The Evening: Israel’s Plans, EU Pitches Scientists, Always on the Run, and More

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Good Evening,

It's Monday, May 5th.

Israel Approves Plan to Occupy Gaza

Israel’s security cabinet approved a new ground operation to occupy territory in the Gaza Strip, in a strategic shift that would entail moving most of Gaza’s population to an area cleared of militants and taking control of aid distribution, as the WSJ reports

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Israel Bombs Yemen

Israeli fighter jets flew over 1,000 miles to strike the port city of Hudaydah in western Yemen on Monday, after the Houthi militia fired a ballistic missile that landed near Israel’s main international airport this weekend, as the NYT reports

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Europe Pitches Scientists

Emmanuel Macron today warned that Donald Trump’s crackdown on U.S. scientific research threatens America’s economy and democracy, as the French leader and European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen made a pitch to researchers to come to Europe instead, as the FT reports

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Executive Education

A confrontation with China could reshape the global order. Analyze China’s military rise and test U.S. response strategies in Meeting China’s Military Challenge

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. Join CSIS experts from June 3 to 4, 2025, for expert briefings and an interactive wargame. Register

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by May 28.

Audio Briefs

CSIS now offers audio versions of our latest analysis. Listen to the latest Critical Questions by CSIS's Charles Edel, "Australia’s 2025 Election: Decisive Labor Majority Amid Liberal Collapse

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In That Number

€500 million

On Monday, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen put forward a new €500 million incentives package for 2025-2027 aimed at making Europe a “magnet for researchers.”

Source: Bloomberg

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Critical Quote

“The role of science in today’s world is questioned. The investment in fundamental, free and open research is questioned. What a gigantic miscalculation.”

—Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission

iDeas Lab

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On Saturday, April 26, a major explosion struck the Shahid Rajaee port, Iran’s largest container port. In the days since, the death toll has risen to at least 70 people, with more than 1,000 injured. Read the full CSIS analysis 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: Saeed Kahn/AFP/Getty Images). Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese with his partner Jodie Haydon and son Nathan after winning the general election at the Labor Party election night event in Sydney on May 3, 2025.

Recommended Reading

​​​​​​"Australia’s 2025 Election: Decisive Labor Majority Amid Liberal Collapse

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" by CSIS's Charles Edel.

This Town Tomorrow

At 1:30 p.m.

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, the CSIS Americas Program discusses the future of U.S.-Canada cooperation on critical minerals.

Then, at 4:30 p.m.

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, the CSIS Defense and Security Department hosts a conversation on the future of U.S. defense spending and the cost of American military power.

Earlier, at 12:30 p.m.

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, the Atlantic Council welcomes Belgian Minister of Defense and Foreign Trade Theo Francken to unpack the future of transatlantic relations.

Video

Last week, the CSIS Wadhwani AI Center hosted Alexandr Wang, Founder and CEO of Scale AI, to discuss issues shaping the future of AI policy. Watch the full video here.

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Podcasts

CSIS’s Emily Harding joins the podcast to discuss observations from her recent visit to Ukraine including drone warfare, the state of the battlefield, U.S. and European support as well as the mining deal forged by President Trump and President Zelensky.

Listen on Spotify

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& Apple Podcasts

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Smiles

Jazz Fest in New Orleans just wrapped on Sunday. Each year, the festival hosts some of the greatest musicians on earth and this year was no different. This incendiary performance by Lenny Kravitz reminds me of when I first saw him perform in 1989 after his debut album “Let Love Rule” hit store shelves—yes, you had to buy a physical copy of the album, and I had it on cassette. Lenny, accompanied by his then-wife actress Lisa Bonet, took the stage at Tipitina’s just down the street from where I lived at the time. In fact, one of my friends called me to tell me to “get down here immediately to see Lenny.” Yes, he called and we spoke—everything wasn’t texting in those days. So I hurried down to Tips to see the show and I will never forget it. This track, “Always on the Run

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