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It's Tuesday, September 20th. |
Major Russian Escalation
Russia pushed ahead Tuesday with plans to annex occupied regions of Ukraine, as Moscow’s puppet authorities set dates to stage referendums on joining Russia — moves that could dramatically escalate the war, as the Washington Post reports. |
Macron says Russia “broke our collective security.”
In some of his strongest remarks against the Russian invasion of Ukraine, President Emmanuel Macron of France called Moscow’s war a return to “imperialism” in his address on the opening day of the 77th U.N. General Assembly, as the NYT reports. |
Deadly Unrest in Ramallah
Palestinian Authority security forces clashed with armed groups and gangs of young men who were hurling stones in the city of Nablus on Tuesday, as unrest intensified in the West Bank amid a series of Israeli military raids and arrests of militants, as the WSJ reports. |
Executive Education
Global Foresight: Preparing for Future Trends is Washington’s premier executive course for mid-to senior-level professionals responsible for helping their organizations predict and prepare for the global macrotrends that will drive change for the next 30 years. |
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! |
In That Number
20 percent
Of the 64 leading experts on the People's Republic of China, Taiwan, and cross-strait relations polled by the CSIS ChinaPower Project, 20% believe China has a coherent strategy for peacefully unifying Taiwan.
Source: CSIS |
Critical Quote
“We cannot go on like this. We have a duty to act. And yet we are gridlocked in colossal global dysfunction.”
— António Guterres, UN Secretary General
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iDeas Lab 
 Last Friday, the CSIS Human Rights Initiative held a discussion on the new International Labour Organization, International Organization for Migration, and Walk Free Global Estimates of Modern Slavery report. Watch the ReCap here.
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: Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images.) Addresses take place at the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York City on September 20, 2022. |
Recommended Reading
"What Can Patent Data Reveal about U.S.-China Technology Competition?” by CSIS's Alexander Kersten, Gabrielle Athanasia, and Gregory Arcuri. |
This Town Tomorrow
At 9:15 a.m., the CSIS Global Food Security Program hosts Prime Minister of Denmark Mette Frederiksen for a keynote address on biotechnological solutions in the future of food, followed by a discussion with panelists from the public and private sectors.
At 10:30 a.m., the Stimson Center holds a discussion with General Yoshiyuki Sugiyama, president of the Japan-America Air Force Goodwill Association, on the path forward for the U.S.-Japan alliance at a time of intensifying global challenges.
And, at 2:00 p.m., Brookings hosts Timothy Wu, special assistant to the president for technology and competition policy, for his thoughts on current antitrust policies, followed by a panel discussion of former antitrust regulators. |
Video
Last week, Mr. Dragos Tudorache, Member of the European Parliament and Co-Rapporteur of the EU AI Act, joined the CSIS AI Governance Project for a fireside chat to discuss the EU's approach to regulating AI. Watch the full video here. |
Podcasts
This special episode features the audio of a broadcast interview held yesterday with Dr. Anthony Fauci at CSIS on the state of the pandemic.
Listen on Apple Podcasts & Spotify. |
Smiles
The Smiths were one of my favorite bands of the 1980s. It wasn’t so much Morrissey’s gloomy lyrics or otherworldly voice that hooked me, although that was part of it. Mostly it was the guitar wizardry of Johnny Marr. I’d really never heard anything like the riffs he laid down on songs like “How Soon Is Now?” or “Hand In Glove.” Decades later, I’m still mesmerized by Marr’s work. This video of Marr performing “How Soon Is Now?” live about a year ago underscores that his chops are still so strong. |
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