Support Will Not Waver

President Biden vowed on Tuesday that the United States would “not tire” in its support of Ukraine, describing the American commitment to NATO and Ukraine as a battle for freedom against autocracy in a speech delivered just hours after Vladimir Putin presented a radically different account of the war, as the NYT reports.

Putin Suspends START

Russian President Vladimir Putin suspended Moscow’s participation in the last remaining nuclear arms control pact with the United States, as the AP reports.

Xi to Moscow

Chinese leader Xi Jinping is preparing to visit Moscow for a summit with Russia’s president in the coming months, as the WSJ reports.

Executive Education

CSIS's Understanding Washington course offers embassy, business, and nonprofit professionals the tools and knowledge necessary to better navigate the Washington policy ecosystem.

Video Shorts

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In That Number

6.4

Another strong earthquake of magnitude 6.4 rattled parts of Turkey and Syria on Monday night.

Source: WSJ

Critical Quote

“Our support for Ukraine will not waver, NATO will not be divided, and we will not tire. President Putin’s craven lust for land and power will fail.”

— President Joe Biden

iDeas Lab

As the one year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine approaches, CSIS's Seth G. Jones explains how the Ukrainians have thwarted Russian advances and how the conflict has become a grinding war of attrition.

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: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images.) U.S. President Joe Biden delivers a speech at the Royal Warsaw Castle Gardens in Warsaw on February 21, 2023.

This Town Tomorrow

At 9:15 a.m., the CSIS Korea Chair hosts a discussion on South Korea's Indo-Pacific Strategy.

And at 9:30 a.m., the CSIS Project on Fragility and Mobility and the CSIS Human Rights Initiative hold a conversation on migration management technologies and human rights.

Later, at 10:00 a.m., the CSIS Aerospace Security Project hosts General B. Chance Saltzman, chief of space operations, to discuss a 'Theory of Success' for the U.S. Space Force.

Video

Today, the CSIS Africa Program discussed the upcoming Nigerian elections, including the main political contenders and key issues driving voters. Watch the event here.

Podcasts

CSIS's Max Bergmann joins the podcast to discuss the one-year anniversary of the Ukraine war, the shape the conflict has taken, and the security and economic outcomes in Europe and in Russia.

Listen on Spotify & Apple Podcasts.

Smiles

If you want to get a taste of what Mardi Gras is like at the legendary New Orleans music club Tipitina’s, watch a bit of this performance from last Sunday night. It features Meters’ bassist George Porter Jr., guitarist Anders Osbourne and Radiators’ guitarist Dave Malone, plus Galactic’s Stanton Moore on drums. Click this link and scroll to about 17:30 in, and you’ll hear The Meters’ classic “Hey Pocky Way.”

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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.