Aftermath of Iran’s Attack on Israel, EU Talks Ukraine, India’s Massive Election, and More

The World Next Week

Council on Foreign Relations

Politics, News, News:politics

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🗓️ 18 April 2024

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Concerns grow over the widening Middle East conflict after Iran launches three hundred ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, and drones at Israel; European Union (EU) leaders discuss how to bolster aid to Ukraine amid an uptick in Russian attacks and the situation unfolding in the Middle East; India kicks off the world’s largest democratic election—spanning more than forty-four days—where the incumbent Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is expected to win again; and warming water temperatures cause a mass bleaching of coral reefs. Mentioned on the Podcast Steven A. Cook, “Iran Attack Means an Even Tougher Balancing Act for the U.S. in the Middle East,” CFR.org “How India’s Imports of Russian Oil Have Lubricated Global Markets,” Economist Andy Bounds, Laura Dubois, Christopher Miller, “Germany Urges Dozens of Allies to Send Air Defense Systems to Ukraine,” Financial Times For an episode transcript and show notes, visit The World Next Week at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/aftermath-irans-attack-israel-eu-talks-ukraine-indias-massive-election-and-more

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0:00.0	In the coming week, Iran's attack on Israel raises concern over widening conflict.
0:06.0	European Union leaders discuss arming Ukraine and India holds the world's biggest Democratic election.
0:12.0	It's April 18th, 2004 in time for the world next week. I'm Bob McMahon.
0:28.3	And I'm Carl Ann Robbins.
0:30.5	Bob, let's start in the Middle East.
0:32.9	Over the weekend, Iran launched 300 missiles and drones at Israel.
0:37.3	In what it said was a response to Israel's
0:39.4	April 1st air strike on an Iranian consulate building in Damascus that killed seven Iranian military
0:45.0	officers, three of them generals. And despite the size and intensity of this attack, it's remarkable
0:51.4	no one in Israel was killed. One child, however, was seriously injured.
0:55.8	The Israelis have strong air defenses, and the Iranians who don't seem to want a direct war
1:01.0	gave plenty of advance warning for this. And leaders around the world are now warning of the
1:05.7	risks of this thing spinning out of control and are calling for both countries to exercise
1:09.7	restraint. How likely is that?
1:12.6	First of all, we should point out, as we're taping this on Thursday, some of what we say, maybe a lot of
1:17.7	what we say, could be overtaken within a day or two. We saw it happen last weekend, certainly,
1:23.2	as there was ominous reports of an Iranian response to that, that attack that you mentioned, Carla.
1:29.2	So now it's on the Israeli side to say,
1:32.0	okay, what are you going to show in response?
1:34.8	These Israelis have been clear.
1:36.1	They are going to respond using the language that you hear quite often
1:39.6	in a time and manner of their choosing.
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