Subject: The Evening CSIS: Automated Peace, Child Bombers, Wheel in the Sky & More
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Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2016 23:13:21 +0000
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The Evening CSIS: Automated Peace, Child Bombers, Wheel in the Sky & 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]) .

** Automated Peace
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US officials told Reuters today, on condition of anonymity, that the US has formally notified Egypt and Israel that it is reviewing whether to automate aspects of multinational peacekeeping operations in the insurgency-wracked Sinai, potentially allowing a reduction in American troop deployments, as Phil Stewart reports (http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-sinai-peacekeepers-idUSKCN0X920N) .

Dive Deeper: The Washington Institute for Near East Policy today held a policy forum, featuring Derek Chollet, Ellen Laipson, Michael Doran, and Michael Mandelbaum, called “Does the Middle East Still Matter? The Obama Doctrine and U.S. Policy (http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/does-the-middle-east-still-matter-the-obama-doctrine-and-u.s.-policy) .” You can watch the forum On Demand (http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/does-the-middle-east-still-matter-the-obama-doctrine-and-u.s.-policy) .

Plus, the Washington Institute’s Matthew Levitt testified before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations regarding “The Islamic State, Extremism, and the Spread of Transnational Terrorism (http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/the-islamic-state-extremism-and-the-spread-of-transnational-terrorism) .”

And, CSIS’s Anthony Cordesman recently released a graphic survey of trends in terrorism (http://csis.org/publication/key-trends-metrics-terrorism) .

** Child Bombers
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The Washington Post’s Kevin Sieff today reports that, in the last two years, Boko Haram militants have increased the use of child suicide bombers more than tenfold, according to a report (https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/africa/un-report-huge-surge-in-boko-haram-child-suicide-bombers-in-west-africa/2016/04/12/b0856ee0-4ac7-49d0-9d3f-9b423631eded_story.html) released by the UN.

Dive Deeper: CFR has an incredibly useful interactive tool, the Nigeria Security Tracker (http://www.cfr.org/nigeria/nigeria-security-tracker/p29483) .

** North Korean Provocations
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On the eve of South Korea’s parliamentary elections to be held Wednesday, North Korea accused South Korea of kidnapping 13 of its citizens who had been working in a restaurant in China, and it demanded their repatriation, as the New York Times’ Choe Sang-Hun reports (http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/13/world/asia/north-korea-threatens-south-korea-over-13-defectors.html) .

Dive Deeper: CSIS’s Victor Cha today released a new Korea Chair Snapshot: “North Korean Provocations May Follow ROK Elections (http:// https://csis.org/publication/north-korean-provocations-may-follow-rok-elections) ."

** Strongly Dissatisfied
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AFP today reports (http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/12/south-china-sea-beijing-tells-g7-foreign-ministers-to-keep-out-of-territorial-dispute) that the tense back and forth between the G7 and China over the South China Sea has Beijing announcing it is “strongly dissatisfied” with Monday’s G7 statement.

And, today, Senate Armed Services Committee chairman John McCain (R-AZ) penned an op-ed in the Financial Times: “America needs more than symbolic gestures in the South China Sea (https://next.ft.com/content/69f9459e-fff4-11e5-99cb-83242733f755#axzz45cAHVKEW) .”

Dive Deeper: CSIS’s Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative (AMTI) first reported (http://amti.csis.org/airstrips-near-completion/) an octagonal tower with a conical feature at its top, located on the northeast side of Subi Reef in early January. AMTI reported then that the lighthouse was nearly complete, measuring almost 100 feet tall. And, CSIS’s AMTI tracks all island reclamation activities in maritime Asia using an interactive “Island Tracker (http://amti.csis.org/island-tracker/) .”

** In that Number
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** 18,000
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The number of foreign tariffs on US products that will be eliminated under TPP. Source: State Department (http://www.state.gov/secretary/remarks/2016/04/255766.htm) .

** Critical Quote
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** “The Chinese goal is not to pick a fight. Just the ability to impose any kind of cost, to get any kind of vessel out there on site, forces the Chinese to make a decision about how much they really want to engage in a certain activity.”
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—CSIS Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative director Greg Poling on the US-Philippine alliance.
Source: New York Times (http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/13/world/asia/philippines-south-china-sea-ash-carter.html?_r=0) .

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

Lulu Garcia-Navarro (@lourdesgnavarro (https://twitter.com/lourdesgnavarro) ) is NPR’s South America correspondent. Lulu has received two Peabody Award’s and was today announced as a finalist for another for “The Rainforest Was Here (http://www.npr.org/series/455762230/the-rain-forest-was-here) .” For the latest news out of South America, Lulu is one to watch.

** Optics
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Reuters released a new photo essay today on the war on polio (http://www.reuters.com/news/picture/the-war-on-polio?articleId=USRTX29NYO) .

** Highly Recommended
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CSIS counselor Zalmay Khalilzad today authored an op-ed for the New York Times, “Haider al-Abadi’s Dangerous Gamble (http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/13/opinion/haider-al-abadis-dangerous-gamble.html?ref=opinion&_r=0) .”

** CSIS Today
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Today CSIS hosted “The 18th Anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement and the Future of the Northern Ireland Peace Process (http://csis.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=833ec271d60c6750d9c3baaac&id=0da55fab7f&e=d556e146bd) and “Regional Energy Update: Brazil and Venezuela (http://csis.us11.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=833ec271d60c6750d9c3baaac&id=16ad43033f&e=d556e146bd) .” Watch both events On Demand.

CSIS also hosted “The Inaugural Zbigniew Brzezinski Annual Prize and Lecture (http://csis.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=833ec271d60c6750d9c3baaac&id=7a5367bf55&e=d556e146bd) ,” featuring Dr. Brzezinski, Robert M. Gates, and John Hamre.

** CSIS Tomorrow
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Join CSIS’s Project on Prosperity and Development tomorrow at 9:30 a.m. for “The New EU Development Agenda (http://csis.org/event/new-eu-development-agenda) .”

Also tomorrow at 2:00 p.m., join us for “Investing in Sustainable Infrastructure (http://csis.org/event/investing-sustainable-infrastructure) .”
Tomorrow at 12:00 p.m., CSIS’s Global Health Policy Center is hosting “Financing for Global Health (http://csis.org/event/financing-global-health-0) .”

Join CSIS’s Russia and Eurasia Program at 1:00 p.m. tomorrow for “The North Caucasus Insurgency and Syria (http://csis.org/event/north-caucasus-insurgency-and-syria) .”

And tomorrow at 3:00 p.m., join CSIS’s Africa Program for “South Africa: Priorities for Economic Resurgence (http://csis.org/event/south-africa-priorities-economic-resurgence) ” with South Africa’s minister of finance.

** This Town Monday
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Join GW’s Elliott School tomorrow at 4:00 p.m. for “Understanding Regime Legitimacy in Central Asia (https://elliott.gwu.edu/calendar?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D118549505) .”

** CSIS on Demand
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On Monday, CSIS hosted “The Future of Personnel Policy at DoD (http://csis.org/event/future-personnel-policy-dod) ” with Brad R. Carson, formerly of the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel Policy. Video of the discussion is available On Demand (http://csis.org/event/future-personnel-policy-dod) .

** Sounds
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On the latest episode of Foreign Policy’s “The E.R. (http://foreignpolicy.com/2016/04/11/not-to-defend-donald-trump-but/?utm_content=buffer5774c&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer) ” podcast, Yochi Dreazen is joined by David Sanger and Rosa Brooks to discuss Sanger’s recent interview with Donald Trump, among other topics.

** I Like It Like That
Eye-catching things in CSIS's orbit
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Facebook’s F8 conference began today with a keynote by Mark Zuckerberg on Facebook’s 10-year technology roadmap (http://newsroom.fb.com/news/2016/04/f8-2016-day-1/) .

** Smiles
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Encore. There’s a bunch of you out there who are Journey fans. Thanks to everyone for writing in about Soul Cycle and Journey—such a smile. Here’s some more vintage Journey (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qx2BQ3GEfRA) from Tokyo in ’81.

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