November 2018 Current Affairs Current Affairs Articles from November 2018 Pakistan (16 Articles) Pakistan & World (10 Articles) World (18 Articles) Economy (11 Articles) Education (6 Articles) Compiled By Shahbaz Shakeel www.thecsspoint.com DOWNLOAD CSS Notes, Books, MCQs, Magazines www.thecsspoint.com Download CSS Notes Download CSS Books Download CSS Magazines Download CSS MCQs Download CSS Past Papers The CSS Point, Pakistan’s The Best Online FREE Web source for All CSS Aspirants. Email: [email protected] BUY CSS / PMS / NTS & GENERAL KNOWLEDGE BOOKS ONLINE CASH ON DELIVERY ALL OVER PAKISTAN Visit Now: WWW.CSSBOOKS.NET For Oder & Inquiry Call/SMS/WhatsApp 0333 6042057 – 0726 540316 CSS Solved Compulsory MCQs 2005 to 2018 Updated Call/SMS 03336042057 Politics Among Nations: The Struggle for Power & Peace By Hans Morgenthau November 2018 Table of Contents PAKISTAN 1. Energy Sector — Getting House in Order By Dr M Asif ................................................................... 9 2. Pak Foreign Policy & Strategic Framework By Mahrukh A Mughal ............................................... 12 3. Checking Population Growth | Editorial ........................................................................................ 15 4. Water Woes, Challenges And Way Forward By Muhammad Bilal Abdul Ghani ............................ 16 5. Poverty Reduction Initiative | Editorial ......................................................................................... 21 6. 18th Amendment — A Gain For Democracy By Babar Ayaz .......................................................... 22 7. Implications of Indo-US Entente For Pakistan By Muhammad Ayaz Nazar ................................... 25 8. Pakistan’s Place in the Trump Global Disorder By Shahid Javed Burki .......................................... 28 9. Trump At His Undiplomatic Best | Editorial .................................................................................. 31 10. Kashmir’s Unending Struggle | Editorial ........................................................................................ 32 11. Peace Corridor | Editorial .............................................................................................................. 33 12. Restructuring The Civil bureaucracy By Nasir Khan ....................................................................... 34 13. India and Pakistan Bid for the Membership of the NSG By Adeela Ahmed .................................. 38 14. India’s Intransigent Approach | Editorial ....................................................................................... 41 15. Arms For Peace | Editorial ............................................................................................................. 43 16. New National Action Plan | Editorial ............................................................................................. 45 PAKISTAN & WORLD RELATIONS 1. Pakistan-Russian Friendship By Leonid Savin ................................................................................ 46 2. A Turnaround In Ties | Editorial..................................................................................................... 50 3. Will Iran-Pakistan Ties Improve Under Imran Khan? By Ahmad Faruqui ...................................... 52 4. Pak-US Relations and Afghan Quagmire By Waqar Masood Khan ................................................ 56 5. Pak-Saudi Strategic Relationship By Dr Muhammad Khan ............................................................ 60 6. Pak-Afghan Relations By Amjad Nazeer......................................................................................... 63 7. Imran’s Visit to UAE to Boost Friendship By Ashfaq Ahmed ......................................................... 68 8. Pakistan-Malaysia Ties By Dr Ahmad Rashid Malik ....................................................................... 71 9. Pak-India Thaw | Editorial.............................................................................................................. 74 10. True Essence of Pakistan-China Ties By Talat Masood .................................................................. 75 Buy CSS Books Online as Cash on Delivery All Over Pakistan https://cssbooks.net 03336042057 Page 6 November 2018 ECONOMY 1. Seeking Another Rescue Package By M Ziauddin .......................................................................... 78 2. Reviewing Privatisation! | Editorial ............................................................................................... 81 3. Reforming The Tax System Editorial .............................................................................................. 82 4. Economy Gets Another Chance By Imtiaz Rafi Butt ....................................................................... 84 5. China International Import Expo & Pakistan By Dr Ejaz Hussain ................................................... 87 6. Afghanistan in CPEC | Editorial ...................................................................................................... 90 7. Economic Occidentalism, FATF and Pakistan By Dr Muhammad Babar Chohan .......................... 92 8. Internal and External Challenges & CPEC By Naveed Aman Khan ................................................. 97 9. Moody’s Warning | Editorial ....................................................................................................... 100 10. Talks With IMF | Editorial ............................................................................................................ 101 11. Alternative Economic Plan | Editorial .......................................................................................... 103 EDUCATION 1. A Uniform Education System | Editorial ...................................................................................... 105 2. Education Crisis | Editorial ........................................................................................................... 106 3. Education Policy is Needed By Zahid ur Rehman ........................................................................ 108 4. Out of school | Editorial ............................................................................................................... 111 5. Embracing The Quality Culture in Higher Education By Dr Shaukat Ali Mazari ........................... 112 6. The Higher Goals of Education By Dr. Asad Zaman ..................................................................... 116 WORLD 1. Resuming Peace Talks By Dr Zafar Nawaz Jaspal ......................................................................... 119 2. A Russian Pivot to Asia? By Alexey Khlebnikov ............................................................................ 122 3. International Relations: A New World Order By Sheraz Zaka ...................................................... 125 4. Trump After Midterm Elections By Waqar K Kauravi and Umar Waqar ...................................... 128 5. More Politics Than Substance: Three Years Of Russian And Chinese Economic Cooperation In Central Asia – Analysis By Nargis Kassenova* ............................................................................. 131 6. Afghanistan: The Stalemate and Solution By Mohsin Raza Malik ............................................... 135 7. Spat Between the US and China By Muhamamad Waqar Aslam ................................................ 139 8. Defining the role of the United Nations By Muhammad Usman Ghani ...................................... 142 9. Moscow Format: New hope for Afghan Peace? By Iqbal Khan ................................................... 145 10. Gaza Ceasefire | Editorial ............................................................................................................ 148 11. Nuclear Suppliers Group And its November Agenda By Beenish Altaf ........................................ 149 Buy CSS Books Online as Cash on Delivery All Over Pakistan https://cssbooks.net 03336042057 Page 7 November 2018 12. Sanctioning Iran | Editorial .......................................................................................................... 152 13. Beyond The AI Arms Race By Remco Zwetsloot, Helen Toner, and Jeffrey Ding ........................ 154 14. The Global Nature of Global Warming By Remshay Ahmed ....................................................... 161 15. Post–Election Foreign Policy Trouble By Paul R. Pillar ................................................................. 164 16. The Coming War Over Ukraine? By Jonas Driedger ..................................................................... 167 17. ‘Historic But Tragic’ | Editorial ..................................................................................................... 171 18. ASEAN – Search For Synergy? By Dr. Imran Khalid ...................................................................... 172 Buy CSS Books Online as Cash on Delivery All Over Pakistan https://cssbooks.net 03336042057 Page 8 November 2018 PAKISTAN Energy Sector — Getting House in Order By Dr M Asif With the new government in office well into its third month, the energy sector remains awaiting meaningful measures for its woes to be addressed. Although it’s too short a time to imagine things turning around, at least future directions are expected to be made clear pretty soon. The over a decade-long energy crisis is still very much alive. Despite the last government’s acclaimed installed capacity of 28,000MW, electricity load-shedding has