U.S. Votes Against UN Resolution Condemning Russia

The United States voted with Russia, North Korea, Iran, and 14 other Moscow-friendly countries Monday against a resolution condemning Russian aggression in Ukraine and calling for the return of Ukrainian territory. The resolution passed overwhelmingly in the UN General Assembly, as The Washington Post reports.

Macron Stresses Ukraine Security Guarantees at White House

President Trump and President Emmanuel Macron of France met at the White House on the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, displaying an old friendship but diverging on the war, as the NYT reports.

Trump in Economic Talks with Putin

Donald Trump signaled the U.S. is prepared to forge an “economic” deal with Russia amid a sharp reversal of Washington’s policy towards Moscow, saying the two countries had held “very good talks” over ending the war in Ukraine, as the FT reports.

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Audio Briefs

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In That Number

$244 billion

China-Russia trade hit a record high in 2024, at over $244 billion.
Source: WSJ

Critical Quote

“How can we guarantee our own security?”

—French President Emmanuel Macron

iDeas Lab

Today, on the three-year mark of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, CSIS Global Food and Water Security Program Director Caitlin Welsh reflects on the program’s research on the war. Watch the full video 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: Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images.) U.S. President Donald Trump greets French President Emmanuel Macron as he arrives at the White House for a meeting on February 24, 2025, in Washington, DC.

This Town Tomorrow

At 4:00 p.m., CSIS hosts a discussion on how the United States can restore its global leadership in nuclear energy.

Also at 4:00 p.m., the CSIS Global Health Policy Center holds a conversation on Keith Haring's legacy on HIV activism and its future.

Earlier, at 9:00 a.m., Brookings examines Congress's approach to U.S.-China relations with Reps. John Moolenaar and Raja Krishnamoorthi.

Video

Today, the CSIS Defense and Security Department discussed the state of the war in Ukraine on the third anniversary of the Russian invasion. Watch the full video here.

Podcasts

CSIS’s Erin Murphy, deputy director of the CSIS Chair on India and Emerging Asia Economics, joins the podcast to discuss why subsea cables are so important to global security, the global actors most likely to sabotage these cables, how they play into great power competition with China, and policy recommendations to mitigate these threats.

Listen on Spotify & Apple Podcasts.

Smiles

It was reported today that Roberta Flack, one of the most important musicians of the 1970s, died today at 88. My mother LOVED Roberta Flack. Some of my earliest memories are listening to Flack in the car on the radio or at home spinning one of her masterful records. Before her star rose, Flack was a Washington, DC school teacher who honed her skills in a small nightclub on Capitol Hill.

Flack’s smash 1973 hit, “Killing Me Softly With His Song ,” is a classic that never goes out of style.

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