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It's Wednesday, June 28th. |
Prigozhin’s Plans
Mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin planned to capture Russia’s military leadership as part of last weekend’s mutiny, Western officials said, and he accelerated his plans after the country’s domestic intelligence agency became aware of the plot, as the WSJ reports. |
Canadian Smoke
Thick smoke from the seemingly endless Canadian wildfires has again blanketed large swaths of the United States, prompting warnings for residents to stay indoors with few signs of any immediate respite, as the NYT reports. |
Central Bank Chiefs Warn Interest Rates Will Keep Rising
The world’s top central bank chiefs signaled their readiness to increase interest rates further and keep them high, as they warned tight labor markets are still pushing up wages and prices. The heads of the U.S. Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank and the Bank of England warned at a conference in Sintra, Portugal, that more action may be needed to bring inflation down towards targets of about 2 percent despite some economists’ predictions that further rate rises could trigger a recession or financial crisis, as the FT reports. |
Executive Education
Decoding D.C.: Policy, Power, and People offers embassy, business, and nonprofit professionals the tools and knowledge necessary to better navigate the Washington policy ecosystem. Participants will learn how formal structures and informal networks interact to advance policy interests, further examining these structures through the lens of modern-day politics and media dynamics. |
Video Shorts
Check out CSIS’s new series of video shorts: “Asked & Answered,” “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
2,100
Pavel Latushka, a former Belarusian culture minister, said Tuesday that the materials he has handed over to the ICC indicate that more than 2,100 Ukrainian children from at least 15 Russia-occupied Ukrainian cities have been forcibly taken to Belarus with Belarusian leader President Alexander Lukashenko’s approval.
Source: AP |
Critical Quote
“It’s hard to tell but he’s clearly losing the war. He’s losing the war at home. He’s become a bit of a pariah around the world.”
—President Joe Biden |
iDeas Lab
Last week, CSIS hosted Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer for a discussion on the role of Congress in examining the future of artificial intelligence. 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: Abdulghani Basheer/Getty Images.) Muslim pilgrims gather around the Kaaba, Islam's holiest shrine, at the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, early on June 28, 2023. |
Recommended Reading
“Strengthening Baltic Security: Next Steps for NATO” by CSIS's Mark F. Cancian, Sean Monaghan, and Daniel Fata. |
This Town Tomorrow
At 9:30 a.m., the CSIS Korea Chair hosts Markus Garlauskas, director of the Indo-Pacific Security Initiative of the Scowcroft Center at the Atlantic Council, for a discussion on what is next for North Korea.
Then, at 10:00 a.m., the CSIS Europe, Russia, and Eurasia Program holds a conversation with British Ambassador to NATO David Quarrey on NATO's support to Ukraine.
And, at 11:00 a.m., AEI discusses the various threats, challenges, and opportunities the United States faces in the Indo-Pacific. |
Video
Today, the CSIS hosted the Thirteenth Annual South China Sea Conference with keynote remarks from Rep. Jennifer Kiggans and Assistant Secretary Dan Kritenbrink. Watch the full video here. |
Podcasts
CSIS’s Catrina Doxsee joins the podcast to discuss the Wagner group uprising and what's next for its leadership, for Russia, and for the void Wagner leaves in Ukraine, the Middle East, and Africa.
Listen on Spotify & Apple Podcasts. |
Smiles
There is absolutely nothing in rock and roll that is quite like Glastonbury. |
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