The Evening: War Demands, WH Cyber Strategy, California, and More

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Good Evening,

It's Thursday, March 2nd.

Blinken Demands End to War

Secretary of State Antony Blinken confronted his Russian counterpart and demanded that Russia end its war against Ukraine, in an unexpected meeting on Thursday that was the first private, face-to-face exchange between a U.S. cabinet member and a top Russian official since the invasion last year, as the NYT reports

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Kremlin Accuses Ukraine of Violent Attack in Western Russia

The Kremlin on Thursday blamed Ukraine for an attack in two villages in the Bryansk region of western Russia, in which President Vladimir Putin said assailants had “opened fire on civilians” and the Bryansk governor said two people were killed and hostages were taken. An aide to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky denied that Kyiv was involved in the incident, as The Washington Post reports

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White House Officials Launch Cybersecurity Strategy at CSIS

An ambitious and wide-ranging White House cybersecurity plan released Thursday calls for bolstering protections on critical sectors and making software companies legally liable when their products don’t meet basic standards. The strategy document promises to use “all instruments of national power” to pre-empt cyberattacks, as the AP reports

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Executive Education

CSIS's Understanding Washington

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

Video Shorts

Check out CSIS’s new series of video shorts: “The Recap,” “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

43

Before a passenger and freight train collided explosively Tuesday—resulting in Greece’s deadliest-ever rail crash, killing at least 43—the two trains had been on the same tracks for 12 minutes, according to new accounts given to Greek media.

Source: The Washington Post

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Critical Quote

"President Putin has demonstrated zero interest in engaging, saying there’s nothing to even talk about unless and until Ukraine accepts and I quote ‘the new territorial reality’."

—Secretary of State Antony Blinken

iDeas Lab

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A new map shows the most common migration routes of migrants in Libya. As of October 2022, more than 683,000 migrants lived in Libya

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, representing over 42 countries.

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: John Moore/Getty Images.) A member of Ukraine's 10th Mountain Brigade looks towards the horizon before firing on Russian troops on March 02, 2023 in the Donetsk Region of eastern Ukraine.

Recommended Reading

“Clues to the U.S.-Dutch-Japanese Semiconductor Export Controls Deal Are Hiding in Plain Sight

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” by CSIS’s Gregory C. Allen and Emily Benson.

This Town Tomorrow

At 11:00 a.m.

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, the CSIS Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group discusses challenges to the U.S. defense industrial base with the Hon. Douglas R. Bush.

And, at 9:00 a.m.

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, The Atlantic Council evaluates Kazakhstan's progress on President Tokayev’s reform agenda.

Later, at 1:45 p.m.

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, The Wilson Center discusses strengthening U.S. cooperation on marine protection in Latin America.

Video

CSIS’s Smart Women, Smart Power Initiative hosted a conversation on the priorities of the U.S. Army with Secretary of the Army Christine E. Wormuth. Watch the ReCap here.

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Podcasts

CSIS’s Seth Jones joins the podcast to discuss his new report, which finds that Russia has suffered more deaths in Ukraine than all other wars combined that Russia has waged since WWII.

Listen on Spotify

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& Apple Podcasts

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Smiles

California's been good to me

Hope it don't fall into the sea

Sometimes you got to trust yourself

It ain't like anywhere else

It ain't like anywhere else

Finally this week, I want to play one more Tom Petty song that’s outside of his best known music. Recently, with the posthumous collections, “Wildflowers and All the Rest” and “Live at the Fillmore: 1977,” Petty’s simple, elegant homage to California has come to the fore. I love this live version.

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I invite you to email me at [email protected]

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and follow me on Twitter @handrewschwartz

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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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