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February 27 to March 5: Ron DeSantis hits the road, CPAC, G20 foreign ministers meet in India

Ron DeSantis at Trump rally
February 24, 2023
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A look ahead at the key events leading the news agenda next week, from the team at Foresight News. Delivered to your inbox on Fridays.

Leading the week 

As pressure mounts on Ron DeSantis to jump into the Republican presidential primary, the Florida governor hits the road again next week as his book The Courage to Be Free is published on Tuesday (February 28). Following his whistle-stop tour this week to New York, Philadelphia, and Chicago for events focused on law enforcement issues, DeSantis speaks at GOP dinners in Texas next Friday (March 3) and Saturday (March 4) before heading to California to give a speech at the Ronald Reagan Library on Sunday (March 5), all clear indicators of an imminent announcement regarding his 2024 intentions.

Kari Lake onstage at CPAC

The Republican primary will also loom large over next week’s three-day CPAC gathering at the Gaylord Hotel in National Harbor, Maryland, which kicks off on Thursday (March 2). The speaker list – which at the time of writing does not include DeSantis, though that could easily change – includes a veritable who’s who of MAGA Republicans, including former President Donald Trump, former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Defeated Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake, who still refuses to accept that result, will deliver the Ronald Reagan dinner address on Friday as she continues to leave the door open to a potential role as a Trump running mate. 

Meanwhile, former Vice President Mike Pence, whose path to the nomination appears narrow, nevertheless continues to make moves suggestive of a campaign and will give a speech on faith in public life on Wednesday (March 1) in Michigan before heading to early voting state South Carolina on Thursday. 


Looking abroad 

India will host a meeting of G20 foreign ministers on Wednesday and Thursday (March 1-2) in the country’s capital Delhi, with the conflict in Ukraine and its sprawling ramifications once again casting a shadow over proceedings. Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, who chairs the gathering, will have the unenviable task of trying to bridge differences from participants, who notably include Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

Subrahmanyam Jaishankar

Having said that, India is arguably in a unique position to mediate as a member of the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) grouping as well the so-called Quad (made up of the United States, Australia, Japan and India), who are reportedly set to meet on Friday (March 3). As it happens, this year’s Raisina Dialogue, India’s annual conference on geopolitics and geoeconomics, kicks off on Thursday and is set to feature interventions from a growing list of foreign ministers in town for the G20. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is rumored to be delivering the opening keynote. 

Olaf Scholz

Olaf Scholz will visit the White House on Friday (March 3) for a meeting with President Joe Biden, following on from talks between the German Chancellor and Vice President Kamala Harris on the margins of the Munich Security Conference earlier this month. The Ukraine conflict is set to figure prominently in their discussions, with Washington and Berlin back on the same page following tensions over Germany’s reticence to authorize the export of German-made Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine. The pair will also likely discuss broader tensions between the US and Europe over subsidies under the Inflation Reduction Act which took effect at the start of the year. 


 

Also look out for...

February 27

Kamala Harris visits South Carolina 

Iranian foreign minister speaks at opening session of UN Human Rights Council 

UN Security Council discusses North Korea 

EU energy ministers meet in Sweden 

Paris Fashion Week begins 

Mobile World Congress begins

February 28

Supreme Court hears Biden student debt relief plan challenges 

Chicago mayoral election 

US House committee hearings on Ukraine oversight, China, and the border crisis 

Tory Lanez sentenced over Megan Thee Stallion shooting 

Finnish parliament votes on joining NATO 

UN Security Council discusses humanitarian situation in Syria

March 1

Merrick Garland at Senate oversight hearing 

Brian Walshe in court accused of wife’s murder 

Top Israeli ministers at INSS annual conference 

Emmanuel Macron begins central Africa tour 

Tesla launches part 3 of 'Master Plan'  

The Mandalorian season three airs 

Billboard Women In Music Awards

March 2

Boris Johnson and Dmytro Kuleba address Global Soft Power Summit in London 

John Kerry attends Our Ocean conference 

NFL Scouting Combine (on-field workouts) 

American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting starts

March 3

Federal response on scope of Dobbs ruling due as part of DC criminal case 

UN Human Rights Council discusses Occupied Palestinian Territories

March 4

Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference meets 

Iditarod begins 

Travis Kelce hosts SNL 

World's oldest person turns 116

March 5

China's NPC session opens 

Estonia holds parliamentary elections 

Annual Chicago Polar Plunge 

Tokyo marathon

Statistics, Reports and Results

February 27

Advance Report on Durable Goods 

Results from: OXY

February 28

Consumer Confidence Index 

Treasury report due on foreign holdings of US Securities 

Canada, India, and Turkey Q4 GDP 

Results from: Target, HP

March 1

ISM Manufacturing Report on Business 

Construction Put in Place 

Australia Q4 GDP 

Results from: Lowe’s

March 2

ECB minutes 

Euro area flash inflation 

Results from: Best Buy, Costco, Nordstrom, Macy’s

March 3

Brazil Q4 GDP

Results from: Lufthansa 

Anniversaries and Awareness Days

February 27

International Polar Bear Day

February 28

Taiwan Peace Memorial Day; Tsai Ing-wen speech expected  

Rare Disease Day 

World Spay Day 

10 years ago: Benedict XVI resigned as Pope 

March 1

International Women of Color Day 

Women’s History Month begins

March 2

Read Across America Day 

Dr Seuss Day

March 3

One month ago: East Palestine train derailment 

World Wildlife Day 

World Hearing Day

March 4

World Obesity Day 

Five years ago: Salisbury (UK) Novichok poisoning 

90 years ago: FDR became US President

March 5

70 years ago: Joseph Stalin died


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