Subject: The Evening CSIS: Brexit Averted? Sabratha Strikes, Kingpin Revisited & more
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Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2016 23:40:21 -0000

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 Brexit Averted?
 UK Prime Minister David Cameron returns to Downing Street having negotiated a deal that would give Britons "special status" within the EU,  The Telegraph [ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/eureferendum/11698556/EU-referendum-What-does-every-European-leader-think-about-Britains-demands.html ]   has a quick read on the key points of the deal. The deal paves the way for an in/out referendum in the summer.

 Dive Deeper:   The Guardian  has a live feed, including Prime Minister Cameron's recently concluded press conference, here. [ http://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2016/feb/19/eu-summit-all-night-negotiations-deal-cameron-live ] The Council on Foreign Relations' Richard Haass wrote Monday on "Brexit and the Special Relationship [ http://www.cfr.org/united-kingdom/brexit-special-relationship/p37544 ] " on the consequences for the US.

 Sabratha Strikes 
 The US stepped up its targeting of ISIS in Libya today with a round of airstrikes on a training camp in the seaside town of Sabratha, near Tripoli, as Declan Walsh, Ben Hubbard and Eric Schmitt report in the  New York Times [ http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/20/world/middleeast/us-airstrike-isis-libya.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news ] .

  Dive Deeper:  This  Washington Post  editorial [ https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-us-must-act-in-libya-before-the-islamic-state-grabs-more-territory/2016/02/17/a0d35382-d4ea-11e5-b195-2e29a4e13425_story.html ]  from Wednesday outlines the need for the US to act before ISIS gains more ground in Libya.

Further south, the Tuareg of Libya are fighting for their place in the new order. VICE has this in-depth mini-documentary "Libya's Quiet War: The Tuareg of South Libya [ https://news.vice.com/video/libyas-quiet-war-the-tuareg-of-south-libya ] ."

 In that Number 
 83.6 million
 The number of US adults age 18 and over—more than a third of the population—who aren’t getting enough sleep, according to a report released on Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [ http://id.wsj.com/access/pages/wsj/us/signin.html?mg=id-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wsj.com%2Farticles%2Famericans-dont-get-enough-sleep-cdc-study-finds-1455818427%3Fmod%3Ddjem10point&user=haschwartz&mg=id-wsj&mg=id-wsj&mg=id-wsj ] 

 Critical Quote
 "Now that we have a very new security context with Russia, it now makes sense to rethink what is needed." 
- Heather Conley, director of the CSIS Europe Program, on US plans to station tanks and artillery in Norwegian caves. 
Source: CNN [ http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/18/politics/u-s-tanks-artillery-norwegian-caves/index.html ] 

 One to Watch 

 

 

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 Optics

 

 

( Photo Credit: Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Travis Edwards.)
  An Air Force Security Forces member stands guard over an F-22 Raptor after Wednesday’s joint US-ROK flyover of South Korea.

 Highly Recommended
 Robert D. Kaplan’s latest book,  In Europe’s Shadow: Two Cold Wars and a Thirty-Year Journey Through Romania and Beyond , is available now [ http://www.amazon.com/In-Europes-Shadow-Thirty-Year-Journey/dp/081299681X ] . Here’s the  New York Times'  Sunday book review [ http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/07/books/review/in-europes-shadow-by-robert-d-kaplan.html ]  by Alison Smale.

 CSIS Today
 Today CSIS hosted a full-day conference and gathering of policymakers, opinion leaders, and stakeholders on the topic of North Korean human rights and the nexus with security issues. Catch the panels here.  [ http://csis.org/event/north-korea-human-condition-and-security-nexus ] 

 CSIS Monday 
Join CSIS on Monday at 10:00 a.m. for "Russia's Economy and Implications for Russia's Future," [ http://csis.org/event/russias-economy-and-implications-russias-future ]  a discussion on Russia's economic slowdown, falling oil prices, and where the country will go from here. 

 This Town Monday
 With the EPA's Clean Power Plan stayed by the Supreme Court, what are its options for prospects for the future? On Monday at 2:00 p.m. the Brookings Institution will host an event to discuss these issues. Register here  [ http://www.brookings.edu/events/2016/02/22-states-epa-clean-power-plan-long-term-goals?rssid=UpcomingEvents&utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=FeedBlitzRss&utm_content=How+can+states+implement+EPA's+Clean+Power+Plan+with+longer+term+goals+in+mind%3f ] or watch live. 

 CSIS on Demand
 Yesterday CSIS Energy and National Security Program hosted a presentation of the BP 2016 Energy Outlook, featuring Spencer Dale, group chief economist at BP. Catch his insightful presentation [ http://csis.org/event/bp-energy-outlook-2016-edition ]  on the future of the energy market. 

 Sounds
 The lastest episode of BBC's "The World This Week" [ http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03hv3wp ]  discusses what Turkey and Russia want in Syria, and why peace is so difficult to achieve. 

 I Like It Like That 
 Eye-catching things in CSIS's orbit 

In “An Oral History of the First Presidential Campaign Websites in 1996,” creators of the Clinton and Dole sites reflect  [ http://www.wsj.com/articles/an-oral-history-of-the-first-presidential-campaign-websites-in-1996-1455831487?mod=djemCMOToday ] on the web’s early days, via the  Wall Street Journal’s  Mike Shields.

 Smiles
 While we are doing Wilco Revisited, let’s look at one of the band’s greatest performances ever captured on video. 

I didn’t know about this version of “Kingpin,” [ http://bit.ly/1PXFQ10 ]  recorded on Marble Mountain near Corner Brook on the west coast of Newfoundland. Big thanks to Evening CSIS reader Joe G., who let me in on it. This was recorded during spring ski season in 1997, what a smile.

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