The Evening: Philippines, Abbas, Cumberland Blues and More
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** Good Evening,
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It's Tuesday, February 11th.
** Philippines Tells U.S. It Will End Military Cooperation Deal
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The Philippines told the United States it would scrap an agreement considered a cornerstone of the two countries’ military alliance, a move the State Department said would have serious implications for the relationship, as the
WSJ’s Jon Emont reports ([link removed]) .
** Palestinian Leader Denounces Trump’s Mideast Plan at UN
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Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas delivered an angry rejection of President Trump’s plan for peace between Palestinians and Israelis at the United Nations on Tuesday, as the
NYT’s Rick Gladstone reports ([link removed]) .
Dive Deeper: “To Broker Peace, the United States Must Understand Why Palestinians Reject Trump’s ‘Deal of the Century,’ ([link removed]) ” by the Washington Institute’s Mohammed Dajani.
** China Urges Countries to Restore Ties for Sake of the Global Economy as Coronavirus Deaths Pass 1,000
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As deaths from the coronavirus topped 1,000—nearly all of them in China—Beijing on Tuesday urged countries that have enacted travel restrictions aimed at curbing the outbreak to restore normal ties for the sake of the global economy, as the
Washington Post's Simon Denyer, Rick Noack, Siobhán O'Grady, and Miriam Berger report ([link removed]) .
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** In That Number
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** 10.1 Million
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About 10.1 million people in North Korea are in urgent need of food assistance.
Source: UN Resident Coordinator for DPR Korea ([link removed])
** Critical Quote
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** “We’ll be watching this carefully. What will be the effects on the U.S. economy? Will they be persistent? Will they be material? That’s really the question.”
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— Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on the coronavirus outbreak
** iDeas Lab
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In the latest episode of "High Resolution ([link removed]) ," Lachlan Carey, associate fellow with the CSIS Energy Security and Climate Change Program, explains how climate change is intensifying Australia's bushfires.
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** Optics
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(Photo credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images). Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas speaks at the United Nations Security Council today in New York.
** Recommended Reading
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“The New Spheres of Influence: Sharing the Globe With Other Great Powers ([link removed]) ,” by Harvard’s Graham Allison for the March/April issue of
Foreign Affairs.
** This Town Tomorrow
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At 12:30 p.m. ([link removed]) , the George Washington University Elliott School of International Affairs will hold an event on the domestic and international impacts of Taiwan's elections in January, featuring a keynote from Taiwan's digital minister Audrey Tang.
Also at 12:30 p.m. ([link removed]) , the Wilson Center will host Chilean congressman Giorgio Jackson for a conversation on political developments in Chile since the protests late last year.
Later, at 3:30 p.m. ([link removed]) , the Carnegie Endowment will host an event exploring the disparities between access to social welfare in India.
** Video
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The coronavirus is spreading rapidly through China, and some experts are warning of the possibility of a global pandemic. CSIS’s Jude Blanchette and J. Stephen Morrison explain what this outbreak means for China, and what impacts it could have on the rest of the world. Watch the video here ([link removed]) .
** Podcasts
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In this episode of "The Truth of the Matter," Bob and I invite Bulent Aliriza, director of the CSIS Turkey Project, to unpack the worsening conflict in Libya. Bulent explains who the United States is supporting, the impact of other foreign powers in the region, and what the main interests are of the long-standing civil war.
Listen on Apple Podcasts ([link removed]) or Spotify ([link removed]) .
** Smiles
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There was something so brilliantly American when the Grateful Dead would perform “Cumberland Blues ([link removed]) .” It just sounds like America to me.
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