Top 10 Current Affairs Topics For CSS Special 2023

1.
Russia-Ukraine War, Implications on Global Security, Food and Energy

Security, Effectiveness of Western Response, US-NATO support and sanctions
regime, Peace Talks, Ukrainian Counter-Offensive, Russia-North Korean Alliance.
Click on the following link and get article and pdf data all about the topic
1. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-022-01391-x
2. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211912423000056?via%3Dihub
3. https://www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en/document/EPRS_BRI%282022%29733667
4. https://www.ifpri.org/publication/russia-ukraine-war-implications-global-and-regional-food-
security-and-potential-policy
5. https://www.csis.org/programs/global-food-security-program/topics/russia-ukraine-war-and-
global-food-security
6. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-022-01391-x.pdf
2. Saudi Iran Normalization, Saudi Israel Rapprochement.

1. https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/saudi-normalization-israel-domestic-
transformation-and-us-policy
2. https://jcpa.org/article/saudi-iran-rapprochement-and-saudi-israel-normalization-no-
contradiction-intended/
3. https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/is-saudi-iran-reconciliation-threatening-
the-future-of-israeli-normalization/
5. https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2023/05/israel-normalization-saudi-arabia-not-
impossible
6. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/9/24/what-countries-have-normalised-relations-with-
iran-after-saudi-detente
7. https://jcpa.org/article/saudi-iran-rapprochement-and-saudi-israel-normalization-no-
contradiction-intended/
8. https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/is-saudi-iran-reconciliation-threatening-
the-future-of-israeli-normalization/
3. Expansion of SCO, Expansion of BRICS, Expansion of G7 and G20,
and Changing Global Order.
1. https://www.orfonline.org/research/building-g7-g20-synergy-for-a-multipolar-world/
2. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/aug/24/five-brics-nations-announce-admission-
of-six-new-countries-to-bloc
3. https://news.mit.edu/2023/taylor-fravel-brics-expansion-0926
4. https://www.cfr.org/expert-brief/risks-and-rewards-sco-expansion
5. https://www.economist.com/the-economist-explains/2022/09/14/what-is-the-shanghai-co-
operation-organisation
6. https://www.newsnationnow.com/morninginamerica/whats-the-difference-between-the-g-7-
and-g-20/
7. https://www.forbes.com/sites/katharinabuchholz/2023/08/25/rise-of-brics-bloc-continues-
through-expansion-infographic/?sh=e55dd2d225ce
4. US-China Power Play and Multipolarity.
1. https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/china-multipolarity-myth
2. https://foreignaffairs.com/united-states/china-multipolarity-myth
3. https://www.airuniversity.af.edu/JIPA/Display/Article/2935030/uschina-tit-for-tat-politics-in-
the-asia-pacific-beyond-thucydides-trap-to-mult/
4. https://thediplomat.com/2016/04/china-russia-and-the-unipolar-moment/
5. BRI vs IMEC, What IMEC entails, Regional Implications,

geopolitical and geo-economic Implications
1. https://www.sriramsias.com/upsc-daily-current-affairs/imec-and-bri-india-middle-east/
2. https://www.tpci.in/indiabusinesstrade/blogs/imec-lessons-from-the-bri-legacy/
3. https://thediplomat.com/2023/09/the-geopolitics-of-the-new-india-middle-east-europe-
corridor/
4. https://minutemirror.com.pk/comparing-bri-and-imec-scale-scope-and-implications/
6. Pakistan's Geostrategic landscape, CPEC, progress,

concerns and controversy, debt trap, CPEC 2.0, Mega
Projects, challenges and impacts in economy, employment,
and Pakistan's balance of payment crisis.
1. https://www.nation.com.pk/07-Jan-2023/cpec-2023-hopes-and-challenges
2. https://www.usip.org/publications/2021/05/pakistans-growing-problem-its-china-economic-
corridor
3. https://ipi.org.pk/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/China-working-paper.pdf
4. https://www.academia.edu/39309806/China_Pakistan_Economic_Corridor_CPEC_geostrategic_
and_domestic_Challenges_and_how_to_overcome_these_challenges_LLM_THESIS_PROPOSAL
7. Democracy in Crisis, Civil-Military Relations, Political

Engineering, Judicial Populism, Elite Capture, Media Freedoms,
Fundamental Rights and constitutional crisis, sovereign and
sobriety, parliamentary supremacy, elections and dynastic
politics.
1. https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2018/democracy-crisis
2. https://academic.oup.com/book/33479
3. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/08/18/american-democracy-political-system-
failures/
4. https://news.stanford.edu/2020/03/11/populism-jeopardizes-democracies-around-world/
5. https://academic.oup.com/book/33479/chapter-abstract/287768534?redirectedFrom=fulltext
8. Pakistan's Economic Crisis, Balance of Payment Crisis, Twin
Deficits, IMF Program, Loans and Debt Management, Circular
Debt, Privatization, Monetary policy, inflation
1. https://www.usip.org/publications/2023/09/promise-and-peril-pakistans-economic-recovery-
effort
2. https://www.imf.org/en/News/Articles/2023/07/12/pr23261-pakistan-imf-exec-board-
approves-us3bil-sba
3. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/7/19/exceptionally-high-economic-risks-in-pakistan-
imf-report-says
4. https://thediplomat.com/2023/04/the-socio-economic-impact-of-the-delayed-imf-bailout-
program-in-pakistan/
9. Terrorism in Pakistan, Rise of ISKP, TTP-BLA nexus, Mustang,

Hangu attacks, TTP activities in Waziristan, Swat, DI Khan, DG
Khan, KP and Baluchistan, Pakistan's counter Terrorism policy, the
role of LEAs, CTDs, etc.
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorism_in_Pakistan
2. https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/pakistan/terrorism
3. https://www.state.gov/reports/country-reports-on-terrorism-2021/pakistan/
4. https://www.nation.com.pk/15-Jan-2023/terrorism-in-pakistan
5. https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2023/03/29/explaining-the-resurgence-of-terrorist-violence-in-
pakistan/
6. https://www.voanews.com/a/pakistan-growing-militant-attacks-linked-to-taliban-takeover-of-
afghanistan-/6798440.html
7. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-58891613
10. Energy Crisis in Pakistan, Inflated prices of electricity,
rising petroleum prices, public unrest, IMF conditionality,
and Bad governance.
1. https://www.nbr.org/publication/pakistans-energy-crisis/
2. https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/sep/05/pakistan-uproar-violent-
protests-soaring-fuel-electricity-prices
3. https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/fandd/issues/2022/12/beating-the-european-energy-
crisis-Zettelmeyer
4. https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/09/inflation-rising-food-energy-prices-economy/
5. https://www.imf.org/en/Blogs/Articles/2022/08/03/how-europe-can-protect-the-poor-from-
surging-energy-prices
6. https://www.imf.org/en/Blogs/Articles/2022/08/03/how-europe-can-protect-the-poor-from-
surging-energy-prices
7. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-61483175
8. https://www.elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2021/271/article-A001-en.xml

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1.

Russia-Ukraine War, Implications on Global Security, Food and Energy

2. Saudi Iran Normalization, Saudi Israel Rapprochement.

4. US-China Power Play and Multipolarity.

5. BRI vs IMEC, What IMEC entails, Regional Implications,

6. Pakistan's Geostrategic landscape, CPEC, progress,

7. Democracy in Crisis, Civil-Military Relations, Political

9. Terrorism in Pakistan, Rise of ISKP, TTP-BLA nexus, Mustang,

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