Good Evening,
It's Wednesday, December 7th.
Note: The Evening will be “Gone Fishin" until next Monday. Until then, Smile! |
German Coup Foiled
Germany on Wednesday detained 25 members and supporters of a far-right group that the prosecutor's office said was preparing a violent overthrow of the state to install as national leader a prince who had sought backing from Russia, as Reuters reports. |
China Eases Zero Covid
In a remarkable pivot, the Chinese government announced a broad rollback of its "zero Covid" policies on Wednesday, an implicit concession to public discontent after mass street protests in late November posed the most widespread challenge to the ruling Communist Party in decades, as the NYT reports. |
Russia Moves to Bolster Defenses After Airfield Strikes
Russia took steps to strengthen its defenses following a string of strikes deep within its borders that it blamed on Kyiv, while Moscow’s forces launched drones and missiles at southern Ukraine, as the WSJ reports. |
Executive Education
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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
25
In Berlin, Germany, Special Forces arrested 25 people suspected of supporting a domestic terrorist organization that planned to overthrow the government and form its own state, the federal prosecutor said on Wednesday. The prosecutors described the group as being influenced by the ideologies of the conspiracy group QAnon and a right-wing German conspiracy group called Reichsbürger or Citizens of the Reich.
Source: NYT |
Critical Quote
“We haven’t gone mad. We are fully aware of what nuclear weapons are.”
— Vladimir Putin |
iDeas Lab
The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) at the Department of Commerce requires a significant upgrade to its export control enforcement technology, according to a new CSIS report.
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: Aleksey Filippov/AFP/Getty Images.) This aerial picture taken on December 7, 2022 shows an expert of the prosecutor's office examining collected remnants of shells and missiles used by the Russian army to attack the second largest Ukrainian city of Kharkiv. |
Recommended Reading
“Seeking a “Win-Win” Solution on the Inflation Reduction Act for Korea” by CSIS’s Victor Cha. |
This Town Tomorrow
At 9:00 a.m., CSIS China Power Project hosts a conversation on the future of U.S.-Taiwan-PRC relations.
Later, at 2:00 p.m., CSIS Freeman Chair in China Studies and the CSIS Europe Program hold a discussion on recent developments in EU-China relations and the outlook for 2023.
And, at 3:00 p.m., the CSIS Americas Program hosts for a conversation on improving access to financing for small-scale agriculture. |
Video
Today, CSIS's Marti Flacks moderated a conversation on the current state of human rights in Xinjiang and the implementation of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act. Watch the full video here. |
Podcasts
On this episode of Smart Women, Smart Power, Kathleen McInnis sits down with Maryna Baydyuk to discuss the work of the charitable non-profit organization United Help Ukraine.
Listen on Spotify & Apple Podcasts. |
Smiles
I know you all want an encore (especially my cousins) from the great Phil and Friends show last month at the Capitol Theatre. Here’s another smile with “Hard to Handle.” |
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