CSP WEEKLY UPDATES (July 13-19, 2024)

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THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA & THE UNITED NATIONS

Ø  US condoles Bannu terror attack, vows continued cooperation with Pakistan

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2480434/us-condoles-bannu-terror-attack-vows-continued-cooperation-with-pakistan

Ø  The Resilient U.S.-Pakistan Relationship: From Cold War Alliances to Modern Partnership

https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2024/07/18/the-resilient-u-s-pakistan-relationship-from-cold-war-alliances-to-modern-partnership/

Ø  What’s Next for the U.N.’s Doha Process on Afghanistan?

https://www.usip.org/publications/2024/07/whats-next-uns-doha-process-afghanistan

Ø  How Can Europe Reduce Its Military Dependency on the United States?

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/12/world/europe/nato-europe-military-russia.html

Ø  Biden administration disturbed by Modi-Putin visit during NATO summit

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/07/11/india-russia-putin-modi-biden/

Ø  Report: Sanctions by the Numbers: 2023 Year in Review

https://www.cnas.org/publications/reports/sanctions-by-the-numbers-2023-year-in-review

Ø  A Foreign Policy for the World as It Is

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/biden-foreign-policy-world-rhodes

Ø  Biden Press Conference Overshadowed End of NATO Summit

https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/07/12/biden-press-conference-nato-summit-elections/

Ø  Over 1,000 attacks on healthcare in Occupied Palestinian Territory since October

https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/07/1152201

Ø  Security Council debates Gaza crisis, as civilian suffering continues unabated

https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/07/1152196

Ø  Polarised Security Council debates meaning of multilateralism

https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/07/1152166

Ø  Growing or shrinking? What the latest trends tell us about the world’s population

https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/07/1151971

Ø  Report: A global foresight report on planetary health and human wellbeing

https://www.unep.org/resources/global-foresight-report

Ø  UN deputy chief calls for major arms spending cuts and urgent action to save SDGs

https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/07/1152121

RUSSIA & EUROPE

Ø  US directly involved in Middle East, Ukraine conflicts — Lavrov

https://tass.com/politics/1818155

Ø  Von der Leyen vows to turn EU into defense union

https://tass.com/world/1818411

Ø  Russia may deploy nuclear missiles in response to US missile deployment in Germany — MFA

https://tass.com/defense/1818577

Ø  Zelensky rejects attempts to cut deals with Russia after Orban visit

https://www.brecorder.com/news/40313294

Ø  Russia open to working with any US leader

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2480609/russia-open-to-working-with-any-us-leader

Ø  Heatwaves scorch southern, eastern Europe

https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/1211085-heatwaves-scorch-southern-eastern-europe

Ø  Russia warns EU chief’s plans for new defence union signal confrontation

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/7/18/russia-warns-eu-chiefs-plans-for-new-defence-union-signal-confrontation

POLITICAL ECONOMY & NON-TRADITIONAL THREATS

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

Ø  IMF sees Pakistan economy expanding at 3.5pc in FY25

https://www.dawn.com/news/1846313/imf-sees-pakistan-economy-expanding-at-35pc-in-fy25

Ø  Pakistan, IMF clinch staff-level agreement on $7bn bailout deal

https://www.geo.tv/latest/553997-pakistan-imf-reach-7bn-staff-level-agreement

Ø  Unpacking new IMF deal’s consequences

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2479764/unpacking-new-imf-deals-consequences

Ø  Analysing Finance Act 2024

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2479761/analysing-finance-act-2024

Ø  Moody’s doubts success of IMF loan

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2480309/moodys-doubts-success-of-imf-loan

Ø  Unpacking inflation and wage crisis in Pakistan

https://www.dawn.com/news/1845947/unpacking-inflation-and-wage-crisis-in-pakistan

Ø  A chronicle of mismanagement and financial woes

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2480314/a-chronicle-of-mismanagement-and-financial-woes

Ø  Oil prices steady as US rate-cut hopes contend with economic slowdown signals

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/oil-prices-rise-bigger-than-expected-drop-us-crude-stocks-2024-07-18/

Ø  Pakistan’s energy mess

https://www.dawn.com/news/1845916/pakistans-energy-mess

Ø  Navigating population boom

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2479765/navigating-population-boom

Ø  Climate change feared to trigger food crisis

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2479248/climate-change-feared-to-trigger-food-crisis

Ø  The world needs a new global deal on climate and development finance

https://www.climatechangenews.com/2024/07/18/the-world-needs-a-new-global-deal-on-climate-and-development-finance/

Ø  Climate change is messing with time more than previously thought, scientists find

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/07/15/climate/polar-ice-melting-day-length-time/index.html

Ø  Anticipatory actions

https://www.dawn.com/news/1846603/anticipatory-actions

Ø  Climate change takes toll on internally displaced women in Pakistan

https://globalvoices.org/2024/07/17/climate-change-takes-toll-on-internally-displaced-women-in-pakistan/