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What can be done to save the future of Pakistan’s Northern Communities amidst Climate disasters?0
- Blog, Climate Security, Food Security, Human Security
- September 10, 2025
Timely investments in early warning systems, glacier and watershed management, green infrastructure, and community-led adaptation can save northern Pakistan’s communities. The mountain valleys that feed the Indus and sustain millions face faster glacier melt, growing glacial lakes, deforestation, and more intense monsoon floods. Those hazards now combine with weak local infrastructure and limited disaster fundingREAD MORE
Is Israel using starvation as a tool of Genocide in Gaza?0
- Blog, Economic Security, Food Security, Human Security, National Security
- August 28, 2025
Israel’s blockade and obstruction of aid in Gaza show a deliberate use of starvation as a weapon against civilians. The food system has collapsed, children are dying of malnutrition, and humanitarian agencies warn of famine-level conditions across the territory. Israeli authorities control crossings, airspace, and the shoreline, and they dictate which convoys or supplies mayREAD MORE

US-Pakistan Oil Deal of 2025: An explainer 0
- Blog, Economic Security, National Security
- August 28, 2025
The 2025 “oil deal” is essentially a U.S.–Pakistan trade and energy package that lowers certain tariffs, enables cooperation on hydrocarbons and minerals, and sets up Pakistan’s first shipment of U.S. crude to a local refinery. Pakistan’s economy depends heavily on imported fuel, foreign exchange remains tight, and energy shocks often trigger inflation and political crises.READ MORE
How effective is the global support for Pakistan’s climate crisis?0
- Blog, Climate Security, Economic Security, Food Security, National Security
- August 7, 2025
Global support for Pakistan’s climate crisis remains insufficient and slow. Pakistan faces relentless heatwaves, floods, glacier melt, and economic disruption while contributing under 1% of global carbon emissions. International partners pledged nearly $11 billion after the devastating 2022 floods, but by mid-2025, Pakistan had received only $4.9 billion—less than half the total. That stark shortfallREAD MORE

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