The Evening: Buffalo Aftermath, Mariupol, Cosmic Country, and More

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Good Evening,

It's Tuesday, May 17th.

Buffalo Aftermath

President Biden called on Tuesday for Americans to “take on the haters” and “reject the lie” of racial replacement that reportedly animated the Buffalo gunman, as the NYT reports

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Ukraine Ends Battle for Mariupol

Ending one of the most dramatic battles of the Ukraine war, hundreds of Ukrainian fighters, many seriously wounded, gave up their weeks-long defense of a besieged steel plant in the strategic port city of Mariupol on Monday and were taken to Russian-controlled territory, while hundreds more remained trapped in the plant Tuesday as delicate negotiations continued, as the Washington Post reports

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Sweden, Finland NATO Bid

Sweden and Finland plan to apply for NATO membership on Wednesday, according to their leaders, a move that would break with decades of nonalignment by the two Nordic countries and represent a major geopolitical shift in Europe in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, as the WSJ reports

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Executive Education

The CSIS Accelerator Series

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is a comprehensive training program for rising professionals who wish to develop their leadership, management, communication, and other professional skills to help advance their career.

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

50

Today’s hearing on government investigation of UFOs on Capitol Hill was the first time in more than 50 years that U.S. officials have provided testimony for public consumption about their investigation of UFOs.

Source: Washington Post

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Critical Quote

“White supremacy is a poison.”

— President Joe Biden

iDeas Lab

A high off-nadir satellite imagery collected on May 17, 2022, provides a unique view of the ongoing activity

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outside the new portal to Tunnel No. 3 and in the main administration and support area of North Korea's Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site.

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: Nicholas Kamm/Getty Images.) U.S. President Joe Biden and U.S. First Lady Jill Biden visit a memorial near a Tops grocery store in Buffalo, New York, on May 17, 2022.

Recommended Reading

"Pushed to the Extremes: Domestic Terrorism amid Polarization and Protest

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" by CSIS's Catrina Doxsee, Seth Jones, Jared Thompson, Grace Hwang, and Kateryna Halstead.

This Town Tomorrow

At 9:00 a.m.

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, Lieutenant General Michael A. Guetlein and CSIS’s Cynthia Cook discuss the future focus of the Space Systems Command.

Then, at 3:00 p.m.

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, the CSIS Project on Fragility and Mobility and the Human Rights Initiative examine the potential benefits and risks of using technology in migration management.

And, at 3:30 p.m.

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, the CSIS Commission on Strengthening America's Health Security holds a virtual event to examine the outcomes of the second Global Covid-19 Summit.

Video

Earlier today, CSIS and the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung hosted a conversation

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with Ukrainian member of parliament Halyna Yanchenko and editor-in-chief of Ukrainska Pravda Sevgil Musaieva.

Podcasts

CSIS's Eliot Cohen joined the podcast to talk about how the war between Russia and Ukraine is transforming both nations and the future of Europe.

Listen on Spotify

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& Apple Podcasts

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Smiles

I love young artists who attribute their musical influences to American roots music—country, blues, bluegrass, folk, and more. One of my current favorites is Daniel Donato, who has come up with a sound that he calls “Cosmic Country,” which is also the name of his band and most recent album, 2021’s “Cosmic Country and Western Songs.”

A few days ago Donato’s Cosmic Country visited the Relix Magazine studios to perform a blistering cover of the Grateful Dead’s “Cumberland Blues.”

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Cosmic Country may be the coolest sound and branding I’ve heard in some time.

I invite you to email me at [email protected]

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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 and Paige Montfort.

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