Chile’s Inferno, NATO Ramps Up Security Exercises, Indonesia’s Presidential Election, and More

The World Next Week

Council on Foreign Relations

Politics, News, News:politics

4.6 • 845 Ratings

🗓️ 8 February 2024

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Chile works to recover from the devastating wildfire in its central Valparaíso region; the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) continues with its 2024 Steadfast Defender exercise, the largest since the Cold War, while uncertainty over members’ commitment grows; Indonesia, the world’s third-largest democracy, holds vast general elections; and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken attempts to reach a deal for a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip and hostage release. Mentioned on the Podcast Nicolas Camut and Jakob Hanke Vela, “As Trump Looms, Top EU Politician Calls for European Nuclear Deterrent,” Politico Joshua Kurlantzick, “Indonesia’s Presidential Election: The Old Guard Faces the New,” CFR.org Brad Setser, “Mobilizing Russia’s Immobilized Reserves,” CFR.org For an episode transcript and show notes, visit The World Next Week at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/chiles-inferno-nato-ramps-security-exercises-indonesias-presidential-election-and-more

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0:00.0	In the coming week, Chile confronts a devastating wildfire season.
0:04.0	NATO ramps up its largest exercise since the Cold War,
0:08.0	and Indonesia holds the largest elections so far this year.
0:12.0	It's February 8, 2024 in time for the world next week. I'm Bob McMahon.
0:27.7	And I'm Carl Ann Robbins.
0:29.7	So, Bob, let's begin with Chile.
0:31.6	Last Friday, wildfires began to surge across the central Valkyraising region.
0:36.1	And the destruction has been really catastrophic.
0:38.1	Thousands of homes burned down. The death toll has climbed to more than 130 people. And President
0:43.3	Gabdio Boric has called the fires the country's deadliest disaster since the magnitude 8.8
0:48.5	earthquake in 2010. Some people have linked this disaster of floods in California. Is this the toll of climate change?
0:56.6	Yes.
0:57.0	So it's very much been linked according to the reporting that I'm seeing from the meteorologists
1:02.8	and those who watch these things.
1:04.6	I mean, this is the warning shot for this year on extreme climate events.
1:09.7	It seems like every year we get them pretty early.
1:12.2	This year feels a little bit earlier. But, you know, in the case of Chile, what's happened,
1:17.7	actually also California, is a little bit reminiscent of the famous line from Hemingway's
1:23.1	sun also rises when the characters ask how he went bankrupt and he says two ways gradually
1:27.8	then suddenly and basically you've had these gradual build-up in the case of Chile over a decade
1:34.1	of severe drought and then you have this El Niño system which is a phenomenon that further
1:40.8	kind of exacerbates climate conditions in which incredibly dry tinder is poised to erupt.
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