The Evening: UK Blocks Iran, French Tax, Nobody’s Fault But Mine and More
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** Good Evening,
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It's Thursday, July 11th.
** UK Warship Stops Iranian Attempt to Impede BP Tanker
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A British Royal Navy warship has rebuffed an attempt by Iran to “impede” the passage of a British oil tanker through the Strait of Hormuz, escalating already high tensions in the Gulf, as the
FT’s Anjli Raval, Andrew England and Najmeh Bozorgmehr report ([link removed]) .
Dive Deeper: “There’s a Deal to Be Had Between the U.S. and Iran ([link removed]) ,” by the Washington Institute’s Dennis Ross.
** Hezbollah: New Sanctions Widen U.S. Assault on Lebanon
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Lebanon’s Hezbollah said on Thursday that new U.S. sanctions against three of its officials, including two MPs, have widened Washington’s assault on Lebanon, as Reuters reports ([link removed]) .
** France Presses On with Digital Tax
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France’s legislature gave final approval to a new tax on large tech companies shrugging off the threat posed by a new U.S. trade probe into whether the measure discriminates against American firms, as the
WSJ’s Sam Schechner and Paul Hannon report ([link removed]) .
Dive Deeper: “Home and Abroad: Building U.S. Global Economic Leadership on Strong Domestic Foundations ([link removed]) ,” a new CSIS report edited by Matthew P. Goodman.
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** In That Number
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** $700 million
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Amazon plans to spend $700 million to retrain a third of its U.S. workforce, as technology threatens to upend the way many of its employees do their jobs.
Source: Wall Street Journal ([link removed])
** Critical Quote
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** “France is a sovereign state. It makes sovereign decisions on tax matters and will continue to make sovereign decisions on tax matters.”
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— Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire of France
** iDeas Lab
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Since 2014, China has substantially expanded its ability to monitor and project power throughout the South China Sea. CSIS's Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative ([link removed]) is tracking China's dual civilian-military bases in the disputed Spratly and Paracel Islands.
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(Photo credit: Mark Wilson/Getty Images). U.S. Army General Mark A. Milley prepares to testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee on his nomination to be chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
** Recommended Reading
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“Bretton Woods at 75: global co-operation under threat ([link removed]) ,” by the
FT’s Martin Wolf.
** This Town Tomorrow
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At 11:00 a.m. ([link removed]) , the Wilson Center will host former deputy secretary of energy Daniel Poneman for a discussion on his new book, Double Jeopardy: Combating Nuclear Terror and Climate Change.
And, at 12:00 p.m. ([link removed]) , the Wilson Center, in partnership with the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, will host a seminar discussing the bombing of the AMIA Jewish community center in Buenos Aires 25 years ago and global counterterrorism challenges.
** Video
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In the latest episode of "High Resolution," CSIS's Victor Cha and Joseph Bermudez analyze satellite imagery of the Yusang-ni missile operating base. Watch the short video here ([link removed]) to learn more about North Korea's missile capabilities and the prospects for denuclearization.
** Podcasts
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In the latest episode of AIDS 2020, iconic fashion designer and HIV/AIDS activist Kenneth Cole discusses his unprecedented advertising campaign to confront the stigma surrounding HIV/AIDS in New York City. He shares what motivated him to become an HIV activist.
Listen on SoundCloud ([link removed]) , Spotify ([link removed]) , & Apple Podcasts ([link removed]) .
** Smiles
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During the new Robert Plant podcast “Digging Deep with Robert Plant,” he said that a friend of his didn’t want to be left alone while listening to “Presence” because she was too disturbed by its scale. I get that. It’s intimidating, powerful music. My friend lives in an ancient castle in Germany, and the next time I visit him I’m going to ask him to drop a needle on “Presence” so we can listen to it echoing throughout the citadel.
“Nobody’s Fault But Mine ([link removed]) ” is another monster “Presence” track. Robert Plant’s harmonica part is the highlight for me.
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