No Cease Fire

Hamas informed Arab mediators that it would approve a Qatari-Egyptian cease-fire proposal, Ismail Haniyeh, the head of Hamas’s political bureau, said in a statement Monday. The Israeli Prime Minister’s office said in a statement later Monday that the war cabinet had “unanimously decided” to continue the operation in Rafah, but added that Israel would send mediators to attempt to negotiate an agreement, calling Hamas’s proposal “far from Israel’s requirements,” as The Washington Post reports.

Russia to Hold Drills on Tactical Nuclear Weapons

Russia said on Monday that it would hold military exercises with troops based near Ukraine to practice for the possible use of battlefield nuclear weapons, as the NYT reports.

Biden administration rolls out international cybersecurity plan

The Biden administration is rolling out a strategy Monday for how to build global cybersecurity cooperation, following years of stepped up threats from China, Russia, and cybercriminals, as Politico reports.

Executive Education

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Audio Briefs

CSIS now offers full audio versions of our latest analysis. Listen to Mick Ryan's latest commentary, "Australia’s New National Defence Strategy: Mostly Continuity but with Some Change."

In That Number

2,200

More than 2,200 people have been arrested on college and university campuses since April 18 as schools prepare graduation ceremonies.
Source: CNN

Critical Quote

“Holding a large commencement ceremony on our campus presented security concerns that unfortunately proved insurmountable.”

—Columbia University

iDeas Lab

New EU legislation on methane should enter force in the next few months. A new CSIS brief describes the methane regulation and discusses the significance for global gas suppliers, including special challenges for U.S. liquefied natural gas exporters.

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: Christian Liewig-Corbis/Corbis/Getty Images.) French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron welcome Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan as part of the Chinese president's two-day state visit, at the Elysee Presidential Palace in Paris.

This Town Tomorrow

At 10:00 a.m., the CSIS Strategic Technologies Program hosts experts from the U.S. Department of Commerce National Telecommunications and Information Administration to discuss NTIA's Wireless Innovation Fund.

Also, at 3:00 p.m., the CSIS Europe, Russia, and Eurasia Program welcomes EU Ambassador to the U.S. Jovita Neliupšienė, former Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Karen Donfried, and the head of the European Parliament Liaison Office, Walter Goetz.

Earlier, at 1:00 p.m., Brookings hosts Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, for a discussion on the latest breakthroughs in AI technology and the critical considerations surrounding national security.

Video

The CSIS International Security Program hosted the Vice Chiefs of each rank of the U.S. Armed Forces at the 2024 Global Security Fourm for a discussion on preparing the U.S. Military for competition and contestation. Watch the full video here.

Podcasts

On this week’s episode, the Trade Guys discuss Xinjiang’s rising exports despite U.S. sanctions, a potential APEP expansion, and an anti-dumping and countervailing duties probe on melamine imports.

Listen on Spotify & Apple Podcasts.

Smiles

The unbridled joy among musicians performing at the New Orleans Jazz Festival is on display at every stage on the festival grounds. Maybe none more than yesterday’s closing act, Trombone Shorty. As I wrote last week, it used to be an annual tradition that the Neville Brothers would close out the last Sunday of Jazz Fest. With Art and Charles no longer with us, and Aaron retired, Shorty did the next best thing and brought Cyril Neville to the stage yesterday. It was a joyful noise indeed.

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