Good Evening,
It's Wednesday, May 10th. |
Ukraine Claims Gains Near Bakhmut
Ukraine’s military said it had reclaimed about three square miles outside the eastern city of Bakhmut, which would be its first significant gains there in weeks, as the NYT reports. |
Israeli-Palestinian Fighting Intensifies
Palestinian militants fired hundreds of rockets from the Gaza Strip into Israel on Wednesday, while Israel pressed ahead with a series of airstrikes that have killed 21 Palestinians, including three senior militants and at least 10 civilians, as the AP reports. |
Pakistan Protests Turn Deadly
At least seven people were killed and dozens injured in nationwide protests against the arrest of Imran Khan, as a judge extended the former Pakistani prime minister’s detention by eight days, as the WSJ reports. |
Executive Education
Expand your knowledge of American trade policy and politics with Crash Course: Trade Policy with the Trade Guys. This Crash Course is a two-day, online seminar for public and private sector professionals interested in learning more about international trade matters. |
Video Shorts
Check out CSIS’s new series of video shorts: “The Recap,” “Data Unpacked,” “Testify,” “What's Happening,” “Preview,” and “High Resolution.” And don’t forget to subscribe to the CSIS YouTube Channel! |
In That Number
4.9%
Consumer price inflation dipped to an annual rate of 4.9 per cent, its lowest level since April 2021, bolstering hopes that the Federal Reserve’s interest rate increases are bringing price rises under control.
Source: FT |
Critical Quote
“Death is everywhere.”
—Halyna Luhova, Kherson’s deputy mayor |
iDeas Lab
The CSIS Project on Nuclear Issues unpacks how key drivers might affect the U.S. extended deterrence mission in the next 10 years. Read the full report 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: Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty Images.) Israel's Iron Dome air defense system intercepts rockets launched from Gaza City, on May 10, 2023. |
Recommended Reading
"Previewing G7 Leaders’ Summit in Hiroshima" featuring CSIS's Matthew P. Goodman, Christopher B. Johnstone, Maria Snegovaya, and Gregory C. Allen. |
This Town Tomorrow
At 9:30 a.m., the CSIS Southeast Asia Program hosts Mari Pangestu, professor of international economics at the University of Indonesia, for a conversation on economic issues in Southeast Asia as part of the ASEAN Leadership Forum.
Then, at 12:00 p.m., the CSIS Economics Program hosts a discussion with author Agathe Demarais on their new book, Backfire: How Sanctions Reshape the World Against U.S. Interests.
Later, at 2:00 p.m., the CSIS Americas Program hosts a conversation on political prisoners in Nicaragua and the country's political trajectory. |
Video
Today, the CSIS Aerospace Security Project and the Secure World Foundation hosted Major General Shawn N. Bratton to discuss space threat trends and how the U.S. Space Force is preparing Guardians to operate in a contested environment. Watch the full video here. |
Podcasts
CSIS's Caitlin Chin and Di Cooke discuss the rapid growth of synthetic media in video, imagery, text, and audio.
Listen on Spotify & Apple Podcasts. |
Smiles
It just keeps coming—video of the amazingly great performances from the last several weeks of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. I know of no other two weeks in the year that offer such a collection of diverse and brilliant music. Because of the presence of Festival headliners Dead & Company, the unique thing that happened this year were the many performances by bands that have been inspired by the Grateful Dead. This clip of one of them, Daniel Donato’s Cosmic Country, is undoubtedly one of the very best—especially because the Dead’s founding drummer Bill Kreutzmann sat in. |
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