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It's Tuesday, July 1st. |
Satellite Images Capture Activity at Iran’s Fordow Nuclear Site
Satellite images show Iran has built a new access road at its Fordow uranium enrichment site and moved in construction equipment that could be used to assess the damage done to the key underground nuclear facility by last month’s U.S. airstrike, as the WSJ reports. |
Thai Court Suspends Prime Minister as Political Crisis Spirals
A Thai court suspended the prime minister on Tuesday, plunging the country into fresh political turmoil as a border dispute with Cambodia has heated up, as the NYT reports. |
North Korea’s Kim Jong Un Shown with Coffins of His Soldiers Killed in Russia
North Korea’s state media broadcast footage of Kim Jon Un leaning over the coffins of soldiers who died in that fight, marking the first time Kim had openly displayed his regime’s role in aiding Russia’s war, as The Washington Post reports. |
Executive Education
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Audio Briefs
CSIS now offers audio versions of our latest analysis. Listen to the latest Commentary by CSIS's Cynthia R. Cook and Audrey Aldisert, "Overcoming the Barriers to Forward Deterrence." |
In That Number
700
Iranian authorities have arrested over 700 people in a sweeping security crackdown that analysts say is aimed at exerting control after a brief but punishing war with Israel exposed Iran’s deep infiltration by Israeli intelligence.
Source: The Washington Post
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Critical Quote
“We went on hold when we saw the size of the tariffs and where essentially all inflation forecasts for the United States went up materially as a consequence.”
—Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell |
iDeas Lab
Responses to a CSIS survey given to some of the United States’ closest industrial partners—those with a Reciprocal Defense Procurement Memorandum of Understanding—indicate that building domestic capacity is an important defense industrial goal. Read the full analysis here.
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Optics
(Photo credit: Valeria Mongelli/Bloomberg/Getty Images.) Paetongtarn Shinawatra, Thailand's prime minister, speaks to the media in Bangkok, Thailand, on Tuesday, July 1, 2025. Thailand's Constitutional Court has suspended Paetongtarn from office until it rules on a petition seeking her ouster for alleged ethical violations the biggest blow yet to her less-than one-year-old government. |
Recommended Reading
"The President’s Defense Budget Misses the Mark" by CSIS's Seth Jones in The Wall Street Journal. |
This Town Tomorrow
At 8:45 a.m., the CSIS Defense and Security Department welcomes Vice Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army General James Mingus.
Then, at 9:00 a.m., the CSIS Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics discusses critical issues with leading experts on doing business in China and China’s tech sector.
Later, at 11:00 a.m., the CSIS Korea Chair welcomes Senator Andy Kim (D-NJ) for the latest episode of The Impossible State Live. |
Video
Today, Former Ambassador Daniel B. Shapiro and CSIS Korea Chair experts discussed Iran-North Korea cooperation in the aftermath of the Iran-Israel war and what it means for the Axis of Upheaval. Watch the full video here. |
Podcasts
The CSIS Trade Guys discuss why the G7 Summit in Canada failed to produce progress on trade, how negotiations with key trade partners are going, the implications of the Iran-Israel-U.S. conflict for oil markets, and whether closing the Strait of Hormuz could be a viable path for Iran.
Listen on Spotify & Apple Podcasts. |
Smiles
I was going to discuss The Bear’s soundtrack for this entire week—I’ll come back to it tomorrow. Because today, just hours ago, the Grateful Dead posted an historic performance of their iconic jam “Dark Star” live from the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco, December 31, 1978. I couldn’t let this go unnoticed or take my eyes off of it. |
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