The Evening: No Progress in Moscow, Kishida Visits Ukraine, Black Muddy River, and More
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Good Evening,
It's Tuesday, March 21st.
No Progress in Moscow
Xi Jinping repeated Beijing’s established position on the war in Ukraine, suggesting there had been little progress on peace efforts during his state visit to Moscow, as the NYT reports
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Kishida Visits Ukraine
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida arrived in Kyiv on Tuesday to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, becoming the first postwar Japanese leader to visit an active war zone and the final member of the Group of Seven advanced nations to make the trek to Ukraine’s capital to show support, as The Washington Post reports
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Chinese Pressure Tactics Against Other Countries Largely Ineffective
Chinese trade restrictions and other punitive measures against countries seen as offending its interests have a poor record of getting Beijing the outcome it wants, a new study by CSIS finds, as the WSJ reports
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Executive Education
The Economics in National Security
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course examines the range of economic policy tools available to U.S. policymakers, how these tools are used, and their implications. It features interactive seminars with CSIS scholars and guests, including former senior trade officials, policy thinkers, and experts on economic sanctions.
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
$12 million
China has shipped more than $12 million in drones to Russia since it invaded Ukraine, in an indication of quiet collaboration between the two.
Source: NYT
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Critical Quote
“It looks like the West indeed intends to fight Russia until the last Ukrainian. If that happens, Russia will respond accordingly, given that the collective West is starting to use weapons with a nuclear component.”
—Vladimir Putin
iDeas Lab
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North Korea’s Sohae Satellite Launch Facility has seen significant development over the last year. CSIS’s Victor Cha and Joseph S. Bermudez Jr. use satellite imagery to provide close-up analysis
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of the changes.
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: Pavel Byrkin/SPUTNIK/AFP/Getty Images.) Russian President Vladimir Putin and China's President Xi Jinping make a toast during a reception following their talks at the Kremlin in Moscow on March 21, 2023.
Recommended Reading
“Deny, Deflect, Deter: Countering China's Economic Coercion
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” by CSIS's Matthew Reynolds and Matthew P. Goodman.
This Town Tomorrow
At 8:30 a.m.
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, the CSIS Economics Program and the CSIS Freeman Chair in China Studies roll out a major report on how the United States and its partners should respond to China's economic coercion.
Then, 10:00 a.m.
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, the CSIS Middle East Program holds a discussion about international efforts to support resilient renewable energy infrastructure in fragile states in the Middle East.
And, 3:00 p.m.
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, the CSIS Smart Women, Smart Power Initiative hosts a conversation with Gayle E. Smith, the CEO of the ONE Campaign, on Covid-19.
Video
A new CSIS brief explores China’s push to modernize alongside broader dynamics in the global military engine market. Watch the PreView here.
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Podcasts
CSIS's Ben Cahill and the BCG Center for Energy Impact's Jamie Webster discuss energy transitions, what peak demand really means, and the resulting shifts in the global energy system.
Listen on Spotify
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& Apple Podcasts
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Smiles
There are very few things that I enjoy as much as a Grateful Dead cover by a young, talented artist. In this case, check out bluegrass singer-songwriter Sierra Hull covering the Hunter-Garcia masterpiece “Black Muddy River.”
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