CSP WEEKLY UPDATES (October 1-7, 2022)

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA & THE UNITED NATIONS

Ø  US re-engagement with Pakistan: Ideas for reviving an important relationship
https://www.nation.com.pk/05-Oct-2022/us-re-engagement-with-pakistan-ideas-for-reviving-an-important-relationship

Ø  Pentagon Press Secretary Brigadier General Pat Ryder and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Laura K. Cooper Hold a Press Briefing
https://www.defense.gov/News/Transcripts/Transcript/Article/3179889/pentagon-press-secretary-brigadier-general-pat-ryder-and-deputy-assistant-secre/

Ø  Pakistan’s army chief meets with US defense secretary
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/pakistans-army-chief-meets-with-us-defense-secretary/2022/10/05/3e68f9a0-4486-11ed-be17-89cbe6b8c0a5_story.html

Ø  U.S. Ambassador Donald Blome Visits AJK to Strengthen U.S.-Pakistan Trade and People-to-People Ties
https://pk.usembassy.gov/u-s-ambassador-donald-blome-visits-ajk-to-strengthen-u-s-pakistan-trade-and-people-to-people-ties/

Ø  US cannot walk away from Pakistan: report
https://www.dawn.com/news/1713476

Ø  Study eyes US cooperation with Pakistan amid China rise
https://tribune.com.pk/story/2380255/study-eyes-us-cooperation-with-pakistan-amid-china-rise

Ø  You Can’t Choose Your Neighbors: The Taliban’s Testy Regional Relationships
https://www.usip.org/publications/2022/09/you-cant-choose-your-neighbors-talibans-testy-regional-relationships

Ø  US envoy visits AJK to ‘promote Pakistan-US partnership’
https://tribune.com.pk/story/2380261/us-envoy-visits-ajk-to-promote-pakistan-us-partnership

Ø  Pakistan’s 2022 Floods and Implications for U.S. Interests
https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IF/IF12211

Ø  How the world should help Pakistan with its never-ending flood disaster
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/10/03/hamid-mir-pakistan-climate-justice-flooding/

Ø  In a First Study of Pakistan’s Floods, Scientists See Climate Change at Work
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/15/climate/pakistan-floods-global-warming.html

Ø  Upholding a Rules-Based Order: Reinforcing a Free and Open Indo-Pacific
https://www.hudson.org/research/18283-upholding-a-rules-based-order-reinforcing-a-free-and-open-indo-pacific

Ø  Ten years of Afghan economic growth, reversed in just 12 months: UNDP
https://news.un.org/en/news/topic/economic-development

Ø  Report: One Year in Review-Afghanistan since August 2021
https://www.undp.org/afghanistan/publications/one-year-review-afghanistan-august-2021

Ø  Pakistan: To avert ‘second wave of death’, UN raises funding appeal to $816 million
https://news.un.org/node/1129177

Ø  New UN report urges Europe to step-up action over triple environmental crisis
https://news.un.org/en/node/1129277

RUSSIA & EUROPE

Ø  UK could face 3-hour power cuts this winter, National Grid warns
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/10/6/uk-could-face-3-hour-power-cuts-this-winter-national-grid-warns

Ø  France slams Iran for publishing ‘ confession’ video of ‘hostages’
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/10/6/france-slams-iran-for-publishing-confession-video-of-hostages

Ø  Most victims of religious hate crimes are Muslims and Jews: UK
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/10/6/hate-crimes-rise-by-26-percent-in-england-and-wales

Ø  European leaders gather in Prague, Russia not invited
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/10/6/european-leaders-gather-in-prague-russia-not-invited

Ø  Ukraine takes swaths of territory, despite Russia’s mobilisation
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/10/5/ukraine-takes-swaths-of-territory-despite-russias-mobilisation

Ø  OPEC+ cuts oil production by 2m barrels a day despite US pressure
https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2022/10/5/opec-agrees-to-major-oil-production-cuts-despite-us-pressure

Ø  Denmark’s PM calls general election for November 1
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/10/5/denmarks-prime-minister-calls-general-election-for-november-1

Ø  European Parliament calls for EU sanctions on Iran over repression of street protests
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2022/10/06/european-parliament-calls-for-eu-sanctions-on-iran-over-repression-of-street-protests

Ø  US announces $625m military aid for Ukraine, Russia warns of risk
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/10/5/us-announces-625m-military-aid-for-ukraine-russia-warn-of-risks

Ø  Ukraine promises to export more grains to African countries
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/10/4/ukraine-promises-to-export-more-grains-to-african-countries

POLITICAL ECONOMY & NON-TRADITIONAL THREATS

Ø  Moody’s rating downgrade ‘not truly reflective’ of macroeconomic conditions: Pakistan
https://www.geo.tv/latest/444758-moodys-rating-downgrade-not-truly-reflective-of-pakistan

Ø  Digitisation can fix supply chain: SBP deputy chief
https://www.dawn.com/news/1713710/digitisation-can-fix-supply-chain-sbp-deputy-chief

Ø  Sept RDA inflows hit 20-month low
https://tribune.com.pk/story/2380554/sept-rda-inflows-hit-20-month-low

Ø  Forming policies for the common man
https://www.dawn.com/news/1713102/forming-policies-for-the-common-man

Ø  Pakistan may miss IMF targets
https://tribune.com.pk/story/2380551/pakistan-may-miss-imf-targets

Ø  ADB to provide flood-relief support of $2.3-2.5b to Pakistan
https://www.geo.tv/latest/444508-adb-to-provide-flood-relief-support-of-23-25b-to-pakistan

Ø  Trade deficit shrinks to $9.2bn in first quarter of FY23
https://www.geo.tv/latest/444389-trade-deficit-shrinks-to-92-billion-in-first-quarter-of-fy23

Ø  Govt on defensive after IMF rebuke
https://tribune.com.pk/story/2380193/govt-on-defensive-after-imf-rebuke

Ø  Redefining economic paradigm
https://tribune.com.pk/story/2379773/redefining-economic-paradigm

Ø  Policy commitments made by Pakistan to continue to apply: IMF representative
https://www.geo.tv/latest/444142-policy-commitments-made-by-pakistan-to-continue-to-apply-imf-representative

Ø  9m Pakistanis pushed into poverty due to floods: World Bank
https://www.geo.tv/latest/444711-9m-pakistanis-pushed-into-poverty-due-to-floods-world-bank

Ø  Bleak outlook of exports
https://www.dawn.com/news/1713125/bleak-outlook-of-exports

Ø  Over 20 countries may require emergency aid
https://tribune.com.pk/story/2380012/over-20-countries-may-require-emergency-aid

Ø  Oil prices rise 1% on cuts to OPEC+ output targets
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/oil-prices-rise-after-opec-agrees-slash-crude-output-2022-10-06/

Ø  Developing climate change strategy
https://tribune.com.pk/story/2379772/developing-climate-change-strategy

Ø  Wheat policy — dumb and dumber
https://www.dawn.com/news/1713113/wheat-policy-dumb-and-dumber

Ø  A plan for climate change
https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/997472-a-plan-for-climate-change

Ø  Causes and effects of climate change
https://www.thenews.com.pk/magazine/us/997878-causes-and-effects-of-climate-change

Ø  Climate change made summer hotter and drier worldwide, study finds
https://indianexpress.com/article/world/climate-change/climate-change-made-summer-hotter-and-drier-study-finds-8193262/