The Evening: G7 Ministers Meet on Ukraine, Netanyahu Returns, Rocky Mountain Way, and More

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Good Evening,

It's Thursday, November 3rd.

G7 Ministers Meet on Russia-Ukraine

Ministers from the Group of Seven nations, including Secretary of State Antony Blinken, are meeting for two days starting Thursday to discuss Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The talks come about a year after the G-7 promised to impose “massive consequences” on Russia if it invaded Ukraine, as the Washington Post reports

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Netanyahu Returns to Power

Prime Minister Yair Lapid of Israel conceded Israel’s election on Thursday evening to Benjamin Netanyahu, paving the way for him to return as prime minister at the helm of one of the most right-wing governments in Israeli history, as the NYT reports

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NK Launches Six More Missiles

North Korea fired an intercontinental ballistic missile and two short-range ballistic missiles Thursday morning, triggering emergency warnings for Japanese citizens in northern prefectures to seek shelter, as the WSJ reports

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Executive Education

U.S. and Eurasian Security: The Challenges Ahead

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is a new program that will give participants a competitive advantage through in-depth analysis and insights into the major challenges to U.S. security across Eurasia.

Video Shorts

Check out CSIS’s new series of video shorts: “Data Unpacked,” “Testify,” “What's Happening,” “Preview,” and “High Resolution.” And don’t forget to subscribe to the CSIS YouTube Channel

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In That Number

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A day after firing at least 23 missiles, its largest deployment ever in a single day, North Korea continued to escalate tensions on Thursday morning by launching six more, including what South Korean defense officials said was an intercontinental ballistic missile.

Source: New York Times

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Critical Quote

“The fact that this winter may not be as challenging as we feared a couple of months ago does not justify complacency for next winter. There is a looming risk . . . We think gas markets will still be tight and volatile. This is an alarm bell for next winter as we believe we need to take immediate action now to avoid a shortage next year.”

— Fatih Birol, head of the International Energy Agency

iDeas Lab

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Members of the CSIS Ukraine Economic Reconstruction Commission examine the economic potential of Ukraine

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, the private sector's critical role in Ukraine's reconstruction, and what a successful reconstruction would look like.

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

Optics

(Photo by Friedemann Vogel/Pool/Getty Images.) US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (L) talks to Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi (C) and Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly (R) during the G7 Foreign Ministers summit on November 3, 2022 in Muenster, Germany.

Recommended Reading

"Assessing the New Semiconductor Export Controls

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" by CSIS's Matthew Reynolds.

This Town Tomorrow

At 1:00 p.m.

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, the CSIS Missile Defense Project hosts a conversation on the newly released Missile Defense Review with Dr. John F. Plumb, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy.

Earlier, at 10:00 a.m.

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, AEI discusses what effective online content moderation means—and what it doesn’t—in the context of the impending election.

And, at 3:00 p.m

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., the Wilson Center holds a conversation with Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Barbara Leaf on U.S. policy on Lebanon.

Video

Yesterday, the CSIS International Security Program held a conversation with General Wayne Eyre, Canada’s Chief of the Defence Staff, on the future of North American defense. Watch the full video here.

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Podcasts

CSIS’s Suzanne Spaulding, former Undersecretary of Homeland Security, joins the podcast to discuss foreign and domestic disinformation surrounding the midterm election and its impacts.

Listen on Spotify

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& Apple Podcasts

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Smiles

Some of the greatest rockers in history can still seriously rock out. Take this recent performance for VetsAid by legendary Eagles and James Gang singer/guitarist Joe Walsh. Huge smile.

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The Evening is my daily guide to key insights CSIS brings to the events of the day. It is composed with the External Relations team: Paige Montfort, Claire Dannenbaum, and Claire Smrt.

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