The Evening: Hamas Succession, China Restricts Fentanyl, U.S. Blues, and More

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Good Evening,

It's Tuesday, August 6th.

Hamas Succession

Hamas said Tuesday it had selected Yahya Sinwar, the group’s leader in Gaza and architect of the Oct. 7 attacks against Israel, to succeed the former head of its political wing, Ismail Haniyeh, who was killed last week in Tehran, as the WSJ reports

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Interim Government in Bangladesh

The president of Bangladesh on Tuesday appointed Muhammad Yunus, a pioneer in microfinance and a Nobel laureate, to oversee an interim government, accommodating demands by protesters and offering a reprieve for a country scarred by violence, as the NYT reports

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China Restricts Fentanyl

China is to impose controls on the production of critical chemicals for the manufacture of fentanyl, in a sign of rising co-operation between Beijing and Washington over efforts to crack down on the deadly synthetic opioid, as the FT reports

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Executive Education

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Audio Briefs

CSIS now offers full audio versions of our latest analysis. Listen to CSIS's William Alan Reinsch's latest commentary, "What’s AGOA-ing On

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In That Number

7

7 U.S. personnel were wounded in a rocket attack by Iran-backed militias on a base in Iraq. Two rockets hit the airbase at about 9 p.m. local time on Monday.

Source: FT

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Critical Quote

“We’re all rejoicing—the monster who is on top of us has left. Today we are free.”

—Bangladeshi Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus

iDeas Lab

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In the first episode of Defending the Dollar, CSIS’s Scott Miller unpacks the core functions of money and explains why governments developed their own currencies. Watch the full video here.

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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: Syed Mahamudur/Rahman/NurPhoto/Getty Images.) People celebrate at the Parliament House after the fall of the country's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on August 6, 2024.

Recommended Reading

“The Department of Defense’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft Program: Good News, Bad News, and Unanswered Questions

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” by CSIS’s Gregory C. Allen and Isaac Goldston.

This Town Tomorrow

At 10:00 a.m.

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, the CSIS International Security Program and the U.S. Naval Institute welcome 5th Fleet Commander VADM George Wikoff, USN.

Also at 10:00 a.m.

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, the CSIS Australia Chair hosts a conversation with Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Richard Marles on the future of the U.S.-Australia alliance.

Later, at 1:00 p.m.

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, the CSIS Bipartisan Alliance for Global Health Security reflects on the major science and policy takeaways from the 25th International AIDS Conference.

Video

Last week, CSIS and the Association of the U.S. Army (AUSA) hosted the fifth Strategic Landpower Dialogue event on the defense of Guam. The discussion reviewed the state of efforts for providing comprehensive air and missile defense of Guam, and in particular the challenges associated with integrating several distinct fire control systems. Watch the full video here.

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Podcasts

On this week's episode, the Trade Guys dissect the recent African Growth and Opportunity Act Forum, the Americas Partnership for Economic Prosperity trade ministerial in Quito, and the WTO Joint Statement Initiative on Electronic Commerce.

Listen on Spotify

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& Apple Podcasts

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Smiles

On September 20th, the Grateful Dead will again dip into their vast archives and release stellar material. This time it’s a collection of shows from April of 1978 called “Friend of the Devils: April 1978.” A couple of days ago, the Dead posted a teaser in the form of “U.S. Blues” live at Cameron Indoor Stadium, Duke University 4/12/78. Yes, from the place the Cameron Crazies do their magic during basketball games! And this is possibly, fittingly, the Dead’s most raucous version of U.S. Blues

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The Evening is my daily guide to key insights CSIS brings to the events of the day. It is composed by Lauren Adler, Ava Rose, and the External Relations team.

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