The Evening: Ukrainian Shakeup, Power at CSIS, Planet Drum, and More

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Good Evening,

It's Monday, July 18th.

Zelensky warns of traitors amid high-level shakeup

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky removed the country’s top prosecutor and the head of the country’s security services, a childhood friend of the president, in the biggest shake-up in Ukraine’s government since Russia invaded. Zelensky said hundreds of criminal investigations for suspected “treason and collaboration activities” are underway, amid concerns about current and former Ukrainian officials working with the Russian side, as the Washington Post reports

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U.S. Agency for International Development criticizes China’s Absence in a food crisis stoked by Russia’s invasion

In a speech today at CSIS, Samantha Power, the administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development, said that nations that have refused to condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine risk accelerating a global food crisis, singling out China for hoarding fertilizer and grain while millions of people in East Africa face starvation, as the NYT reports

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Russia Orders Troops to Target Ukraine’s Western-Supplied Long-Range Weapons

Russia ordered its forces to target the long-range missiles and artillery weapons that Western countries have recently supplied to Ukraine, a sign of how Kyiv’s additional firepower has begun to reshape the conflict, 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 new series of video shorts: “Data Unpacked,” Testify,” “What's Happening,” “Preview,” and “High Resolution.” And don’t forget to subscribe to the CSIS YouTube Channel

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In That Number

98.8

Temperatures have reached 98.8 degrees Fahrenheit in England, causing a widespread “red” warning for heat issues by the government for the first time in history.

Source: New York Times

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Critical Quote

“I am not going to be on this job forever, but I can tell you that I will almost certainly step down before the next term.”

— Dr. Anthony S. Fauci

iDeas Lab

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Finland and Sweden have both applied to join NATO. This move would expand NATO's border with Russia and has long been opposed by Russia. Max Bergmann, director of the CSIS Europe Program, explains what's next

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in Sweden and Finland's accession process, what the expansion means for NATO, and how Russia might respond.

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: Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images.) Firefighters from the Brigadas de Refuerzo en Incendios Forestales (BRIF) tackle a forest fire in Cebreros on July 18, 2022, in Avila, Spain. Wildfires have broken out across Spain and southern Europe amid a severe heatwave.

Recommended Reading

“The Need for a New NATO Force Planning Exercise

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” by CSIS’s Anthony H. Cordesman, with assistance from Grace Hwang.

This Town Tomorrow

At 8:00 a.m.

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, join the CSIS Economics Program for a conversation on the role major emerging markets can play in supply chain resiliency initiatives.

And, at 8:30 a.m.

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, join the CSIS Humanitarian Agenda for a full-day conference exploring the complex challenges facing the global humanitarian community and how innovation can mitigate the impacts of future crises.

Later, at 10:30 a.m.

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, the CSIS China Power Project hosts a conversation about China's People's Liberation Army's capabilities and logistics.

Video

USAID administrator Samantha Power today announced at CSIS that USAID will provide additional humanitarian assistance in the Horn of Africa. Watch the full event here.

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Podcasts

In this episode, CSIS's Joseph Majkut talks with Van Ness Feldman's Kyle Danish and Rhodium Group's John Larsen about the future of U.S. climate policy.

Listen on Spotify

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& Apple Podcasts

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Smiles

In their fantastic “Songs Around The World” series, the nonprofit organization Playing For Change just posted this video that puts a spotlight on global rhythms, featuring Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart and the collective Planet Drum. You can get up and dance if you want to.

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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: Paige Montfort, Claire Dannenbaum, and Claire Smrt.

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