Subject: The Evening CSIS: SecDef at CSIS, China Energy Outlook, Sledgehammer & More
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Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2016 23:44:22 +0000
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The Evening CSIS: SecDef at CSIS, China Energy Outlook, Sledgehammer & More
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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]) .

** SecDef Speaks
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In a speech today at CSIS, Defense Secretary Ash Carter discussed his Goldwater-Nichols reform plan, and the most sweeping changes to the military's top command in a generation, as Defense One’s Marcus Weinberger reports (http://www.defenseone.com/management/2016/04/mw-reform/127245/) .

Dive Deeper: Secretary Carter’s remarks plus Q & A can be viewed On Demand (http://csis.org/event/breaking-new-ground-preparing-dod-future-secretary-ash-carter) .

** Resigned
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Iceland’s prime minister resigned from office today in one of the first repercussions of an enormous leak of documents about offshore shell companies and tax shelters from a secretive Panamanian law firm, as the New York Times’s Steven Erlanger and Stephen Castle report (http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/06/world/europe/panama-papers-iceland.html?_r=0) .

Dive Deeper: The FT has a useful article, “Panama Papers: What you need to know. (https://next.ft.com/content/31b9cd40-fb42-11e5-8f41-df5bda8beb40) ”

** Biggest Declines in Weeks
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 134 points, or 0.8%, to 17,603. The S&P 500 fell 1%, on track for its biggest one-day loss in four weeks as investors are now facing what is expected to be a gloomy corporate earnings season and oil prices that are still historically low, as the Wall Street Journal’s Leslie Josephs and Riva Gold report (http://www.wsj.com/articles/global-stocks-fall-weighed-by-lower-oil-prices-uncertain-economic-outlook-1459841791) .

Dive Deeper: CSIS’s Energy and National Security program today hosted Xiaojie Xu, Chief Fellow at the Institute of World Economics and Politics, part of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in Beijing, to present the World Energy China Outlook 2016. The annual outlook presents a Chinese perspective on world energy trends with a focus on domestic energy development and global implications. The event can be viewed On Demand (http://csis.org/event/world-energy-china-outlook-2016) and in addition, so can the power point slides (http://csis.org/files/attachments/160405_xu_slides.pdf) presented at the event.

** In that Number
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** 30
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Goldwater-Nichols turns 30 years old this year. Visit CSIS's Defense 360 (http://defense360.csis.org/the-latest/) microsite for defense reform analysis and recommendations.

** Critical Quote
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** “It’s our job here—on both sides of the river here in Washington and both sides of the aisle—to come together as Barry Goldwater and Sam Nunn did 30 years ago to give our men and women in uniform what they need to succeed: from the right experience, to the right capabilities, to the right leadership structure, to the right strategic thinking.”
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—Defense Secretary Ash Carter on the need for bipartisanship in the pursuit of defense reform.
Source: CSIS (http://csis.org/event/breaking-new-ground-preparing-dod-future-secretary-ash-carter) .

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

Alyssa Abkowitz (@AlyssaAbkowitz (https://twitter.com/AlyssaAbkowitz) ) has joined the Wall Street Journal’s Beijing bureau to cover Chinese tech companies. Alyssa previously freelanced from Beijing and reported for the WSJ and Fortune magazine. For the latest news on China’s internet companies, Alyssa is one to watch.

** Optics
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Vice News released footage (https://youtu.be/VTm0DgsJts0) today of Russian bomb squads clearing explosive ordinance from the recently liberated Syrian city of Palmyra.

** Highly Recommended
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“Lawmakers mull full command status for Cyber Command (https://fcw.com/articles/2016/04/05/cybercom-command-lyngaas.aspx) ” by FCW’s Sean Lyngaas.

** CSIS Today
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Today CSIS hosted “American Innovation Roadshow: Panel Discussion (http://csis.org/event/american-innovation-roadshow-panel-discussion) ,” featuring Ambassador David Thorne, senior adviser to the secretary of state; Charles H. Rivkin, assistant secretary of state; and Ziad Haider, special representative for commercial and business affairs. Watch On Demand here (http://csis.org/event/american-innovation-roadshow-panel-discussion) .

** CSIS Tomorrow
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Join CSIS’s Global Food Security Project tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. for “Tracking Promises: Analyzing the Impact of Feed the Future Investments in Tanzania.” The event will feature a report launch and a discussion with representatives of USAID, the government of Tanzania, and other stakeholders. Register or watch live here (http://csis.org/event/tracking-promises-analyzing-impact-feed-future-investments-tanzania) .

** This Town Tomorrow
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Join the Atlantic Council tomorrow at 4:00 p.m. for “A Conversation with NATO Secretary General H.E. Jens Stoltenberg.” Register or watch live here (http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/events/upcoming-events/detail/a-conversation-with-nato-secretary-general-he-jens-stoltenberg) .

** CSIS on Demand
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For a preview of the Global Food Security Project's latest report, watch “Tracking Promises: Analyzing the Impact of Feed the Future Investments in Tanzania (https://youtu.be/jKrIsBfGUts) ” On Demand.

** Sounds
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The latest FT Investigations podcast is a quick listen that covers the Panama Papers and the role of tax havens (http://podcast.ft.com/2016/04/04/the-panama-papers-and-the-role-of-tax-havens/)

** I Like It Like That
Eye-catching things in CSIS's orbit
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Villanova’s buzzer beater (http://espn.go.com/espn/story/_/id/15139671/ranking-top-championship-game-finishes-ever-where-does-kris-jenkins-shot-villanova-wildcats-slot) to win the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship last night.

** Smiles
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Yesterday, Genesis, featuring Phil Collins ignited smiles. Genesis was the vehicle that launched the incredible solo careers of both Phil Collins and Peter Gabriel.

Gabriel’s 1986 album “So,” produced by Daniel Lanios proved as groundbreaking as it was popular (it is one of Rolling Stone Magazine’s top 500 records of all time.)

Gabriel and Lanois created a pop masterpiece layered with elements of world music, American soul and Genesis-style art rock. The album yielded major hits, “In Your Eyes,” “Red Rain,” and the incomparable “Sledgehammer” with its pioneering MTV video in which Gabriel’s face morphs to the infectious beat.

This 1987 live performance of “Sledgehammer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9oYSawDEkA) ” was filmed in a hillside open-air theatre overlooking Athens, Greece at the conclusion of the “So” tour. It’s sublime.

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