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It's Tuesday, July 5th. |
NATO Signs Accession Protocols
Members of the NATO military alliance took a major step Tuesday in their bid to welcome Sweden and Finland to the fold. Delegations gathered in Brussels to sign “accession protocols,” after which NATO members must ratify the two Nordic countries’ accession to complete their formal joining of the bloc, as the Washington Post reports. |
Iran’s Alarming Progress on Uranium Enrichment
Iran added demands unrelated to discussions on its nuclear program during the latest talks and has made alarming progress on enriching uranium, the U.S. envoy for talks on reinstating a nuclear deal said on Tuesday, as Reuters reports. |
BA.5 Becomes Dominant Covid Strain in U.S.
New federal estimates on Tuesday showed that the rapidly spreading Omicron subvariant known as BA.5 has become dominant among new coronavirus cases, as the New York Times reports. |
Executive Education
The CSIS Accelerator Series 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
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In That Number
700%
Natural gas has soared 700% in Europe since the start of last year, pushing the continent to the brink of recession.
Source: Yahoo Finance |
Critical Quote
“The reconstruction of Ukraine is not a local project, not a project of one nation, but a joint task of the entire democratic world.”
— Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky |
iDeas Lab
In season 2 of Economy Disrupted, co-hosts Matthew P. Goodman and Sarah Ladislaw examined disruptive forces shaping the U.S. economy and the United States international leadership.
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Optics
(Photo credit: Kenzo Tribouillard/AFP/Getty Images.) NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (C), Finland's Minister of Foreign Affairs Pekka Haavisto (L), and Sweden's Minister of Foreign Affairs Ann Linde (R) give a joint press conference after the signature of the accession protocols to NATO of Finland and Sweden on July 5, 2022. |
Recommended Reading
"Bring DOD Fully into the Mix of Pandemic Preparedness and Response" by CSIS's J. Stephen Morrison and Thomas Cullison. |
This Town Tomorrow
At 9:00 a.m., join the CSIS Freeman Chair in China Studies for a discussion on the future of Hong Kong, including its role as a center for global financial and economic activity.
Then, at 10:00 a.m., the Wilson Center discusses Brazil's upcoming election with Brazilian federal supreme court justice and superior electoral court president, Minister Edson Fachin.
And, at 1:00 p.m., the American Enterprise Institute and the Foundation for Constitutional Government hosts a wide-ranging discussion of Harvey Mansfield's politics and political philosophy. |
Video
Today, CSIS hosted the launch of Gregory Poling’s new book, On Dangerous Ground: America’s Century in the South China Sea, evaluating U.S. interests in the world’s most complex and dangerous maritime dispute. Watch the full video here. |
Podcasts
CSIS’s Ryan Berg joins this episode to discuss the Colombian election and its implications for the region.
Listen on Spotify & Apple Podcasts. |
Smiles
The joy that former members of the Grateful Dead derive from performing their songs with new bands and different musicians is fun to watch. Plus, the music sounds different and in some cases, updated. Take this clip with Phil and his “Phil Lesh and Friends” band. Lately, Phil’s been touring with Warren Haynes and Jon Schofield. Clips like this one underscore how much fun they are having and how good they sound. |
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