Russia's Hold in South Ukraine

Russia is trying to deepen its hold on occupied territory in the south, restoring transportation links and other key infrastructure to secure a “land bridge” from Russia to the Crimean Peninsula, as the NYT reports.

No Deal on Grain Passage

Russian and Turkish officials ended talks Wednesday without a significant breakthrough toward creating a sea lane to export grain from Ukraine across the Black Sea as a part of a United Nations-backed effort to address a global food crisis, as the WSJ reports.

U.S. Announces New Latin America Economic Plan

The Biden administration unveiled a new proposed U.S. economic partnership with Latin America on Wednesday as regional leaders gathered for a U.S.-hosted summit whose agenda has been undermined by discord over the guest list, as Reuters reports.

Executive Education

Learn about the range of economic policy tools available to U.S. policymakers and how they are used in support of broader strategic and economic objectives, as well as their implications for the private sector and other economic actors in Economics in National Security.

Video Shorts

Check out CSIS's YouTube Channel for the latest releases in our “Crisis Crossroads: Ukraine” video series.

In That Number

20 million tons

Disputes over access to the Black Sea port of Odesa are preventing some 20 million tons of grain from reaching export markets such as Africa.

Source: Financial Times

Critical Quote

“It is our duty to dismantle Russia's disinformation. Our sanctions do not touch basic food commodities.”

— Ursula von der Leyen, President of the EU

iDeas Lab

On June 3, the European Union adopted a sixth package of sanctions, including a partial embargo on Russian oil. It took nearly a month of negotiations to achieve unanimous support for this round of sanctions, according to new CSIS analysis.

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: Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images.) Smoke and dirt rise from shelling in the city of Severodonetsk during a fight between Ukrainian and Russian troops in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donbas on June 7, 2022.

This Town Tomorrow

At 9:00 a.m., join the CSIS Energy Security and Climate Change Program for a discussion on global efforts to develop a clean hydrogen market.

Later, at 9:45 a.m., join the CSIS Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group for the public keynote and expert discussion sessions of the CSIS-Chey Conference on Cooperation on Scientific Innovation, Supply Chains, and Geopolitical Risk in Northeast Asia.

And, at 10:00 a.m., the Wilson Center hosts a discussion on the use of AI in public service and the societal implications across the sectors of environmental sustainability, finance, and health.

Video

Today, the CSIS Americas Program hosted a discussion on the imperative of social cohesion to generating economic growth, the importance of trust to effective public policy, and the power of information and transparency. Watch the event here.

Podcasts

CSIS Senior Adviser Vincent Rigby, former national security and intelligence advisor to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada, and Professor Thomas Juneau of the University of Ottawa join the podcast to talk about their new report, which calls for Canada to rethink its national security strategy.

Listen on Spotify & Apple Podcasts.

Smiles

I’ve been encouraged to keep on with The Byrds this week—twist my arm! The band’s third album, “Fifth Dimension,” released in the summer of 1966, marked a voyage into psychedelic and raga rock (pop music with an Indian influence). The record is a classic, with its key track “Eight Miles High” becoming known as the first bona fide psychedelic rock song. “Eight Miles High” is a masterpiece, but so is the lesser known “I See You,” which sounds like nothing that came before it as well.

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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.