Subject: The Evening CSIS: UK ISIS Vote, Iran's Nuke Program, While My Guitar Gently Weeps & More
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Date: Wed, 02 Dec 2015 23:36:50 -0000

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 This edition of  The Evening CSIS  is dedicated to the memory of former national security adviser Samuel R. Berger. 

 Cameron's Day in Parliament
 Britain’s Parliament was set today to join the international campaign of airstrikes against ISIS in Syria, with Prime Minister David Cameron asserting that bombing the “medieval monsters” in their heartland would make Britain safer, as AP reports [ http://nyti.ms/1Xzr4q2 ] .

Meanwhile, as the  Washington Post ’s Griff Witte reports [ http://wapo.st/1XzoUqo ] , Cameron called British opponents of Syria airstrikes “terrorist sympathizers.”

 Dive Deeper:  CSIS’s Anthony Cordesman has authored a new analysis [ http://bit.ly/1NmcNSz ] : “Looking Beyond the Tragedy in Paris: Still No Clear Strategy and No Public Measures of Effectiveness for Dealing with ISIS, Iraq.”

Plus, Brookings’s Jennifer Williams authored a new commentary today: “We were wrong about ISIS.” [ http://brook.gs/1XztJjx ] 

And, Chatham House’s Robin Niblett has recently authored an important report [ http://bit.ly/1XztTHJ ] :  Britain, Europe and the World: Rethinking the UK’s Circles of Influence .

Must see: the  Guardian  features via today’s events in the British Parliament—“10 of the best speeches from the Syria airstrikes debate.” [ http://bit.ly/1OGQJ8G ] 

Also, “AP Explains: Is it IS, ISIS or ISIL, and what’s a Daesh?” [ http://wapo.st/1OGQfQ0 ] 

 US Forces to Number 100 in Iraq
 A new force of US special operations troops being deployed to Iraq will likely number around 100, Colonel Steve Warren of the US Army said today, as Reuters reports [ http://reut.rs/1OGRoac ] .

 Iran Designed Nuke Until '09
 Iran was actively designing a nuclear weapon until 2009, more recently than US and other Western intelligence agencies have publicly acknowledged, according to a final report by the UN nuclear inspection agency, as the  New York Times ’ David Sanger and William Broad reported  [ http://nyti.ms/1OGRH4P ] late this afternoon.

 Dive Deeper:  CSIS has developed an interactive timeline, “Iran Nuclear Talks: JPOA, JCPOA and Beyond,” [ http://bit.ly/1hYAA2H ]  which depicts the complicated process that is the “Implementation Plan” of the JCPOA.

 Presumed Innocent
 China has acknowledged for the first time that the breach of the US Office of Personnel Management (OPM) computer systems, which the Obama administration said exposed the personal information of more than 21.5 million people, was the work of Chinese hackers. But China insisted that the breach was the result of criminal activity, not a state-sponsored cyberattack, as the  New York Times ’ Michael Forsythe and David Sanger report [ http://nyti.ms/1OGNT3s ] .

 Dive Deeper:  CSIS’s Strategic Technologies Program [ http://bit.ly/1OfavKa ]  is a primary source for all things cyber policy, including a timeline of significant cyber events. [ http://www.csistech.org ] 

 In that Number
  $20 billion 
The United States and 18 other countries will double investment in clean energy research to $20 billion over the next five years.
Source:  Guardian [ http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/nov/30/major-powers-pledge-20bn-for-green-energy-research ]  .

 Critical Quote
 “That's the dirty little secret here...the Chinese have pretended that it’s going to be easy to ignore and reject.”
—Bonnie Glaser, director of the CSIS China Power Project, on a potential ruling against China by an international court regarding disputes in the South China Sea.
Source: Reuters [ http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/12/02/us-southchinasea-china-court-idUSKBN0TL06S20151202#bJeEXHcZKEW4leID.97 ] .

 Fantastic Photo 

 

 

Sandy Berger with his former boss on his 70th birthday in October, at Sandy’s home in Washington. Photo courtesy of the Albright Stonebridge Group.

 Optics
 Russian military officials released evidence that they say incriminates Turkey for trading oil with ISIS. For a look at the evidence, which American officials refuted, see Reuters' photo roundup [ http://www.reuters.com/news/picture/battling-islamic-state-for-oil?articleId=USRTX1WTZY#WLZcETuhmoiLgEzE.97 ] .

 Highly Recommended
 Incredible immersive journalism, “The Marshall Islands are Disappearing,”  [ http://nyti.ms/1N4874x ] reported by the  New York Times ’ Coral Davenport, photos and video by Josh Haner.

 CSIS Today
 Today, CSIS hosted [ http://csis.org/event/launch-final-report-harvard-lshtm-independent-panel-global-response-ebola ]  an independent panel and White House officials to discuss the findings of the final report of the Harvard Global Health Institute and London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Independent Panel on the Global Response to Ebola. And, the CSIS Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group hosted [ http://csis.org/event/defense-budget-and-industry-looking-beyond-budget-caps ]  experts to discuss the implications of the budget caps on the defense base, and what the future of funding and competition will look like. Later, CSIS’s Asia team hosted a half-day conference [ http://csis.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT01MjAxMTU1JnA9MSZ1PTEwNjQ2OTgzNTkmbGk9MzIxMTgyMjM/index.html ]  on Japanese prime minster Shinzo Abe’s structural reform to lift the Japanese economy; panels focused specifically on corporate governance. Finally, CSIS hosted a discussion on “Development Opportunities in Supply Chain Localization,” [ http://csis.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT01MjAxMTU1JnA9MSZ1PTEwNjQ2OTgzNTkmbGk9MzIxMTgyMjU/index.html ]  as panelists discussed how and why the private sector, NGOs, and US government can employ practices and policies to expand local content in order to create economic opportunity.

 CSIS Tomorrow
 Join us tomorrow at 9:30 a.m. as the CSIS Japan Chair hosts the Honorable Aiko Shimajiri for a discussion on “A New U.S.-Japan Soft Power Alliance.” [ http://csis.org/event/new-us-japan-soft-power-alliance ]  And at 10:00 a.m. catch “U.S. and Western Policy Towards Russia,” [ http://csis.org/event/us-and-western-policy-towards-russia-0 ]  a discussion on how the United States should reevaluate its Russia policies, as well as what Washington’s goals should be in engaging Moscow.

 This Town Tomorrow
 Tomorrow at 9:30 a.m., the  American Enterprise Institute  will host a discussion on the case for American leadership in international affairs. Moderators include former US senators Joe Lieberman (D-CT) and Jim Talent (R-MO). Register or watch live here [ http://www.aei.org/events/the-case-for-american-leadership-in-global-affairs ] .

 CSIS on Demand
 How can we foster developmental approaches to countering violent extremism? Catch yesterday’s panel [ http://csis.org/event/developmental-approaches-countering-violent-extremism ]  on the role of developmental actors in addressing the drivers and manifestations of violent extremism, focusing particularly on the risk factors for young people.

 Sounds
 As world leaders meet in Paris for the UN climate summit, NPR’s Robert Siegel of  All Things Considered  talks to experts about the role nuclear power will play in the future. Listen [ http://www.npr.org/2015/12/01/458058675/world-leaders-to-debate-role-of-nuclear-power-at-u-n-climate-summit ]  as they discuss whether countries are moving away or toward nuclear energy and the pros and cons that come with it.

 I Like It Like That 
 Eye-catching things in CSIS's orbit
 Perhaps the most striking infographic I’ve seen, “Gauging a warming world,” [ http://wapo.st/1N46Qun ]  from the  Washington Post .

 Smiles
 Today is a sad day and a tough one for me to pull off a smile.  Former National Security Adviser Sandy Berger passed away today. 

I’ve been lucky to meet a lot of my heroes, but Sandy Berger will always remain at the very tip top of the list.  And the fact that he was one of the nicest people anywhere just underscores the injustice of disease. 

His impact on the world and on policy and on people is enormous and it will be remembered as such.   But what I always think of when I think of Sandy is that I instantly felt familial with him even though I was in awe of him.  He sure had a way of making people feel that way.  And making people smile.

So many people knew Sandy far better than I did, and worked closely with him.  I was lucky to spend some time with him, especially over the past year.  More than just about anyone, he encouraged me to keep writing  The Evening CSIS —it blew me away and made me smile just to know that he read it!

Many will be celebrating Sandy’s life and mourning his loss. The only way I know how to do that today is to do leave you with this moving clip [ http://bit.ly/1O3OEAQ ]  of “While My Guitar Gently Weeps,” as performed at the “Concert for George,” one of the greatest musical memorials of all time (for George Harrison.) 

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