Good Evening,
It's Tuesday, July 25th. |
Russian Conscription
Russian lawmakers on Tuesday voted to raise the top age for military conscription, aiming to expand the pool of trained recruits who could potentially join the battle in Ukraine, as the NYT reports. |
Chinese FM Replaced
Chinese leader Xi Jinping removed his handpicked foreign minister after less than seven months on the job, a surprise move that leaves more questions than answers around China’s black-box political system, as the WSJ reports. |
Israel Awaits Supreme Court Response
Israel entered a new phase of its constitutional crisis on Tuesday as the nation waited to see how, or if, the Supreme Court would respond to a new law intended to curb its power, which has spurred unprecedented protests across the country, as The Washington Post reports. |
Executive Education
Mapping the U.S. DOD Acquisition Ecosystem offers a deep dive into the defense acquisition process and the defense industrial base with an overview of acquisition and timely topics such as export controls, inflation, industrial base competition, rare earth elements, and data rights. |
Audio Briefs
CSIS experts give short, spoken-word summaries on the biggest takeaways from their latest reports, white papers and commentaries—in their own words.
Listen here: “After ALMO” with CSIS's Ryan Berg. |
In That Number
$400 million
The Pentagon announced $400 million in additional security assistance to Ukraine on Tuesday, a package set to include Stryker combat vehicles and small Hornet drones, along with a restock of artillery ammunition. The United States has given Ukraine more than $100 billion in aid during the war.
Source: The Washington Post |
Critical Quote
“Qin’s removal shouldn’t be interpreted as a diminishment of Xi Jinping’s power, which extends far wider and deeper than any one single appointment.”
—Jude Blanchette, CSIS |
iDeas Lab
Last week, Under Secretary Jose W. Fernandez joined CSIS for a keynote address on mapping out a U.S. critical mineral strategy. 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: Jack Guez/AFP/Getty Images.) Former Israeli foreign minister Tzipi Livni speaks on a megaphone while surrounded by demonstrators blocking a highway during a protest rally against the Israeli government's judicial reform plan in Tel Aviv on July 24, 2023. |
Recommended Reading
"The Illusion of Great-Power Competition" by CSIS's Jude Blanchette and Christopher Johnstone in Foreign Affairs. |
This Town Tomorrow
At 10:00 a.m., the CSIS Europe, Russia, and Eurasia Program holds a conversation on the recent elections in Spain and their implications.
Later, at 11:00 a.m., the CSIS Korea Chair hosts a live podcast on last week's events: the U.S. soldier who crossed into North Korea, North Korea's short-range ballistic missile tests, and the newly formed NCG between the United States and South Korea.
And, at 2:00 p.m., the American Enterprise Institute holds a discussion with Secretary Gina M. Raimondo and Sen. Todd Young on the future of U.S. semiconductor policy. |
Video
Today, CSIS hosted a discussion on proposed ideas for a long-term plan for peace in Ukraine, in partnership with Chatham House. Watch the full video here. |
Podcasts
GeoTech Wars, a new podcast hosted by CSIS’s H. Andrew Schwartz and Kirti Gupta, seeks to discern, unite, and act on the Tech Wars our geopolitical axis, our economy, and our security are spinning on. In the first episode, Dr. Edlyn Levine joins us to discuss the importance of maintaining U.S. leadership in critical technologies for economic and national security.
Listen on Spotify & Apple Podcasts. |
Smiles
Let’s take a final look at Dead & Company’s final show of their “Final Tour.” Here’s how they opened the second set of their last show on July 16th in San Francisco. Roll the bar to 36:52 and let it rip. |
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