G7 Pledges Commitment to Ukraine

The Group of Seven nations said Tuesday that they were “undeterred” by Russia’s military escalation in Ukraine, pledging to “stand firmly” with Kyiv even as Russian forces unleashed a second wave of strikes targeting key infrastructure, as the Washington Post reports.

Re-evaluating Saudi Relationship

President Biden will re-evaluate the relationship with Saudi Arabia after it teamed up with Russia to cut oil production in a move that bolstered Vladimir Putin’s government and could raise gasoline prices in the U.S., as the NYT reports.

IMF Warns of Growing Global Risks

Global central banks’ moves to quickly raise interest rates have fueled increased risks to the financial system, the International Monetary Fund warned Tuesday, as the WSJ reports.

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Video Shorts

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In That Number

28

Ukraine’s military said that Russian forces had fired 28 cruise missiles at Ukrainian territory by midday on Tuesday and that Ukraine’s air defenses had shot down 20 of them. Additionally, at least 13 Iranian-made Shahed-136 drones launched from Russia were also shot down.

Source: New York Times

Critical Quote

“One person is blocking peace — and this person is in Moscow.”

— Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky

iDeas Lab

Last week, CSIS hosted a discussion with Matt Moores, co-founder of the North Atlantic Fella Organization (#NAFO), and Iuliia Mendel, Ukrainian journalist and President Zelenskyy's former spokesperson. Watch the ReCap here.

The Andreas C. Dracopoulos iDeas Lab at CSIS enhances our research with the latest in cutting-edge web technologies, design, and multimedia.

Optics

(Photo credit: Kim Won Jin/AFP/Getty Images.) People pay their respects before the statues of late North Korean leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il at Mansu Hill as North Korea marks it 77th anniversary of the founding of the Workers' Party of Korea in Pyongyang on October 10, 2022.

This Town Tomorrow

At 2:00 p.m., the CSIS Global Food Security Program hosts International Fund for Agricultural Development President Alvaro Lario for a conversation on rural livelihood resilience.

Earlier, at 8:30 a.m., Carnegie holds an event marking the IMF's upcoming publication on inclusive growth in the Middle East and North Africa.

Then, at 9:00 a.m., Brookings hosts a discussion on how cities are infusing playful learning in their communities.

Video

Today, the CSIS Scholl Chair held a conversation with the Taiwanese Minister for Economic Affairs, Wang Mei-Hua, on the roles of Taiwan and the United States in creating reliable supply chains. Watch the full event here.

Podcasts

CSIS's Dan Runde is joined by Harry Bader, Deputy Assistant Administrator in the Bureau for Development, Democracy, and Innovation at USAID. In this podcast, they discuss USAID’s new program, Supply Chain Integrity and Freedom.

Listen on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

Smiles

It’s magical when a band as good as Wilco covers a beloved Grateful Dead tune like “U.S. Blues”. Wilco debuted the cover in mid-September on the current fall tour, which pulled into New Orleans last week for a couple of shows.

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