Airlifted From Sudan

As foreign governments airlifted hundreds of their diplomats and other citizens to safety, Sudanese on Monday desperately sought ways to escape the chaos, fearing that the country’s two rival generals will escalate their all-out battle for power once evacuations are completed, as the AP reports.

Russia Rebuke

As Russia’s foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov, chaired a Security Council meeting on Monday at the United Nations, he faced rebuke from Western members and the U.N.’s top official over Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, as the NYT reports.

Iran Ships Ammunition to Russia

Russian ships are ferrying large quantities of Iranian artillery shells and other ammunition across the Caspian Sea to resupply troops fighting in Ukraine, posing a growing challenge for the U.S. and its allies as they try to disrupt cooperation between Moscow and Tehran, as the WSJ reports.

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In That Number

100

In the early hours of Sunday, local time, American commandos successfully retrieved just under 100 U.S. Embassy personnel, Marine Corps guards and allied diplomats from Khartoum, Sudan, according to Biden administration officials.

Source: WSJ

Critical Quote

“The humanitarian impact of this crisis is going to be almost unimaginable. The worst-case scenario is unfolding right before our eyes.”

— Faith Kasina, regional spokeswoman for the United Nations refugee agency on Sudan

iDeas Lab

The CSIS Economics Program hosted a discussion with Michael Schiffer, assistant administrator of the Bureau for Asia, on USAID's Indo-Pacific strategy and the role of development diplomacy in national security. Watch the ReCap here.

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: Arun Sankar/AFP/Getty Images.) Commuters travel in an overcrowded train near a railway station in India's state of Uttar Pradesh on April 24, 2023. India is set to overtake China as the world's most populous country by the end of June, UN estimates show.

This Town Tomorrow

At 9:00 a.m., the CSIS Humanitarian Agenda hosts a conference exploring the evolving access landscape in complex humanitarian responses.

And, at 9:30 a.m., the Atlantic Council holds a conversation on how the U.S. and UK's perspectives on economic statecraft converge and diverge.

Later, at 11:30 a.m., the Wilson Center discusses a new IMF study on India's financial sector and how it can be used to support growth.

Video

The CSIS Korea Chair hosted a conversation on the upcoming state visit of South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol to the U.S. and what to expect on the 70th anniversary of the U.S.-ROK alliance. Watch the full video here.

Podcasts

CSIS's Dr. Victor Cha and J. Stephen Morrison unpack North Korea's extreme isolation from the rest of the world and the status of its Covid outbreak and response.

Listen on Spotify & Apple Podcasts.

Smiles

“Hitchhiking on the turnpike all day long.
Nobody seemed to notice, they just pass me on by.
To keep from going crazy, I got to sing my song.”

This live clip of Delaney & Bonnie and Friends is one of my all time favorites. Delaney and Bonnie Bramlett are electric singers and performers. They even stand out next to sidemen Eric Clapton and George Harrison, not to mention the legendary horn section of Bobby Keys and Jim Price as well as the guys who would go on to be Derek and the Dominos. I can only imagine what seeing this band live must have been like.

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The Evening is my daily guide to key insights CSIS brings to the events of the day. It is composed with the External Relations team: Paige Montfort, Claire Dannenbaum, and Claire Smrt.