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It's Wednesday, July 13th. |
Biden Reassures Israelis on Iran Nuclear Talks
After arriving for a four-day trip to Israel and Saudi Arabia, President Biden said the U.S. would use force if need be to prevent Iran from developing a bomb, as the NYT reports. |
Inflation Hits Four-Decade High
U.S. consumer inflation climbed to 9.1% in June, a pace not seen in more than four decades, adding pressure on the Federal Reserve to act more aggressively to slow rapid price increases throughout the economy, as the WSJ reports. |
Ukraine Grain Talks
The Ukrainian foreign minister says grain exports from his country’s ports won’t resume without security guarantees for ship owners, cargo owners, and Ukraine as an independent nation. Military officials from Russia and Ukraine held their governments’ first face-to-face talks in months Wednesday. They met in Istanbul to discuss a United Nations plan for getting blocked Ukrainian grain to world markets through the Black Sea, as the AP 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
30%
The newest offshoot of Omicron, along with a closely related variant, BA.4, are fueling a global surge in Covid-19 cases — 30% over the past fortnight, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
Source: CNN |
Critical Quote
"Greater peace, greater stability, greater connection. It's critical. It's critical, if I might add, for all the people of the region."
— President Joe Biden |
iDeas Lab
New satellite imagery analyzed by CSIS shows substantial progress in the Philippines' Thitu Island's ongoing construction project.
The Andreas C. Dracopoulos iDeas Lab at CSIS enhances our research with the latest in cutting-edge web technologies, design, and multimedia.
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Optics
(Photo credit: Debby Hill/Pool/AFP/Getty Images.) Israeli caretaker Prime Minister Yair Lapid, U.S. President Joe Biden, and Israeli President Isaac Herzog attend a memorial ceremony in the Hall of Remembrance at Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center in Jerusalem, on July 13, 2022. |
Recommended Reading
“Don’t Expect Saudi Arabia to Save the Day” by CSIS’s Ben Cahill. |
This Town Tomorrow
At 9:30 a.m., join the CSIS Korea Chair for an episode of "The Capital Cable" to discuss the recent developments in Korea.
Later, at 10:00 a.m., the CSIS Interpret: China project hosts a discussion of Xi Jinping's new Global Security Initiative with leading experts and newly translated Chinese language documents.
And, at 1:00 p.m., the CSIS Energy Security & Climate Change Program hosts a conversation with Secretary Sarah Cottrell Propst, cabinet secretary of the New Mexico Energy, Minerals, and Natural Resources Department.
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Video
Today, the CSIS Burke Chair in Strategy hosted a conversation on the State Department's role in providing security assistance to Ukraine. Watch the full video here. |
Podcasts
CSIS’s Jon Alterman joins the podcast to discuss President Biden’s visit to the Middle East and what the administration can gain strategically from the trip.
Listen on Spotify & Apple Podcasts. |
Smiles
“Wave that flag, wave it wide and high.”
Another one of my favorite Grateful Dead inspired bands comes from original Dead drummer Bill Kreutzmann. Just like Phil Lesh’s Phil and Friends, Kreutzmann has assembled an all-star collection of roots musicians called Billy and the Kids. The band features Billy Strings and Tom Hamilton of Joe Russo’s Almost Dead. This clip features Strings on lead vocals for a rollicking version of “U.S. Blues.” |
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