Subject: The Evening CSIS: Capitol Shooting, Easter Bombing, Middle of the Road & More
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Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2016 23:24:09 -0000

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 Capitol Shooting
 US Capitol Hill police shot a male suspect this afternoon after he attempted to take a gun through metal detectors at the Capitol Visitor Center entrance. A female civilian bystander sustained minor injuries from shrapnel, and the gunman was taken to a nearby hospital. CNN reports [ http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/28/politics/u-s-capitol-and-white-house-on-lockdown/index.html ]  that police say the incident was the “act of a single person who has frequented the Capitol grounds.”

The  Washington Post  has additional coverage [ https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/gunshots-reported-at-us-capitol-complex/2016/03/28/f1b961ba-f515-11e5-8b23-538270a1ca31_story.html ] .

 Misidentified
 The death toll from last week’s terrorist attacks in Brussels rose early today when Belgian officials said that four people injured had died in hospitals. Belgian authorities also announced Monday that they had charged three men who were detained following Sunday’s raids with participating in the activities of a terrorist group. It was not clear if the three were connected to last Tuesday’s attacks.

And, as the  New York Times  reports [ http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/29/world/europe/brussels-attacks.html?_r=0 ] , Brussels police released a suspect they now acknowledge they had misidentified.

 Dive Deeper:  CSIS’s Anthony Cordesman released a graphic survey [ http://csis.org/publication/key-trends-metrics-terrorism ]  late last week of reporting from different officials, media, and research centers on the recent trends in terrorism and key related factors. [ http://csis.org/publication/key-trends-metrics-terrorism ] 

 Lahore Easter Bombing
 Pakistan suffered one of its deadliest terrorist attacks since an Islamist insurgency began in 2007 on Sunday when the Pakistani Taliban targeted Christians celebrating Easter. An amusement park bombing in Lahore killed at least 72 people including 17 children and left the nation reeling, as the  Wall Street Journal  reports [ http://www.wsj.com/articles/lahore-park-bombing-leaves-pakistan-reeling-1459185570 ] .

 In that Number
 $20 million
The United States is providing an additional $20 million in aid to support organizations responding to Europe’s refugee and migration crisis. Source: State Department [ http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2016/03/255212.htm ] .

 Critical Quote
 “Indictments make clear that the Wild West days of cyberspace are (slowly) coming to an end.”
—James A. Lewis, CSIS Strategic Technologies Program director, on the strategy behind the indictment of seven Iranians for hacking dozens of banks and a dam in New York.
 Source: CSIS [ http://csis.org/publication/indictments-countermeasures-and-deterrence ] .

 One to Watch 

 

 

( Photo Credit: POLITICO. )

Austin Wright (@abwrig [ https://twitter.com/abwrig ] ) is a senior defense reporter at POLITICO. Austin previously wrote POLITICO’s Morning Defense newsletter and served as an associate editor at  National Defense  magazine. For the latest news on the defense budget and national security issues, Austin is one to watch.

 Optics
 The  Atlantic  released a photo essay yesterday called “Schooled into Slavery [ http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2016/03/talibes-senegal/475320 ] ,” which explores forced child begging in Senegal.

  Highly Recommended
  BuzzFeed, yes, BuzzFeed, has a fascinating profile [ http://www.buzzfeed.com/mathonan/searching-for-google-ceo-sundar-pichai-the-most-powerful-tec#.qfXEjyPQ3 ]  of Google’s new CEO, Sundar Pichai.

 CSIS Today
 Today CSIS hosted a report roll out [ http://csis.org/event/chinas-belt-and-road-initiative-and-implications-global-infrastructure-development ]  of President Xi Jinping’s “Belt and Road” Initiative [ http://csis.org/publication/president-xi-jinpings-belt-and-road-initiative ]  and Global Infrastructure Development [ http://csis.org/publication/global-infrastructure-development ] . Video from the event can be viewed here [ http://csis.org/event/chinas-belt-and-road-initiative-and-implications-global-infrastructure-development ] .

Also today, CSIS hosted “Predicting the He/spanalth Consequences of Nuclear Terrorism Scenarios [ http://csis.org/event/predicting-health-consequences-nuclear-terrorism-scenarios ] ,” a conversation with Timothy Jorgensen that drew on the experiences of Hiroshima and Fukushima.
 
  CSIS Tomorrow
 Join us tomorrow at 9:45 a.m. for “Beyond the Nuclear Security Summits: The Role of Centers of Nuclear Security Excellence [ http://csis.org/event/beyond-nuclear-security-summits-role-centers-nuclear-security-excellence ] .”

Also tomorrow, join us at 10:00 a.m. for a speech on global security challenges by General Joseph F. Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Register or watch live here [ http://csis.org/event/meeting-todays-global-security-challenges-general-joseph-f-dunford ] .

Join CSIS’s Africa Program and Global Food Security Project tomorrow at 2:00 p.m. for “In El Niño’s Wake: Examining Africa's Latest Food Crisis [ http://csis.org/event/el-ninos-wake-examining-africas-latest-food-crisis ] .”

 This Town Tomorrow
 Join the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) at 10:00 a.m. tomorrow for the latest installment in their Survival Seminar series, “The Coming Illiberal Order [ http://www.iiss.org/en/events/events/archive/2016-a3c2/march-1194/iiss-survival-seminar---the-coming-illiberal-order-f6aa ] .”

 CSIS on Demand
 Last week, CSIS hosted the Rt. Hon. Dr. Liam Fox, member of the British Parliament and former UK defence secretary, for a discussion on the foreign policy and security implications of a Brexit. Catch it On Demand [ http://csis.org/event/running-towards-brexit-understanding-transatlantic-implications-uk-referendum ] .

 Sounds
 The latest episode [ http://pomeps.org/2016/03/28/pomeps-conversation-60-amaney-jamal ]  of Marc Lynch’s POMEPS podcast is out today. In this episode, Lynch speaks with Amaney Jamal of Princeton University about the future of political science in the Middle East.

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

Bloomberg has a new video series that premiered last week called “Hello World [ http://www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-hello-world ] .” The business channel bills the series as a “journey that stretches across the globe to find the inventors, scientists and technologists shaping our future.” Like it.

 Smiles
 This morning I went to a Soul Cycle session, where all the cool kids (including 60-something year old kids) go to experience state of the art indoor stationary biking. It’s great exercise, and great fun too. The sonic barrage of high volume, high intensity music keeps everyone smiling even through the most physically challenging moments the class has to offer.

The instructors, in my case this morning, Sunny, make up the musical play lists. I always learn something new from their musical choices. Today, Sunny devised a playlist she called Adele v. Sia.

Everyone knows who Adele is.  She is the biggest pop star on the planet. But I had, and still have no idea who Sia is except that she is a really big deal, like American Idol big deal. Both artists are super successful because they have great pop hooks that get embedded in listener’s ears.

Their hooks got me to thinking about some of my favorite all-time hooks. The kind that stand the test of time. I don’t know if Adele or Sia’s hooks will last. But I can tell you that surely the hooks created by Chrissie Hynde and her band The Pretenders are for all time.

Hynde, now 64 (in this video a mere 57), defines the essence of rock and roll for many. I’m one of those people. “Middle of the Road [ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CYsOGTA0eo ] ” is an all-time hook and always a smile.

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