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It's Tuesday, June 20th. |
Beijing Plans New Training Facility in Cuba
China and Cuba are negotiating to establish a new joint military training facility on the island, sparking alarm in Washington that it could lead to the stationing of Chinese troops and other security and intelligence operations just 100 miles off Florida’s coast, as the WSJ reports. |
EU Takes Aim at China
The European Commission on Tuesday unveiled a new trade doctrine aimed at curbing China’s ability to squeeze Europe’s economy, and at preventing European companies from exporting sensitive, military-linked technology that could give China an edge, as the NYT reports. |
Kyiv Reports Drone Attack
Ukraine’s armed forces said they shot down dozens of drones, most of them targeting the capital Kyiv in a fresh round of overnight attacks on the country, as The Washington Post reports. |
Executive Education
The Breakthrough Leadership Program 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! |
In That Number
4.8
Pakistan and China signed a $4.8 billion deal on Tuesday to build a 1,200-megawatt nuclear power plant, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said, hailing the investment by a country that Pakistan views as its most dependable ally.
Source: Reuters |
Critical Quote
“You need to talk to them and press them as Secretary Blinken did on his visit here. You don’t give anything away by talking.”
—R. Nicholas Burns, U.S. ambassador to China |
iDeas Lab
The CSIS Americas Program held a discussion on democracy and women's rights in Latin America. Watch the ReCap here.
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Optics
(Photo credit: Leah Millis/Pool/AFP/Getty Images.) U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken shakes hands with China's President Xi Jinping in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on June 19, 2023. |
Recommended Reading
“The Impact of the Kakhovka Dam Breach on the New Ukrainian Counteroffensive” by CSIS's Riley McCabe, Alexander Palmer, and Joseph S. Bermudez Jr. |
This Town Tomorrow
At 11:15 a.m., Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer launches his SAFE Innovation in the AI Age framework at CSIS, outlining his plan in the Senate to protect, expand, and harness AI’s potential.
Earlier, 10:00 a.m., the CSIS Global Health Policy Center holds a conversation on opportunities to mitigate antimicrobial resistance.
And, at 3:00 p.m., the CSIS Americas Program unpacks the future of U.S. counter-narcotics strategy with Dr. Rahul Gupta, director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy. |
Video
Ukraine is in the initial stages of its counteroffensive operations against Russian defenses. CSIS expert Seth G. Jones explains what's happening. |
Podcasts
This week, The Trade Guys discuss Katherine Tai’s speech on trade policy, the Taiwan Trade Agreement Implementation Act, and the reintroduction of “Levelling the Playing Field 2.0."
Listen on Spotify & Apple Podcasts. |
Smiles
If you can’t tell by now, I’m obsessed with The Final Tour of Dead & Company. If you subscribe to nugs.net as I do, you can listen to every performance. If you want to stream the video of the shows, it’s an extra charge, but can be well worth it. A Nugs subscription is in my view, essential, but we can talk about that another time.
The musicianship of Dead & Co has been at a high level during this tour, and I’ve seen and heard a bunch of evidence that the “Dead & Slow” moniker from past tours has largely vanished. The performances on this tour are inspired and passionate. The good news is that you don’t have to subscribe to check out a preview of every show—that’s available for free on YouTube. This preview (scroll to 38:28 and hit play), is the second set opener of the Saratoga show on June 17. “They Love Each Other” sounds fantastic. I can’t really understand why this is the “Final Tour,” it seems like Dead & Co is just getting hot. |
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