Biden Budget

President Biden proposed a $6.9 trillion budget that calls for reducing deficits and raising taxes on wealthy people and large corporations. And as the WSJ reports, the Pentagon budget request for $842 billion is a 3.2% increase from what Congress enacted last year. The national security request includes an additional $7 billion for military support for Ukraine and $23.6 billion for the Energy Department as part of the modernization of sea, land, and air-based nuclear weapons.

Russia Uses Hypersonic Missiles in Ukraine Strike

Russia launched its biggest aerial attack in weeks on Thursday, hitting targets across Ukraine with a complex barrage of weapons, including its newest hypersonic missiles, in what it said was retaliation for an incursion last week by a pro-Ukrainian armed group in the Bryansk region of Russia, as the NYT reports.

Israel’s Military Joins Nationwide Protests Over Judicial Overhaul

100 active, reserve, and veteran soldiers of Israel’s most elite combat units protested Thursday morning outside the Jerusalem offices of the Kohelet Policy Forum, the far-right organization that is the main architect of the contentious government plan to weaken the Supreme Court, as The Washington Post 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. Registration closes tomorrow, Friday, March 10.

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!

In That Number

$6.8 billion

The U.S. Department of Education approved about $6.8 billion in student debt relief for more than 113,000 borrowers through adjustments to its Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program.

Source: Bloomberg

Critical Quote

“We’re going to talk a lot this budget season about values and we’re going to talk a lot about what the other side values.”

—Shalanda Young, Director, Office of Management and Budget

iDeas Lab

Demographic shifts in China present mounting social challenges, including a reduced workforce for supporting its critical industries, a pronounced gender imbalance, and insufficient senior care, according to the CSIS ChinaPower Program.

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: Sergey Shestak/AFP/Getty Images.) Ukrainian servicemen move towards the front line near Bakhmut on March 8, 2023.

This Town Next Week

On Tuesday, at 3:00 p.m., the CSIS Project on Nuclear Issues hosts IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi to discuss efforts to ensure the safety and security of nuclear facilities in Ukraine.

On Thursday, at 9:30 a.m., CSIS holds a public session of the CSIS-DAPA 2023 conference on the U.S. and the Republic of Korea's defense-industrial cooperation.

On Friday, at 11:00 a.m., the CSIS Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group hosts a conversation with Dr. Jason Rathje, director of the DoD's Office of Strategic Capital, on long term investments to safeguard America's supply chains.

Video

CSIS's Daniel Fata sat down with Gabrielius Landsbergis, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, for a conversation on the 2023 NATO Summit in Vilnius, Ukraine, and other bilateral strategic priorities. Watch the full video here.

Podcasts

CSIS’s James Andrew Lewis joins the podcast to discuss the bipartisan discussions surrounding U.S. policy on TikTok, whether the Chinese are using it as a vehicle to spy on Americans and our government, and what we should do about it.

Listen on Spotify & Apple Podcasts.

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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.