CSP WEEKLY UPDATES (October 8-14, 2022)

Ø  India’s Balancing Act on Russia Is Getting Trickier
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/indias-balancing-act-on-russia-is-getting-trickier/2022/10/09/4ae78762-482f-11ed-8153-96ee97b218d2_story.html

Ø  White House Tightens Rules on Counterterrorism Drone Strikes
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/07/us/politics/drone-strikes-biden-trump.html

Ø  What Would Brinkmanship Look Like in the Indo-Pacific?
https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/10/10/indo-pacific-nuclear-brinkmanship-china-india-pakistan/

Ø  Afghan Central Bank Assets, Biden’s Executive Order, and Victims of Terrorism Litigation
https://www.brookings.edu/research/afghan-central-bank-assets-bidens-executive-order-and-victims-of-terrorism-litigation/

Ø  OPEC+ Oil Cut: Are Saudi Arabia and UAE Testing the Limits of a New World Order?
https://www.cnas.org/publications/commentary/opec-oil-cut-are-saudi-arabia-and-uae-testing-the-limits-of-a-new-world-order

Ø  Report: Artificial Intelligence and Arms Control
https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/files.cnas.org/documents/AI-and-Arms-Control_FINAL-PDF-2.pdf?mtime=20221006160243&focal=none

Ø  Pakistan’s ‘climate carnage beyond imagination’, UN chief tells General Assembly
https://news.un.org/story/2022/10/1129337

Ø  Ukraine: UN General Assembly demands Russia reverse course on ‘attempted illegal annexation’
https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/10/1129492

Ø  Business leaders deliver bold solutions to unlock long-term investment in SDGs
https://news.un.org/story/2022/10/1129467

Ø  Report: State of Climate Services Report
https://library.wmo.int/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=22136#.Y0euY0xByUk

RUSSIA & EUROPE

Ø  Hungary and Serbia to build pipeline to transport Russian oil
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/10/10/hungary-and-serbia-to-build-pipeline-to-transport-russian-oil

Ø  Biden promises air defence systems for Ukraine after attacks
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/10/11/biden-promises-air-defence-systems-for-ukraine-after-attacks

Ø  Zelenskyy asks for ‘air shield’ as G7 pledges continued support
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/10/11/g7-leaders-ukraine-president-to-hold-talks

Ø  Russia’s Putin hails ties as he meets UAR president
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/10/11/russia-putin-hails-ties-meets-uae-president

Ø  Europe turns to Africa for gas as alternative to Russia
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2022/10/12/europe-turns-to-africa-for-gas-as-alternative-to-russia

Ø  West steps up military aid to Ukraine after Russian barrage
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/10/12/west-steps-up-military-aid-to-ukraine-after-russian-barrage

Ø  UN condemns Russia’s annexation move: How did countries vote?
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/10/13/un-condemns-russias-annexations-in-ukraine-how-countries-voted

Ø  As NATO holds more nuclear talks, Russia warns of World War III
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/10/13/nato-holds-nuclear-talks-russia-issue-warnings-over-intervention

Ø  Qatari emir meets Putin in Kazakhstan
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/10/13/qatari-emir-putin-discuss-ukraine-energy-markets-world-cup

Ø  With Putin, Palestinian leader rules out US role as mediator
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-putin-israel-united-states-kazakhstan-94d792e9944383df4d09237c4fc85733

Ø  Germany’s Merkel defends decision to get Russian natural gas
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-business-germany-lisbon-2a8722c63c7ba84923c12eb0e1f8d35c

Ø  Putin tempts Turkey, suggests making it Europe’s new gas hub
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-putin-business-germany-turkey-bf621f99a04c3728ea305cbc8fb5546f

Ø  France starts sending natural gas directly to Germany
https://www.dw.com/en/france-starts-sending-natural-gas-directly-to-germany/a-63425604

Ø  France to supply air defence systems to Ukraine after wave of Russian strikes
https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20221012-france-to-supply-air-defence-systems-to-ukraine-after-wave-of-russian-strikes

Ø  Heads of CICA delegations adopt six documents at Astana summit – Kremlin
https://tass.com/politics/1522071

Ø  CIS summit opens in Astana
https://tass.com/world/1522591

POLITICAL ECONOMY & NON-TRADITIONAL THREATS

Ø  Pakistan’s aggregate productivity declining: WB
https://www.dawn.com/news/1714898/pakistans-aggregate-productivity-declining-wb

Ø  SBP keeps policy rate at 15%
https://tribune.com.pk/story/2380927/sbp-keeps-policy-rate-at-15

Ø  Remittances hit four-month low in Sept
https://tribune.com.pk/story/2381139/remittances-hit-four-month-low-in-sept

Ø  IMF to help Pakistan based on UNDP, WB assessment on floods
https://www.geo.tv/latest/446096-imf-vows-to-help-pakistan-after-undp-wb-assess-flood-damages

Ø  Rupee best performing currency
https://tribune.com.pk/story/2380659/rupee-best-performing-currency-1

Ø  Cash-strapped Pakistan expected to receive $4bn from int’l institutions
https://www.geo.tv/latest/445507-cash-strapped-pakistan-expected-to-receive-4bn-from-intl-institutions

Ø  BITs with EC, South Asia to continue
https://tribune.com.pk/story/2380926/bits-with-ec-south-asia-to-continue

Ø  Encouraging women entrepreneurship
https://www.dawn.com/news/1714463/encouraging-women-entrepreneurship

Ø  Door open to bilateral debt rescheduling
https://tribune.com.pk/story/2380929/door-open-to-bilateral-debt-rescheduling

Ø  Is the rupee’s recovery temporary?
https://www.dawn.com/news/1714471/is-the-rupees-recovery-temporary

Ø  Pakistan flaunts IT potential
https://tribune.com.pk/story/2381453/pakistan-flaunts-it-potential

Ø  IMF cuts 2023 growth outlook
https://tribune.com.pk/story/2381126/imf-cuts-2023-growth-outlook

Ø  Much complacency
https://www.dawn.com/news/1714967/much-complacency

Ø  Digital solutions help rural Pakistan
https://tribune.com.pk/story/2381295/digital-solutions-help-rural-pakistan

Ø  Historic decline in cotton output feared
https://tribune.com.pk/story/2381470/historic-decline-in-cotton-output-feared

Ø  Floods expose fragility of telecom infrastructure: report
https://www.dawn.com/news/1714219/floods-expose-fragility-of-telecom-infrastructure-report

Ø  The perplexing population puzzle
https://www.dawn.com/news/1714464/the-perplexing-population-puzzle

Ø  Oil edges up on weaker dollar, low U.S. diesel stocks
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/oil-slides-us-crude-gasoline-stocks-surge-2022-10-14/

Ø  Pakistan may seek several billion dollars in projects at COP27
https://www.geo.tv/latest/445938-pakistan-may-seek-several-billion-dollars-in-projects-at-cop27

Ø  Pakistan’s Floods Add to Climate Change Payments Debate
https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/pakistan-s-floods-add-to-climate-change-payments-debate/6785423.html

Ø  Costs of climate
https://www.dawn.com/news/1714586

Ø  Pakistan given vice-chairmanship of UN climate conference
https://dailytimes.com.pk/1009882/pakistan-given-vice-chairmanship-of-un-climate-conference/

Ø  Drive for climate compensation grows after Pakistan’s floods
https://apnews.com/article/floods-pakistan-united-nations-monsoons-climate-and-environment-403ba462fe9e808714e2fa849386d29d

Ø  Funds for Pakistan flood relief come too little, too late
https://www.climatechangenews.com/2022/10/12/pakistan-flood-relief-too-little-too-late/

Ø  How Pakistan can prevent another flood disaster
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2022/10/11/how-pakistan-can-prevent-another-flood-disaster

Ø  Climate change a huge threat to disaster reduction agenda
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2180561