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It's Tuesday, October 4th.
The Evening will return on Monday, October 10th. |
North Korea fires ballistic missile over Japan, prompting evacuation order
North Korea on Tuesday fired a suspected ballistic missile over Japan for the first time in five years, prompting a rare order from Japanese officials for residents to take shelter and drawing international condemnation, including from the United States, as the Washington Post reports. |
Ukraine Offensive Gaining Ground
A brigade of Ukrainian marines appears to have expelled Russian forces from a town in the country’s south on Tuesday in a sign of continuing momentum in Ukraine’s counterstrikes against the Russian army, as the NYT reports. |
Price Cap on Russian Oil
The European Union has advanced work on a price cap for Russian oil under an approach that keeps the U.S.-led effort on track, but holds off on final approval, as the WSJ reports. |
Executive Education
Join representatives from the top-ranked Maxwell School and Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) to learn about our unique Executive Master's in International Relations program. An overview of the program features, curriculum and career tracks, application process and admission criteria, and tuition and financial aid will accompany insights from a current student/alum. |
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
1,500 people
Although an unknown number of people have been apprehended in the Iranian protests following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, local officials report the number is at least 1,500.
Source: Associated Press |
Critical Quote
“We still have time to step back from the edge of recession. Nothing is inevitable. We must change course.”
— Rebeca Grynspan, Secretary-General of the UN Conference of Trade and Development |
iDeas Lab
Hidden Reach is a new CSIS initiative examining underappreciated sources of China’s global influence. The first issue explores facilities across South America that bolster China’s ambitions in space but are also rumored to advance Chinese military interests. Read the full report 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: South Korean Defense Ministry/Getty Images.) South Korean Air Force F-15Ks and U.S. Air Force F-16 fighter jets fly over the Korean Peninsula in response to North Korea’s intermediate-range ballistic missile over Japan earlier in the day on October 4, 2022. |
Recommended Reading
"Russia's Nuclear Bluster is a Sign of Panic" by CSIS's Eliot A. Cohen in The Atlantic. |
This Town Tomorrow
At 12:00 p.m., the CSIS International Security Program holds a discussion with Matt Moores, co-founder of the North Atlantic Fellas Organization (#NAFO) and Iuliia Mendel, former spokesperson for President Zelenskyy, on information warfare.
And, at 8:00 a.m., the Atlantic Council hosts a follow-up dialogue for the 8th Tokyo International Conference on African Development.
Then, at 9:00 a.m., the Middle East Institute presents the launch of the World Bank's latest Middle East and North Africa Economic Update, with a discussion to follow.
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Video
 CSIS's new series, The ReCap, pulls key soundbites from CSIS events. In our latest episode, ASD Celeste Wallander joins the CSIS International Security Program's Smart Women, Smart Power Initiative for an assessment of Russia’s operations in Ukraine. |
Podcasts
Sami Atallah, the founding director of The Policy Initiative in Beirut, Lebanon, joins the podcast to talk about Lebanon's three-year-old financial crisis, its struggle with political accountability, and where change might come from.
Listen on Spotify & Apple Podcasts. |
Smiles
In 1979, the Grateful Dead added their fourth keyboardist after Keith Godchaux and his wife, singer Donna Jean, left the band. It was a sea change for the Dead in that Mydland enjoyed using electric keyboards and synthesizers while Godchaux preferred to only play a traditional piano live. Mydland’s vocals also changed the Dead’s sound. His tenor singing combined to form three-part harmonies with Jerry Garcia and Bob Weir. For just over a decade until his untimely drug overdose in late July of 1990, the musical alchemy Mydland added to the Dead proved to be an exciting chapter in the band’s storied history.
Last week, the Dead released a new set of music in the form of a 17-CD set comprising performances by the band at Madison Square Garden, recorded in ’81, ’82, and ’83. They also released the ’81 show as its own package if you don’t want the whole set.
This performance of “Good Lovin'” from “Live at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY 3/9/81” is a great example of Mydland finest work on background vocals and keyboards. I recommend playing it LOUD. |
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