-pakistan

RUSSIA & EUROPE

Ø  Gas pipeline between Lithuania & Latvia blows up
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/1/13/gas-pipeline-between-lithuania-latvia-blows-up

Ø  Who is Russia’s new Ukraine war commander Valery Grasimov?
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/1/12/who-is-russias-new-ukraine-war-commander-valery-gerasimov

Ø  Russia imposes sanctions on UK’s Foreign Secretary, Chief of General Staff – diplomat
https://tass.com/politics/1562257

Ø  Armenia calls on G20 countries to force Baku to open Lachin corridor
https://tass.com/world/1561919

Ø  Moscow, Minsk to agree on new three-year integration package in 2023 – Foreign Ministry
https://tass.com/politics/1562051

Ø  US says Iran now Russia’s ‘top military backer’
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-63921007

Ø  Iran executes British-Iranian national on spying charges
https://www.dw.com/en/iran-executes-british-iranian-national-on-spying-charges/a-64393016

Ø  German media report defence minister soon to resign
https://www.dw.com/en/german-media-report-defense-minister-soon-to-resign/a-64390340

Ø  Turkey dissatisfied with Swedish reaction to Erdogan’s effigy
https://www.dw.com/en/turkey-dissatisfied-with-swedish-reaction-to-erdogan-effigy/a-64387403

Ø  UK will provide Challenger 2 tanks to Ukraine – Sunak
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-64274704

POLITICAL ECONOMY & NON-TRADITIONAL THREATS

Ø  Debt: a longer view
https://www.dawn.com/news/1731420/debt-a-longer-view

Ø  Geneva pledges and Pakistan’s economic challengesp
https://www.geo.tv/latest/464300-geneva-pledges-and-economic-challenges

Ø  Country is in crisis: PBC tells PM
https://tribune.com.pk/story/2394661/country-is-in-crisis-pbc-tells-pm

Ø  World Bank slashes Pakistan’s GDP growth projection by half
https://www.geo.tv/latest/464298-world-bank-slashes-pakistans-gdp-growth-projection-by-half

Ø  Pressure mounts on Dar to stop ‘managing’ exchange rate
https://www.dawn.com/news/1730497/pressure-mounts-on-dar-to-stop-managing-exchange-rate

Ø  Export of services goes up 6pc in July-Nov
https://www.dawn.com/news/1730866/export-of-services-goes-up-6pc-in-july-nov

Ø  Terms and conditions of Geneva pledges questioned
https://tribune.com.pk/story/2395400/terms-and-conditions-of-geneva-pledges-questioned

Ø  Pakistan will not default: Bloomberg Economics
https://www.geo.tv/latest/463966-pakistan-will-not-default-bloomberg

Ø  Pakistan gets $4bn lifeline as economic woes mount
https://www.dawn.com/news/1731409/pakistan-gets-4bn-lifeline-as-economic-woes-mount

Ø  Revisiting “D” word: Pakistan should opt for debt restructuring
https://tribune.com.pk/story/2394850/revisiting-d-word-pakistan-should-opt-for-debt-restructuring

Ø  Pitfalls of import substitution
https://tribune.com.pk/story/2394841/pitfalls-of-import-substitution

Ø  Explosive food inflation
https://www.dawn.com/news/1730729/explosive-food-inflation

Ø  Are SOEs delivering the desired social outcome?
https://tribune.com.pk/story/2394851/are-soes-delivering-the-desired-social-outcome

Ø  Oil up more than 1% on U.S. inflation data, demand optimism
https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/oil-rises-china-demand-optimism-russian-supply-concerns-amid-sanctions-2023-01-12/

Ø  Donors pledge over $8bn to rebuild Pakistan after floods – official
https://www.climatechangenews.com/2023/01/09/donors-pledge-over-8bn-to-rebuild-pakistan-after-floods-official/

Ø  Pakistan faces threat of hunger amid increased cost of living: WEF report
https://www.geo.tv/latest/464508-pakistan-faces-threat-of-hunger-amid-increased-cost-of-living-wef

Ø  ‘Pakistan 8th most climate vulnerable country’
https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/1030114-pakistan-8th-most-climate-vulnerable-country

Ø  Flood prevention methods
https://www.dawn.com/news/1730723/flood-prevention-methods

Ø  Food supply at risk as banks reluctant to open LCs
https://www.geo.tv/latest/464732-food-supply-at-risk-as-banks-reluctant-to-open-lcs

Ø  Spending $10 billion
https://www.dawn.com/news/1731230

Ø  Dubious distinctions
https://www.dawn.com/news/1731421/dubious-distinctions

Ø  2022 tied as world’s fifth-warmest on record, scientists say
https://www.geo.tv/latest/464731-2022-tied-as-worlds-fifth-warmest-on-record-scientists-say