Finland Joins NATO, IS Commander Killed, New Jack Straw, and More
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It's Tuesday, April 4th.
Finland Joins NATO
Finland’s flag was raised on Tuesday afternoon at NATO headquarters, a deeply symbolic moment marking the Nordic nation’s official welcome into the group and the shifting power calculations as the West shores up its allegiances in response to the war in Ukraine, as the NYT reports
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DoD Announces $2.6 Billion Weapons Package to Ukraine
The Pentagon will send another $2.6 billion in weapons to Ukraine, U.S. defense officials said on Tuesday, as they pledged to send $500,000 from U.S. military stocks and $2.1 billion in arms after purchasing them from defense contractors, as The Washington Post reports
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IS Commander Killed in Syria
A drone strike carried out by the American-led coalition in northwestern Syria has killed a senior member of the Islamic State group who was in charge of planning attacks in Europe, the United States military said Tuesday, as the AP reports
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In That Number
500,000
The central Iraqi government and Kurdish authorities struck a deal Tuesday to end a standoff over oil sales that had blocked nearly 500,000 barrels a day in exports and sent crude prices rising.
Source: WSJ
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Critical Quote
“We are removing the room for miscalculation in Moscow about NATO’s readiness to protect Finland, and that makes Finland safer and stronger, and all of us safer.”
—Jens Stoltenberg, NATO’s secretary general
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Last month, OPEC+ made a surprise production cut, suggesting concerns about a rapid price sell-off and shift in market sentiment, writes CSIS expert Ben Cahill
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Optics
(Photo credit: Johanna Geron/AFP/Getty Images.) Brazil's Finnish Foreign Affairs Minister Pekka Haavisto (L) shakes hands with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, flanked by NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg (C), as he hands over Finland's accession to NATO documents at the NATO headquarters in Brussels, on April 4, 2023.
Recommended Reading
"The United Kingdom Is Joining the CPTPP. What Comes Next?
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" by CSIS's Aidan Arasasingham, Emily Benson, Matthew P. Goodman, and William Alan Reinsch.
This Town Tomorrow
At 9:00 a.m.
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And, at 10:30 a.m.
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Video
CSIS's Dr. Kathleen McInnis hosted Admiral Linda L. Fagan, the 27th commandant of the United States Coast Guard, for a conversation on the U.S. Coast Guard's growing presence beyond America’s immediate maritime borders. Watch the full video here.
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CSIS's Ben Cahill and Joseph Majkut discussed reducing methane emissions from the oil and gas industry, and what we can expect for the EU and the U.S. as next steps in the months leading up to COP28.
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Phil Lesh and Friends are a big smile for me (as you know.) Just today Relix put out a new clip of the all-star band performing “Jack Straw” last fall, featuring guitar wizard Marcus King. Check it out.
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