Subject: The Evening CSIS: Preventing Madmen, Global Food Security, Lanios Redux & More
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Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2016 22:43:52 +0000
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Welcome to The Evening CSIS—my daily guide to key insights CSIS brings to the events of the day plus HIGHLY RECOMMENDED content from around the world. To subscribe, please send me an email at [email-masked] (mailto:[email-masked]) .

** Preventing Madmen
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President Obama urged world leaders today to do more to safeguard nuclear facilities to prevent “madmen” from groups like the Islamic State from getting their hands on a nuclear weapon or a radioactive “dirty bomb,” as Reuters’ Roberta Rampton and Matt Spetalnick write (http://www.reuters.com/article/us-nuclear-summit-obama-treaty-idUSKCN0WY52M) .

But, as NPR’s David Welna reports, “At Nuclear Summit, Many Leaders but no Breakthroughs (http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2016/04/01/472689544/at-nuclear-summit-many-leaders-but-no-breakthroughs) .”

** Rising Tensions for XI
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Growing discontent in China has prompted an examination of the internal tensions surrounding Chinese leader Xi Jinping. The Financial Times’ “Big Read (https://next.ft.com/content/cbaa9db6-f7ec-11e5-96db-fc683b5e52db) ” by Lucy Hornby and Charles Glover explores the rift between Xi and the media.

Dive Deeper: CSIS’s Chris Johnson appeared last night on the PBS NewsHour for a fascinating discussion about power in China and the pressure on Xi Jinping. Watch the segment here On Demand (http://www.pbs.org/newshour/videos/#176322) .

Plus, the Washington Post’s David Ignatius writes about how “China’s intelligence shake-up mirrors its political tumult. (https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/chinas-intelligence-shake-up-mirrors-its-political-tumult/2016/03/31/bb62d77c-f78b-11e5-9804-537defcc3cf6_story.html) ”

And, CSIS’s Christopher Johnson has written a new must-read report: President Xi Jinping’s “Belt and Road” Initiative: A Practical Assessment of the Chinese Communist Party’s Roadmap for China’s Global Resurgence (http://csis.org/publication/president-xi-jinpings-belt-and-road-initiative) .

** New CSIS Global Food Security Project Report
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A new report by CSIS’s Kimberly Flowers and Onesmo Shuma, Tracking Promises: Analyzing the Impact of Feed the Future Investments in Tanzania, was published this week reporting on the Global Food Security Project’s latest field work. The report and an accompanying video produced in partnership with the CSIS iDeas Lab can be viewed here (http://csis.org/publication/tracking-promises) .

** In that Number
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** 50 years
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Last week Myanmar’s Union Parliament approved the first civilian government to rule the country in over 50 years. Source: CSIS (http://csis.org/publication/foreign-minister-aung-san-suu-kyi-has-china-myanmars-military-watching) .

** Critical Quote
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** “If you want to deter Russia, you want to deter the multiplicity of missiles that they have.”
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—CSIS senior fellow and director of the Missile Defense Project Tom Karako on the need for NATO to move beyond ICMB-killers alone and toward lower-tiered defenses.
Source: Defense One (http://www.defenseone.com/technology/2016/04/polish-missiles-NATO-troops/127157/) .

** One to Watch
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(Photo Credit: Twitter.)

Ben Kesling (@bkesling (https://twitter.com/bkesling) ) is a staff reporter at the Wall Street Journal. Ben served as an infantry officer in the Marine Corps prior to interning at the WSJ and the AP. For Middle East news coverage, Ben is one to watch.

** Optics
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AFP published footage (https://youtu.be/y5b83CCTuo8) today from inside a museum in Palmyra, Syria. Many of the artifacts were intentionally defaced.

** Highly Recommended
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“DOD unveils manufacturing center at MIT (https://fcw.com/articles/2016/04/01/carter-mit-lyngaas.aspx) ,” by FCW’s Sean Lyngaas.

** CSIS Today
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Today, CSIS’s Energy and National Security Program hosted “Statoil New Energy Solutions 2016.” CSIS’s Sarah Ladislaw discussed the role energy companies might play in the transition to a global low-carbon economy with Irene Rummelhoff, executive vice president for new energy solutions at Statoil. Watch On Demand here (http://csis.org/event/statoil-new-energy-solutions-2016) .

** CSIS Monday
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Join us on Monday at 10:00 a.m. for “Australia-Japan-U.S. Maritime Cooperation.” CSIS’s Mike Green will be joined by CSIS visiting fellow and former Australian national security adviser Andrew Shearer. Register or watch live here (http://csis.org/event/australia-japan-us-maritime-cooperation) .

NOTE: “Breaking New Ground: Preparing DoD for the Future with Secretary Ash Carter” has been POSTPONED until Tuesday, April 5, at 1:00 p.m. Register or watch live here (http://csis.org/event/breaking-new-ground-preparing-dod-future-secretary-ash-carter) .

** This Town Monday
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Join SAIS on Monday at 5:30 p.m. for a discussion with Michael Mandelbaum on his new book, Mission Failure: America and the World in the Post-Cold War Era. Register here (http://www.sais-jhu.edu/content/mission-failure-america-and-world-post-cold-war-era-michael-mandelbaum) .

** CSIS on Demand
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DoD targeted a senior al Shabaab leader in an airstrike yesterday in Somalia, as Reuters reports (http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-somalia-airstrike-idUSKCN0WY5JQ) . Last week, CSIS hosted, “The Race Against Time in Somalia.” Watch the event On Demand (http://csis.org/event/race-against-time-somalia) .

** Sounds
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The latest episode (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-lawfare-podcast/id498897343?mt=2&i=365606687) of the Lawfare podcast brought together Jack Goldsmith and CFR’s Adam Segal to discuss Segal’s new book, The Hacked World Order: How Nations Fight, Trade, Maneuver, and Manipulate in the Digital Age.

** I Like It Like That
Eye-catching things in CSIS's orbit
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CFR’s “must reads of the week (http://www.cfr.org/global/must-reads-week-hacking-election-chinese-migration-more/p37722?cid=soc-twitter-in-must_reads-040116) .”

** Smiles
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Thanks for all the great notes about Daniel Lanois and “The Maker.”  It’s so nice to hear from you all.

Yesterday, the performance of “The Maker” we played was from 1993. As my buddy Jon pointed out to me yesterday, the song is absolutely timeless. Jon would know--he was the first person I heard the song with back in New Orleans in our house the day it came out in ’89. We were both astonished then and remain so now.

Here’s (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFWVX_5DVy4&feature=youtu.be) an encore of Lanois performing the song in New Orleans decades after he first released it. He tells a good story about the song too, so smile, enjoy and have a nice weekend.

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