The Evening: Putin Misinformed, Change in U.S. Trade Policy, SOS, and More
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Good Evening,
It's Wednesday, March 30th.
Attacks Persist
Not a full day after Russia pledged at peace talks to “drastically reduce” attacks in Kyiv and Chernihiv, Ukrainian officials said there had been no such change, as the Washington Post reports
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Putin’s Misinformed
Declassified U.S. intelligence has indicated that Vladimir Putin was being misinformed about the invasion from aides fearful about his reaction. According to the U.S. intelligence, the misinformation has created mistrust and stoked tensions between Putin and his Ministry of Defense as the NYT reports
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Trade Policy Shift
U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai said Wednesday that the U.S. must shift the focus of its trade policy to rebuilding its domestic manufacturing industries, and lessening ties to unfriendly economies, as the WSJ reports
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Executive Education
Inside DOD's FY 2023 Budget
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, a CSIS executive education
course, offers key insights from CSIS experts and practitioners on what the Biden administration's FY 2023 budget and strategy documents reveal about strategic priorities, major budget movements, force structure adds and cuts, and acquisition program changes.
Video Shorts
Check out CSIS's YouTube Channel
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for the latest releases in our “Crisis Crossroads: Ukraine” video series.
In That Number
12
Israel is sending 12 additional battalions to beef up its military forces in the West Bank as its leaders grapple with the deadliest surge of terrorist attacks on the country’s soil in years.
Source: WSJ
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Critical Quote
“One of the Achilles heels of autocracies is that you don’t have people in those systems who speak truth to power or who have the ability to speak truth to power. And I think that is something that we’re seeing in Russia.”
— Secretary of State Antony Blinken
iDeas Lab
New CSIS satellite imagery and analysis
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reveal unusual movement of the 8.24 Yongung experimental ballistic missile submarine, which plays a critical role in the under-way development of submarine-launched ballistic missiles.
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: Chris McGrath/Getty Images.) A man pushes his bike through mud and debris past a destroyed Russian tank in front of the central train station that was used as a Russian base on March 30, 2022 in Trostianets, Ukraine.
Recommended Reading
“What It Will Take For Ukraine To Win the War
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” by CSIS's Seth G. Jones in TIME Magazine.
This Town Tomorrow
At 2:00 p.m.
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, join the CSIS Strategic Technologies Program for the launch of a new report from the Multilateral Cyber Action Committee on the implications for cybersecurity in Western-Chinese technology decoupling.
Earlier, at 9:00 a.m.
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, the Wilson Center holds a discussion on justice institutions in Africa and the role they play in sustainable peace on the continent.
Then, at 10:00 a.m.
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, the American Enterprise Institute hosts an event examining the surge of inflation in Latin American economies.
Video
The CSIS Korea Chair today hosted a discussion on North Korea's latest missile developments, including the current state of their ballistic missile force and how they have advanced their technologies so quickly. Watch the event here
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Podcasts
"We have to brace ourselves, win lose or draw for Putin in Ukraine, that the vast spaces of Eastern Europe will be turbulent, uncertain, and sporadically violent. For as far as we can see," said Dan Hamilton, senior fellow at the SAIS Foreign Policy Institute and guest on today's episode of NATO's Road to Madrid.
Listen on Spotify
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& Apple Podcasts
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Smiles
Stewart Copeland of The Police is one of my favorite drummers. This recent video
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of him performing Police standard “Message in a Bottle” with Eddie Vedder is JUST SO COOL.
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The Evening is my daily guide to key insights CSIS brings to the events of the day. It is composed with the External Relations team: Kendal Gee, Paige Montfort, and Christopher Healey.
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