CSP WEEKLY UPDATES (March 25-31, 2023)

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA & THE UNITED NATIONS

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2408376/us-pakistan-green-alliance-framework

Ø  Pakistan opts out of US-hosted summit

https://www.dawn.com/news/1744768

Ø  American Consensus on Ukraine Has Fractured

https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/03/29/ukraine-support-us-republicans-democrats-politics/

Ø  The U.S. Should Get Over Its Short War Obsession

https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/03/28/us-russia-ukraine-china-short-war-strategic-patience/

Ø  House Republicans Subpoena Blinken for Key Afghan Dissent Cable

https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/03/28/congress-biden-afghanistan-subpoena-blinken-dissent-cable-mccaul-republicans/

Ø  AUKUS, deterrence and US foreign policy with Becca Wasser

https://www.cnas.org/publications/podcast/aukus-deterrence-and-us-foreign-policy-with-becca-wasser

Ø  Sharper: Iraq

https://www.cnas.org/publications/commentary/sharper-iraq

Ø  Japan’s New Security Policies: A Long Road to Full Implementation

https://www.rand.org/blog/2023/03/japans-new-security-policies-a-long-road-to-full-implementation.html

Ø  Ukraine Military Situation Report

https://www.hudson.org/defense-strategy/ukraine-military-situation-report-march-29

Ø  The AUKUS Submarine Deal Highlights a Tectonic Shift in the U.S.-Australia Alliance

https://carnegieendowment.org/2023/03/27/aukus-submarine-deal-highlights-tectonic-shift-in-u.s.-australia-alliance-pub-89383

Ø  Report: Middle East and North Africa-China Relations

https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R47482

Ø  Report: A Threshold Alliance: The China-Pakistan Military Relationship

https://www.usip.org/publications/2023/03/threshold-alliance-china-pakistan-military-relationship

Ø  ILO calls for fresh support as job losses grip post-quake Türkiye and Syria

https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/03/1135107

Ø  UNICEF alert to save millions from desperate hunger in Yemen

https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/03/1134992

Ø  Pakistan: 10 million deprived of safe drinking water in flood-affected areas

https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/03/1134852

Ø  Cosmic crops poised for harvest on Earth

https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/03/1135072

Ø  UN 2023 Water Conference

https://sdgs.un.org/sites/default/files/2023-03/Closing%20press%20release_waterconference_FINAL_24Mar.pdf

RUSSIA & EUROPE

https://www.euronews.com/2023/03/23/more-than-1-million-take-to-the-streets-in-france-against-unpopular-pension-reform

Ø  UK strikes biggest post-Brexit trade deal
https://www.euronews.com/2023/03/31/uk-strikes-biggest-post-brexit-trade-deal

Ø  Core inflation in the Eurozone reaches new all-time high of 5.7%, reflecting entrenched phenomenon
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2023/03/31/core-inflation-in-the-eurozone-reaches-new-all-time-high-of-57-reflecting-entrenched-pheno

Ø  Hungarian PM sees world facing new war
https://tass.com/world/1596995

Ø  West directly involved in the war against Russia – Lavrov
https://tass.com/politics/1596807

Ø  Russia, China have to take measures to protect relations from harm of sanctions – diplomat
https://tass.com/politics/1596757

Ø  Turkish parliament ratifies Finland’s NATO membership
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/3/30/turkish-parliament-ratifies-finlands-nato-membership

Ø  US sanctions man accused of arms deal with North Korea and Russia
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/3/30/us-sanctions-man-accused-of-arms-deal-with-north-korea-and-russia

Ø  Ukraine prepares for counterattack as Putin makes nuclear threats
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/3/30/ukraine-prepares-for-counterattack-as-putin-makes-nuclear-threats

Ø  Austria’s far-right lawmakers walk out of Zelensky’s speech
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/3/30/austria-far-right-lawmakers-walk-out-of-zelenskyy-speech

Ø  Despite sanctions, EU keeps on doing business with Russia
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/3/29/despite-sanctions-eu-keeps-on-doing-business-with-russia

Ø  Capture of Bakhmut means Putin will ‘smell’ weakness: Ukraine
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/3/29/zelenskyy-warns-of-drawn-out-war-invites-chinas-xi-to-ukraine

Ø  Russia starts Yars intercontinental ballistic missile drills
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/3/29/russia-starts-yars-intercontinental-ballistic-missiles-drills

Ø  Russia says oil sales to India soared 22-fold last year
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/3/28/russia-says-oil-sales-to-india-soared-22-fold-last-year

Ø  UN Security Council turns down request for Nord Stream inquiry
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/3/27/un-security-council-turns-down-request-for-nord-stream-inquiry

Ø  Putin says Russia will deploy nuclear weapons in Belarus
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/3/25/putin-says-will-deploy-tactical-nuclear-weapons-in-belarus

Ø  Nordic countries plan joint air defence to counter Russian threat
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/3/25/nordic-countries-plan-joint-air-defence-to-counter-russian

Ø  EU’s decision to remove Pakistan from the list of high-risk countries
https://mofa.gov.pk/eus-decision-to-remove-pakistan-from-the-list-of-high-risk-countries/

Ø  Pakistan strongly condemns another abhorrent act of desecration of the Holy Quran in Denmark
https://mofa.gov.pk/pakistan-strongly-condemns-another-abhorrent-act-of-desecration-of-the-holy-quran-in-denmark/

POLITICAL ECONOMY & NON-TRADITIONAL THREATS

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2408883/currency-dealers-offer-24b-in-loans-to-govt

Ø  ‘IMF wants external financing pledges first’

https://www.dawn.com/news/1744744/imf-wants-external-financing-pledges-first

Ø  Govt starts outsourcing three major airports in Pakistan

https://www.geo.tv/latest/479425-pakistan-prompts-action-plan-for-outsourcing-three-major-airports

Ø  Stagflation: a complicated situation for policymakers

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2408384/stagflation-a-complicated-situation-for-policymakers

Ø  Slumming it in Pakistan

https://www.dawn.com/news/1744391/slumming-it-in-pakistan

Ø  Pakistan hails EU’s decision to remove high-risk label, sees it as a positive step

https://www.geo.tv/latest/479288-pakistan-hails-eus-decision-to-remove-high-risk-label-sees-it-as-a-positive-step

Ø  Exports fall as policymaking becomes rudderless

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2408183/exports-fall-as-policymaking-becomes-rudderless

Ø  Profit outflows plunge 88pc in July-February

https://www.dawn.com/news/1744585/profit-outflows-plunge-88pc-in-july-february

Ø  World Bank warns of ‘lost decade’ in global growth

https://www.dawn.com/news/1744587/world-bank-warns-of-lost-decade-in-global-growth

Ø  Oil down marginally amid uncertainty over imminent US economic data

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/oil-rises-china-factory-activity-expansion-lifts-demand-hopes-2023-03-31/

Ø  Pakistan becomes less vulnerable to climate change but running out of water fast: report

https://pakobserver.net/pakistan-becomes-less-vulnerable-to-climate-change-but-running-out-of-water-fast-report/

Ø  Pakistan fails to earn dollars through carbon credits

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2408383/pakistan-fails-to-earn-dollars-through-carbon-credits

Ø  US-Pakistan Green Alliance framework

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2408376/us-pakistan-green-alliance-framework

Ø  Mismatch of renewables

https://www.dawn.com/news/1744355/mismatch-of-renewables

Ø  Lahore’s sick lungs

https://www.dawn.com/news/1745133

Ø  ‘Water efficiency is a necessity’

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2408683/water-efficiency-is-a-necessity

Ø  UN adopts landmark resolution to define global legal obligations on climate change

https://www.france24.com/en/environment/20230329-un-adopts-landmark-resolution-to-define-global-legal-obligations-on-climate-change