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U.S. Lost Afghan War Over 4 Administrations
President Biden’s top military adviser told lawmakers Wednesday that the Afghanistan war was lost through a series of pivotal decisions spanning the last four presidential administrations, as the Washington Post reports.
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Japan’s Next PM
Fumio Kishida won leadership of Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party on Wednesday, virtually guaranteeing that he will become Japan’s next prime minister, as the NYT reports.
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Race to Avoid Government Shutdown
Democrats raced to both avoid a government shutdown and salvage President Biden’s domestic agenda on Capitol Hill, with the Senate preparing to take up a short-term funding patch and advance one of the fiscal priorities lawmakers are weighing simultaneously, as the WSJ reports.
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Executive Education
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Video Shorts
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In That Number
30%
More than 30 percent of people in Afghanistan are facing emergency or crisis levels of food insecurity, with half of all children under five facing acute malnutrition.
Source: CSIS
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Critical Quote
“I think we will come together.”
— House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) |
iDeas Lab
Energy prices in Europe have risen sharply over the past few months. This spike has coincided with the release, over the summer, of the European Union’s “Fit for 55” package, a set of measures to achieve climate neutrality by 2050.
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Optics
(Photo credit: Carl Court/POOL/AFP/Getty Images.) Japanese outgoing Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga bows to Fumio Kishida, winner of the Liberal Democrat Party leadership election, on September 29, 2021. |
Recommended Reading
"Japan’s Ruling Party Elects a New Leader" by CSIS's Michael J. Green, Nicholas Szechenyi, and Yuko Nakano |
This Town Tomorrow
At 11:00 a.m., join the CSIS Strategic Technologies Program for an event on investment and innovation in Israel.
Then, at 1:00 p.m., CSIS hosts a high-level panel discussion on the future of women and girls in Afghanistan in the wake of the Taliban’s ascendance in Kabul.
And, at 8:30 a.m., the Atlantic Council hosts a conversation on the German election outcome and the future of Germany’s political landscape.
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Video
Today, the Middle East Program hosted Minister al-Ississ, Jordan’s finance minister, for a discussion on the status of economic security and development in Jordan as the world begins to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic. |
Podcasts
This week on the Asia Chessboard, Mike is celebrating 70 years of U.S.-Australia relations with Peter Jennings, executive director of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute. The two discuss the history and evolution of the ANZUS treaty, how alliance dynamics play out in both Washington and Canberra, and the future of the alliance.
Listen on Spotify & Apple Podcasts. |
Smiles
And Harry doesn't mind, if he doesn't, make the scene
He's got a daytime job, he's doing alright
He can play the Honky Tonk like anything
Savin' it up, for Friday night
Before Dire Straits laid down the track that defined the '80s with “Money For Nothing” and its refrain “I Want My MTV,” they crafted a sound that was unique and ahead of its time. When “Sultans of Swing” hit the airwaves in '78, it blew minds and remained a staple on the radio for decades to come. No one had ever heard anything that sounded like it—unless you could imagine a post-modern British, Jewish version of J.J. Cale crafting edgy, perfect pop.
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