THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

1. Biden’s domestic terrorism strategy details unprecedented focus on homegrown threats
https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/National-Strategy-for-Countering-Domestic-Terrorism.pdf
2. Biden and Putin hold high-stakes Geneva summit
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3. We Cannot Afford to Turn Our Backs on Afghanistan
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/13/opinion/robert-gates-afghanistan-withdrawal.html
4. Pentagon Accelerates Withdrawal from Afghanistan
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/25/us/politics/us-afghanistan-withdrawal.html
5. Turkey seeks US support to maintain troops in Afghanistan
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/at-nato-turkey-hails-its-revival-of-dialogue-with-greece/2021/06/14/0acc9640-cd1f-11eb-a224-bd59bd22197c_story.html
6. The Local Roots of Chinese Engagement in Pakistan
https://carnegieendowment.org/2021/06/02/local-roots-of-chinese-engagement-in-pakistan-pub-84668
7. Don’t Expect Pakistan to Host US Military Bases
https://thediplomat.com/2021/06/dont-expect-pakistan-to-host-us-military-bases/
8. G7 summit: Biden says America is back at the table
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57462047
9. An introduction to Asia-Pacific Regional Security
https://www.iiss.org/blogs/analysis/2020/06/rsa-2020-introduction
10. For the first time, NATO sees China’s growing military might as ‘presenting challenges.’
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/06/14/world/nato-summit#for-the-first-time-nato-sees-chinas-growing-military-might-as-presenting-challenges

RUSSIA & EUROPE

1. Stasis in Berlin as Campaign Season Approaches
https://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/merkel-s-lame-duck-government-stasis-in-berlin-as-campaign-season-approaches-a-36182143-ffae-43ad-8bb9-47b116f57711
2. ‘The BBC Is Under Pressure as Boris Johnson Tightens the Screws
https://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/taking-aim-at-the-beeb-the-bbc-is-under-pressure-as-boris-johnson-tightens-the-screws-a-d8e05b82-089b-4439-a21f-240feff3e06c
3. What Putin really wants from Biden
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-57427055

MULTILATERALISM

1. Restoring nature ‘the test of our generation’: UN General Assembly President
https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/06/1093942
2. Landmark G7 agreement pledges 870 million COVID-19 vaccine doses
https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/06/1093932
3. Turning to sustainable global business: 5 things to know about the circular economy
https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/06/1093802
4. NATO takes tough stance on China at Biden’s first summit with alliance
https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20210615-nato-takes-tough-stance-on-china-at-biden-s-first-alliance-summit?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

POLITICAL ECONOMY & NON-TRADITIONAL THREATS

1. SBP Weekly Data Report
http://www.sbp.org.pk/ecodata/index2.asp
2. Budget 2021-22 at a glance
https://www.geo.tv/latest/354650-budget-2021-22-at-a-glance
3. Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin rules out possibility of Pakistan’s exit from IMF programme
https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/850820-not-possible-to-come-out-of-imf-programme-tarin?_ga=2.222317979.1807520569.1619709890-211639734.1619709886
4. G-20 suspends Pakistan’s $3.17bn debt payment by year-end: Fawad
http://www.radio.gov.pk/15-06-2021/g-20-suspends-pakistans-debt-of-317-billion-dollars-by-end-of-this-year
5. World Bank, ADB delay $1b loans
https://tribune.com.pk/story/2305248/world-bank-adb-delay-1b-loans
6. Budgeting with constraints
https://www.dawn.com/news/1630025/budgeting-with-constraints
7. SBP reserves rise $2m to $16.42b
https://tribune.com.pk/story/2305838/sbp-reserves-rise-2m-to-1642b
8. Towards V-shaped recovery
https://tribune.com.pk/story/2305057/towards-v-shaped-recovery
9. Economic recovery and growth
https://tribune.com.pk/story/2305059/economic-recovery-and-growth
10. Steel industry perturbed by price distortion
https://tribune.com.pk/story/2305816/steel-industry-perturbed-by-price-distortion
11. The Analytical Angle: Addressing the woes of Pakistan’s electricity distribution sector
https://www.dawn.com/news/1629670/the-analytical-angle-addressing-the-woes-of-pakistans-electricity-distribution-sector
12. Cost of bilateral investment treaties
https://tribune.com.pk/story/2305058/cost-of-bilateral-investment-treaties
13. In Pakistan, women’s representation in the workforce remains low
https://blogs.worldbank.org/endpovertyinsouthasia/pakistan-womens-representation-workforce-remains-low
14. Disrupted rhythms of the Indus
https://www.dawn.com/news/1630024/disrupted-rhythms-of-the-indus
15. Oil falls from multi-year highs on firmer dollar, hike in UK COVID cases
https://www.reuters.com/business/crude-oil-prices-drop-pressured-by-stronger-us-dollar-2021-06-17/
16. Floods feared as glaciers begin to melt in upper parts of Pakistan
https://arynews.tv/en/floods-feared-glaciers-melt-upper-parts-pakistan/
17. ‘Recharge Pakistan to address environmental, water challenges’
https://www.dawn.com/news/1628730/recharge-pakistan-to-address-environmental-water-challenges
18. Govt engaging youth & children in tackling Climate Change issue: Amin Aslam
https://www.radio.gov.pk/11-06-2021/govt-engaging-youth-children-in-tackling-climate-change-issue-amin-aslam
19. PM says Pakistan doing more to fight climate change
https://www.brecorder.com/news/40099772/pm-says-pakistan-doing-more-to-fight-climate-change
20. Sindh unlikely to achieve cotton target
https://www.dawn.com/news/1629607
21. GREEN PLANETWater Crisis: Pakistan running dry
https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2021/06/07/water-crisis-pakistan-running-dry/
22. EU Energy Transition: Made in Europe
https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/news/article/made-in-europe
23. Equinix Sets 2030 Global Climate-Neutral Target
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/equinix-sets-2030-global-climate-neutral-target-301313470.html
24. ‘Dangerous’ and ‘record-breaking’ heat wave affects 50 million Americans
https://www.carbonbrief.org/daily-brief/dangerous-and-record-breaking-heat-wave-affects-50-million-americans