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It's Thursday, April 7th. |
Further Isolate Russia
Western allies on Thursday hammered out new steps to further isolate Russia, with Congress voting to strip Moscow of its preferential trade status and ban the import of Russian energy while the European Union weighed a ban on Russian coal, a significant step for a bloc that is heavily dependent on Russian fossil fuels, as the NYT reports.
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Russia Suspended from U.N. Human Rights Council
The U.N. General Assembly voted Thursday to suspend Russia from the Human Rights Council amid mounting concerns that Moscow’s troops are committing grave war crimes in Ukraine, as the Washington Post reports.
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Ukraine Calls for More Arms
Ukrainian officials called for more weapons to fight Russia as both sides mobilize forces in the east for what are expected to be some of the fiercest battles of the war so far, as the WSJ reports.
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Executive Education
Inside DOD's FY 2023 Budget, 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 for the latest releases in our “Crisis Crossroads: Ukraine” video series. |
In That Number
53-47
The Senate voted 53-47 to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as the 116th Supreme Court justice.
Source: WSJ |
Critical Quote
“My agenda is very simple. It has only three items on it: it's weapons, weapons, and weapons.”
— Ukrainian foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba |
iDeas Lab
Analysis from CSIS shows that the shipyards at the heart of modernizing the Chinese navy, such as those owned by the China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC), attract billions of dollars of revenue and technology transfers from foreign companies. Of the 211 ships ordered between 2019 and 2021 to be built at CSSC-owned shipyards, 64 percent were ordered by foreign companies.
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: Fadel Senna/AFP/Getty Images.) Ukrainian soldiers sit on an armored military vehicle in the city of Severodonetsk in the Donbas region, on April 7, 2022, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine. |
Recommended Reading
“The Global Fragility Strategy Gets a Refresh” by CSIS's Erol Yayboke, Catherine Nzuki, and Anastasia Strouboulis. |
This Town Tomorrow
At 8:30 a.m., join the CSIS Japan Chair for an event to explore Japan's approach to competition in new domains.
Also at 8:30 a.m., the CSIS Strategic Technologies Program holds an event on responsible AI in a global context.
Then, at 11:00 a.m., the Brookings Institution holds a discussion on the role of international law in prosecuting crimes against humanity, genocide, and ecocide. |
Video
Today, the CSIS Strategic Technologies Program hosted an event on the emerging requirements, challenges, and opportunities for commercial wireless networks and national defense. |
Podcasts
This week, Tom Karako, director of the CSIS Missile Defense Project, joined The Truth of the Matter to discuss Russia's use of missiles in Ukraine.
Listen on Spotify & Apple Podcasts. |
Smiles
One last encore this week for Little Feat, this time with special guests Emmylou Harris, Bonnie Raitt, and Jesse Winchester.
Watch the 1977 live performance on 'The Midnight Special.'
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