THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA & THE UNITED NATIONS

Ø  US helps Pakistan secure IMF package

https://www.dawn.com/news/1762676/us-helps-pakistan-secure-imf-package

Ø  Mixed Signals: Is a US-China “Cold War” Heating Up or Cooling Down?

https://www.wilsoncenter.org/audio/mixed-signals-us-china-cold-war-heating-or-cooling-down

Ø  Global Peace Index 2023: “Peacefulness” Declines for 9th Straight Year

https://www.wilsoncenter.org/video/global-peace-index-2023-peacefulness-declines-9th-straight-year

Ø  Report: “Production Is Deterrence”

https://www.cnas.org/publications/reports/production-is-deterrence

Ø  NATO’s Security Guarantees for Ukraine

https://www.cnas.org/publications/podcast/natos-security-guarantees-for-ukraine

Ø  Report: Global Peace Index (GPI) 2023

https://www.visionofhumanity.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/GPI-2023-Web.pdf

Ø  Is China Preparing to Make a Run at Israeli-Palestinian Peace?

https://www.usip.org/publications/2023/06/china-preparing-make-run-israeli-palestinian-peace

Ø  Displaced to Cities: Conflict, Climate Change, and Rural-to-Urban Migration

https://www.usip.org/publications/2023/06/displaced-cities-conflict-climate-change-and-rural-urban-migration

Ø  The Global Information Wars: Is The U.S. Winning Or Losing?

https://www.foreign.senate.gov/hearings/the-global-information-wars-is-the-us-winning-or-losing050323

Ø  ‘Bold and resolute’ action needed to protect children affected by war

https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/07/1138367

Ø  Cooperation key to weathering climate crisis, growing inequality, new tech challenge: Guterres

https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/07/1138342

Ø  Jenin: UN concerned over ongoing Israeli military operation

https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/07/1138332

Ø  INTERVIEW: Building bridges between Afghanistan and the world because ‘isolation is not an option’

https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/07/1138312

Ø  Report: World Investment Report 2023

https://unctad.org/publication/world-investment-report-2023

Ø  A knowledge-based approach to tackling Afghanistan’s drug abuse crisis

https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/06/1138067

Ø  Boost global action and ambition to reach SDGs, urges new UN campaign

https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/07/1138362

RUSSIA & EUROPE

Ø  Mercenary chief Prigozhin back in Russia, Belarus’s Lukashenko says

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2425028/mercenary-chief-prigozhin-back-in-russia-belaruss-lukashenko-says

Ø  Saudi-Russia oil cooperation going strong

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2424961/saudi-russia-oil-cooperation-going-strong

Ø  India refiners pay in yuan for Russian oil imports
https://tribune.com.pk/story/2424628/india-refiners-pay-in-yuan-for-russian-oil-imports

Ø  SCO summit: Putin says sanctions making Russia stronger

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-66094385

Ø  Analyst: ‘Uneasy ceasefire’ between Wagner, Russia after mutiny

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/7/6/analyst-uneasy-ceasefire-between-wagner-russia-after-mutiny

Ø  Column: Europe’s gas storage is filling too fast
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/europes-gas-storage-is-filling-too-fast-kemp-2023-07-06/

Ø  China cancels visit from EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/7/5/china-cancels-visit-from-eu-minister-josep-borrel

Ø  Kiev seeks to draw NATO directly into Ukrainian conflict, Russian envoy says
https://tass.com/politics/1643669

POLITICAL ECONOMY & NON-TRADITIONAL THREATS

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

Ø  Global forecasters see rupee in trouble

https://www.dawn.com/news/1763420/global-forecasters-see-rupee-in-trouble

Ø  Situationer: Is CPEC a ‘debt trap’ for Pakistan?

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2424827/situationer-is-cpec-a-debt-trap-for-pakistan

Ø  Pakistan vows to fulfil IMF promises after averting default threat

https://www.geo.tv/latest/497298-pakistan-vows-to-fulfill-imf-promises-after-averting-default-threat

Ø  Default and restructuring

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2424393/default-and-restructuring

Ø  Moody’s, Fitch warn of risks despite IMF deal

https://www.dawn.com/news/1762842/moodys-fitch-warn-of-risks-despite-imf-deal

Ø  Domestic debt goes up by Rs6tr in FY23

https://www.dawn.com/news/1763217/domestic-debt-goes-up-by-rs6tr-in-fy23

Ø  $3bn SBA to bring economic stability: SBP governor

https://www.dawn.com/news/1763083/3bn-sba-to-bring-economic-stability-sbp-governor

Ø  Fiscal imbalance is shortening boom, bust cycle

https://www.dawn.com/news/1763418/fiscal-imbalance-is-shortening-boom-bust-cycle

Ø  The fever breaks

https://www.dawn.com/news/1763242

Ø  Power sector circular debt tops Rs2.64tr

https://www.geo.tv/latest/497228-power-sector-circular-debt-tops-rs264tr

Ø  Oil heads for second straight weekly gain on resilient demand

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/oil-prices-steady-rate-hike-fears-offset-signs-tightening-supply-2023-07-07/

Ø  ‘FAO launches Digital Village Initiative pilot

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2424955/fao-launches-digital-village-initiative-pilot

Ø  Energy measures in the budget

https://www.dawn.com/news/1762742/energy-measures-in-the-budget

Ø  18 die in Punjab as torrents ravage Balochistan

https://www.dawn.com/news/1763407/18-die-in-punjab-as-torrents-ravage-balochistan

Ø  Hague court rules against India in row over dams

https://www.dawn.com/news/1763425/hague-court-rules-against-india-in-row-over-dams

Ø  Think anew to make electricity affordable, says WEF

https://www.dawn.com/news/1762240/think-anew-to-make-electricity-affordable-says-wef

Ø  A $30 Billion Disaster Is Just the Tip of a Deadly Climate Cycle

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2023-07-02/pakistan-braces-for-heavy-rains-floods-after-30-billion-climate-disaster

Ø  How Will El Niño Impact Pakistan? | Front Seat To Climate Change | Dawn News English

https://www.dawn.com/news/1763298/how-will-el-nino-impact-pakistan-front-seat-to-climate-change-dawn-news-english