The Evening: Deadly Russian Attack, Inflation Cut in Half, Hell in a Bucket, and More

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Good Evening,

It's Tuesday, June 13th.

Deadly Russian Aerial Attack

Ukrainian officials said at least 11 people were killed and 28 injured on Tuesday in a strike that hit buildings in Kryvyi Rih, a city already reeling from the Kakhovka dam disaster, as the NYT reports

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Inflation Cut in Half

Inflation fell in May to around half last year’s peak but remained elevated, showing Federal Reserve officials made progress in cooling price pressures but could have more work to do, as the WSJ reports

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NATO Talks in Washington

President Biden met with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Tuesday afternoon amid a host of issues confronting the alliance, including the ongoing war in Ukraine and potential membership for Sweden, as The Washington Post reports

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Executive Education

The Breakthrough Leadership Program

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is a collaboration between CSIS and the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University designed to accelerate the advancement of mid-career professionals from historically marginalized communities. This unique program blends leadership and communication coaching with seminars on pressing global issues to enhance the skills and insights that high-potential employees need to take on bigger roles within their organizations.

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

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In That Number

3,738

The Missing Migrants Project recorded 3,789 deaths last year in the Middle East and North Africa, amounting to more than half the total recorded number of deaths worldwide.

Source: The Washington Post

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Critical Quote

“The more land that Ukrainians are able to liberate, the stronger hand they will have at the negotiating table.”

—NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg

iDeas Lab

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Venezuelan opposition candidate María Corina Machado joined CSIS to discuss the democratic opposition's challenges as it approaches the 2024 presidential elections. Watch the ReCap here.

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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: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images.) U.S. President Joe Biden meets with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on June 13, 2023.

Recommended Reading

“Sunk Costs: The Difficulty of Using Sanctions to Deter China in a Taiwan Crisis

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” by CSIS's Gerard DiPippo and Jude Blanchette.

This Town Tomorrow

At 9:00 a.m.

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, the US-ASEAN Business Council and the CSIS Southeast Asia Program co-host the U.S.-Indo-Pacific Conference 2023, with keynote remarks by Senator Bill Hagerty.

Later, at 10:00 a.m.

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, the Atlantic Council discusses the upcoming Vilnius summit and Ukraine's role in NATO.

Also at 10:00 a.m.

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, the Wilson Center unpacks the international debate over marine protection in Antarctica.

Video

Today, the CSIS International Security Program discussed how NATO might recast its thinking about–and accounting for–how allies are sharing security and strategic responsibilities. Watch the full event here.

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Podcasts

The Lantau Group's David Fishman joins CSIS's Cy McGeady to discuss the Chinese electric power sector, renewable energy deployment, and coal-fired power plants.

Listen on Spotify

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& Apple Podcasts

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Smiles

One of the things that I love about the Grateful Dead enterprise is that they are constantly dropping fresh content—even if the content is 30 years old! Here’s a terrific example of a clip I’d never seen before until today’s release, “Hell in a Bucket” from June 1991 featuring Bruce Hornsby on piano

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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 Ava Rose.

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