Biden Insists U.S. Aid to Ukraine Won’t be Disrupted

President Biden has told his counterparts in a number of allied countries that he remains confident that Congress will approve military and humanitarian assistance for Ukraine “for as long as it takes” in spite of opposition among some Republicans that blocked funding over the weekend, as the NYT reports.

Canada Presses India to Halt Further Diplomatic Expulsions

Canada sought to dial down tensions with India in the wake of a diplomatic upheaval, calling on the government of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to refrain from further expulsions of Canadian diplomats, as the WSJ reports.

EU to Assess Export Controls on Sensitive Tech to China

The EU is to examine bloc-wide export controls in sensitive technology as part of its attempt to “de-risk” its relationship with China and other authoritarian regimes, as the FT reports.

Executive Education

Beyond the Battlefield: Global Implications of Russia's War in Ukraine breaks down how the February 2022 invasion and concomitant sanctions have been altering national and regional security in Russia, on the European continent, and the United States.

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: "Resource Nationalism Is Not the United States’ Biggest Minerals Problem" with CSIS's Gracelin Baskaran.

In That Number

0.9

The planet’s average temperature shattered the previous September record by more than 0.9 degrees Fahrenheit, which is the largest monthly margin ever observed.
Source: The Washington Post

Critical Quote

“We cannot under any circumstances allow America’s support Ukraine to be interrupted. Time is not our friend.”

—John Kirby, National Security Council Spokesman

iDeas Lab

Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Congress has passed four spending packages, totaling $113 billion in economic, humanitarian, and military aid.

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: Nipah Dennis/AFP/Getty Images.) Ghanaian protesters clash with police officers as they demonstrate against deteriorating economic conditions in the country and the Bank of Ghana, in Accra, Ghana, on October 3, 2023.

This Town Tomorrow

Tomorrow, at 10:00 a.m., the CSIS Energy Security and Climate Change Program discusses the importance of transmission infrastructure to an effective and resilient energy transition.

Also at 10:00 a.m., the Hudson Institute holds a conversation on integrating a force for twenty-first century deterrence and warfighting.

Later, at 4:30 p.m., Brookings hosts a discussion on whether the United States should seek to limit China’s economic growth in order to protect itself.

Video

Last week, CSIS's Natasha Hall testified before the Helsinki Commission on how the Syrian civil war served as a blueprint for Russia’s exploitation of multilateral institutions and humanitarian assistance during the war in Ukraine. Watch what she told Congress, in about two minutes.

Podcasts

Syed Alam, Global High Tech Industry Lead at Accenture, joins the podcast to discuss the semiconductor supply chain and development process, highlighting the different inputs and players at each step.

Listen on Spotify & Apple Podcasts.

Smiles

Bobby Weir is amazing. He wraps up a massive summer Dead & Company tour and immediately heads back out on the road with his band “Bobby Weir & Wolf Brothers.” The sound of Weir & Wolf Brothers is different than Dead & Co’s even though they are performing most of the same material from the Grateful Dead’s songbook. Weir & Wolf Brothers have a dreamy country sound that veers into jazz at times. This cover of the Little Feat classic “Easy to Slip” sounds fantastic—scroll in about 30 seconds on the video and let it rip.

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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, Ava Rose, and Lauren Adler.