Current Affairs: Year-by-Year Topic Map (2016–2026)

CE-2016

1. Counter-terrorism measures, especially the National Action Plan — efficacy

2. Economic reform: debt reduction and enhancing export capacity

3. Pak-India comprehensive dialogue — prospects and constraints

4. CPEC: prospects, challenges, and as a regional game changer

5. Saudi-Iran deterioration; Pakistan's possible mediating role

6. China-US strategic competition and its impact on global order

7. Climate change impacts and the measures adopted at the Paris Conference

CE-2017

1. National Action Plan and internal security stabilisation — outcomes

2. Balochistan security in relation to CPEC; regional powers seeking to sabotage it

3. US-Russia relations in the context of ISIS; Middle East security

4. US "rebalancing" and China's assertive South China Sea policy

5. US-India strategic partnership; impact on the region and Indian Ocean

6. China's strategic vision behind One Belt, One Road

7. Short notes: INS Arihant SSBN / K-4 and South Asian strategic stability; the US-India LEMOA of August 2016

CE-2018

1. CPEC as an economic uplift instrument for Pakistan

2. Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline and its challenges

3. US efforts to retain dominance in the Asia-Pacific and China's response

4. The Islamic Military Alliance and implications for the Muslim world

5. The 2017 Qatar diplomatic crisis and its Middle East impact

6. Trump's South Asia policy and implications for Pakistan

7. Pakistan's SCO membership: opportunities and challenges

CE-2019

1. China's strategic vision behind BRI/OBOR

2. Trump's withdrawal from the Paris Agreement — reasons and impacts

3. Pakistan-Afghanistan emerging water conflict

4. Critical review of Pakistan's National Energy Policy 2013–2018

5. Corruption elimination embedded in the governance system

6. Governing structures' capacity to neutralise internal security threats

7. Instruments and techniques of hybrid warfare against Pakistan

CE-2020

1. Climate change and Pakistan's water resources; inter-provincial harmony

2. FATF grey-listing: causes, implications, exit measures

3. IOK lockdown: viable policy choices for Pakistan

4. Indo-US partnership; consequences for Pak-US and Pak-China ties

5. Indo-Pacific strategic competition: US, China, India, Japan, Australia

6. OIC, Arab League and GCC in Middle East crises

7. Future of globalism and multilateralism

CE-2021

1. US withdrawal from the Open Skies Treaty; great-power arms control

2. Nagorno-Karabakh and Kashmir conflicts compared

3. Rise of the right as a challenge to liberal democracies

4. Creation of new provinces in Pakistan

5. The Afghan Peace Deal as a US withdrawal deal

6. Militarization of artificial intelligence

7. Covid-19 and the world order

CE-2022

1. Pakistan's foreign policy options after the Russian invasion of Ukraine

2. The 2021 Taliban takeover: anticipated policies, regional and global response

3. New START 2021, US-Russia deterrence, and implications for Pakistan's nuclear programme

4. Muslim Ummah disunity — pragmatic paths to unity

5. Designing a workable political system for good governance in Pakistan

6. US-China trade war since 2018 and the "Second Cold War" world order

7. Short notes: poverty and trade in South Asia and SAARC's role; Xi Jinping vs Joe Biden as leaders; the 2022 FIFA World Cup and Arab world politics

CE-2023

1. Pakistan-Turkey relations; ripple effects in the Himalayas, Arabian Peninsula, South Caucasus

2. COP-27 (Sharm el-Sheikh), Pakistan's 2022 floods, reconstruction and rehabilitation roadmap

3. Root causes of the Russian invasion of Ukraine; impact on and lessons for Pakistan

4. CPEC as economic regionalization: advantages, challenges, prospects

5. World population reaching 8 billion (15 Nov 2022); consequences of rapid growth

6. Energy's influence on world geopolitics; global energy governance

7. Balance-of-payments constraint, foreign exchange pressure, export-oriented structural reform

CE-2024

1. Creation of more provinces: beneficial or harmful

2. US-Pakistan relations under Biden within the US Indo-Pacific strategy

3. Pakistan's role in ECO and ECO's future within regional integration

4. Balancing Saudi Arabia and Iran after China's mediation

5. Palestine: escalation since October 2023 and major-power reactions

6. Ukraine war and Russia-Europe energy relations

7. Short notes: South Asian regional integration prospects; UN nuclear non-proliferation efforts; climate change and the big powers

CE-2025

1. Ethnicity in Pakistan as a threat to national integration (scholarly evidence required)

2. Fragility of Pakistan's economic stability; remedial measures

3. Contours of Pakistan's strategic relations with India and Afghanistan

4. Nuclear Non-Proliferation Regime and the India-US strategic partnership

5. SCO and BRICS as a challenge to US politico-economic dominance

6. Peace in South Asia: Kashmir and the India-Pakistan nuclear arms race

7. Environmental degradation in Pakistan and sustainable rehabilitation

CE-2026

1. Convergence of climate shocks, population growth, governance gaps, non-traditional security threats and fiscal stress; policy for a disaster-resilient Pakistan

2. Brain drain and its impact on achieving the SDGs by 2030 (choose any three SDGs)

3. Natural resources as a source of conflict and instability; lessons and way forward

4. Shrinking NGO space globally and in Pakistan

5. Achievements of the COP process generally and COP-30 specifically

6. Prospects for resolving the Palestinian conflict after the UNSC-approved US-drafted Gaza resolution; Pakistan's possible role

7. Short notes: GMOs in food production; implications of depopulation; China's role in the evolving world order

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