The Evening: Explosion in Poland, Strikes on Kyiv, Once Upon a Time in the West, and More

Poland holds emergency security meeting after reports of fatal explosion

Poland convened an emergency meeting of national security officials on Tuesday, after Polish media reported projectiles killed two people near the border with Ukraine on Tuesday. It is unclear where the projectiles came from, but they landed in the NATO member’s territory roughly the same time as Russia launched its biggest wave of missile attacks on Ukrainian cities in more than a month, as CNN reports.

Russia targets Kyiv

Russia fired roughly 100 missiles at targets across Ukraine on Tuesday, one of the broadest aerial attacks since the invasion began, causing blasts in at least six regions including Kyiv, the capital, just days after Moscow retreated from a key city in the south, as the NYT reports. 

Wealthy nations offer Indonesia $20bn to wean it off coal

Wealthy nations led by the US and Japan have offered Indonesia a $20bn package to help pay for the coal-dependent country’s shift to renewable energy as world leaders attempt to lure developing economies away from fossil fuels, as the FT reports.

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In That Number

8 billion

The population of the planet is set to hit eight billion Tuesday, according to projections from the United Nations that forecast the number will grow to 8.5 billion by 2030 as life expectancy rises. 

Source: WSJ

Critical Quote

“Our collective economic security has been threatened by this war. So we need to get on with the job that the G20 was created to do, in stewarding the global economy through the turbulence this act of aggression set off.”

— British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak

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Optics

(Photo credit: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images.) Indonesian President Joko Widodo, U.S. President Joe Biden, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen hold an event on the Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment at the G20 Summit in Bali on November 15, 2022.

Recommended Reading

“Kishida Meets Xi Jinping” by CSIS’s Christopher B. Johnstone.

This Town Tomorrow

At 9:00 a.m., Carnegie holds a fireside chat with Simon Coveney T.D., minister for foreign affairs and minister for defense of Ireland, to discuss 25 years of the Good Friday Agreement and the path towards peace and reconciliation.

And at 10:00 a.m., the Stimson Center hosts a discussion on how sustained and dependable U.S. financial investment in the UN can advance U.S. national interests.

And, at 10:30 a.m., the Atlantic Council holds a conversation on Russian forces retreating from Kherson and what that means for Ukraine’s counteroffensive. 

Video

Today, the CSIS Global Food Security Program held a discussion on the importance of Ukraine's agriculture sector. Watch the full event here.

Podcasts

In this episode, Jim Lewis speaks with Mihoko Matsubara, Chief Cybersecurity Strategist at NTT Corporation in Tokyo, on the current state of Japanese cybersecurity.

Listen on Spotify & Apple Podcasts.

Smiles

Not only do Dire Straits have a perfect song in “Sultans of Swing,” but they also have a few epic tunes, like “Once Upon a Time in the West.”

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