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It's Wednesday, November 9th. |
Russian Retreat
Russia’s defense minister announced on television Wednesday that he was ordering the retreat of Moscow’s forces from the strategically important southern city of Kherson, in a potential blow to Putin’s war effort. But Ukraine officials expressed skepticism that the Russians were going to fully withdraw, as the NYT reports. |
Russia, Iran Pledge to Deepen Ties
Russia and Iran’s security chiefs pledged Wednesday to deepen the military cooperation between the two countries, further cementing ties that have seen Tehran supply drones to bolster Moscow’s war effort in Ukraine, as the WSJ reports. |
North Korea fires ballistic missile
North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile toward its eastern sea on Wednesday, extending a recent barrage of weapons demonstrations including what it described as simulated attacks on South Korean and U.S. targets last week, as the AP reports. |
Executive Education
U.S. and Eurasian Security: The Challenges Ahead 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
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In That Number
$4.5 billion
Bangladesh has reached a preliminary agreement for a $4.5 billion assistance package with the IMF as it looks to cushion its economy from the impact of the war in Ukraine and risks posed by climate change.
Source: WSJ |
Critical Quote
“Go ahead with the pullout of troops.”
— Sergei K. Shoigu, Russia's defense minister |
iDeas Lab
A new CSIS Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative feature analyzes a year's worth of satellite imagery across the South China Sea to track the movements of China's maritime militia.
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: Handout/Getty Images.) In this undated handout image released by the South Korean Defense Ministry on November 9, 2022, the retrieved debris of a ballistic missile that North Korea flew across its de facto maritime border with South Korea last week is pictured. |
Recommended Reading
“Responding to Russian Attacks on Ukraine's Power Sector” by CSIS's Joseph Majkut and Allegra Dawes. |
This Town Tomorrow
At 3:30 p.m., the CSIS Commission on Strengthening America's Health Security hosts the launch of a new report on transforming health crises with pandemic therapies.
Earlier, at 9:00 a.m., the Atlantic Council holds a discussion on the U.S. midterm elections and key political trendlines for U.S. engagement on issues of transatlantic importance.
And, at 10:00 a.m., the Wilson Center hosts a conversation on why Saudi Arabia's foreign policy has shifted and the goals Riyadh hopes to achieve. |
Video
Today, CSIS hosted the 2022 Global Development Forum, examining global disruptions in international development. Watch the highlights here. |
Podcasts
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Defense Programs Deborah Rosenblum who is also serving as Interim Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy, joins the podcast to discuss the impact on global supply chains from the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Listen on Spotify & Apple Podcasts. |
Smiles
“Just keep truckin' on.”
The World Series is over, congrats to the Astros. I miss baseball already, but I miss the Fox Sports broadcasts playing Grateful Dead tunes even more.
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