Subject: The Evening CSIS: Veto Vetoed, OPEC Cut, The King of Zydeco & More
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The Evening CSIS: Veto Vetoed, OPEC Cut, The King of Zydeco & More
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** Veto Vetoed
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Congress voted today to override a presidential veto on the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA), legislation that would allow Americans to sue foreign governments over terror attacks. Both the House and Senate voted overwhelmingly (348-77 and 97-1, respectively) to override the veto—the first such time Congress has done so since President Obama took office. Karoun Demirjian and Juliet Eilperin explain the ins and outs in today’s Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2016/09/27/senate-poised-to-vote-to-override-obamas-veto-of-911-bill/) .

Dive Deeper: CSIS Burke Chair Anthony Cordesman gave his analysis of the bill, and what it would mean for US-Saudi relations in a September 14 piece (https://www.csis.org/analysis/saudi-arabia-and-justice-against-sponsors-terrorism-act) . The New York Times had an editorial today on “The Risks of Suing the Saudis for 9/11 (http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/28/opinion/the-risks-of-suing-the-saudis-for-9-11.html?_r=0) .”

** OPEC Cut
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After four and a half hours of discussion in Algiers, the 14 nations of the OPEC cartel agreed to cut crude-oil production over the coming months in an attempt to increase petroleum prices. The
Wall Street Journal’s Benoit Faucon, Georgi Kantchev, and Selina Williams have the story (http://www.wsj.com/articles/opec-reaches-understanding-on-output-cut-1475089079?mod=djemalertNEWS) .

Dive Deeper: Sarah Ladislaw yesterday authored “To Freeze or Not to Freeze: Why Are We Still Asking this Question? (https://www.csis.org/analysis/freeze-or-not-freeze-why-are-we-still-asking-question) ,” a CSIS Commentary looking at the global significance of a production freeze.

** Russia Blamed
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A Dutch-led team of investigators announced conclusive evidence today that passenger flight MH17, downed over Ukraine in July 2014, had been taken out by a Russian-made Buk missile system brought into Ukraine from Russia. Russia’s Ministry of Defense denied any involvement. CNN’s Tim Hume and Claudia Rebaza have the report (http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/28/europe/mh17-buk-russia/) , as well as imagery released by the investigation.

Dive Deeper: CSIS’s Tom Karako wrote about the need for updated European air and missile defenses in a paper this summer: “Looking East: European Air and Missile Defense after Warsaw (https://www.csis.org/analysis/looking-east-european-air-and-missile-defense-after-warsaw) ”. The Russian Roulette podcast spoke with Taras Kuzio, senior research fellow at the Canadian Institute of Ukraine Studies at the University of Alberta on the country’s future (https://www.csis.org/podcasts/russian-roulette) .

** In That Number
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** 32,000
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The number of people that have been formally arrested by Turkish authorities since the July 15 coup attempt, according to the Turkish justice minister. Source: Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/minister-32000-people-arrested-since-failed-coup-in-turkey/2016/09/28/432b6b9e-8556-11e6-b57d-dd49277af02f_story.html) .

** Critical Quote
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** “Space is a tool of national power. China knows this, but it appears that we may have forgotten.”
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—CSIS’s James Lewis testified before Congress yesterday on “Are we Losing the Space Race to China?” You can watch his remarks here (https://youtu.be/nskVKJh9eN4?t=36m42s) or view a transcript here (https://csis-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/congressional_testimony/ts160927_Dr_Lewis.pdf) .

** One to Watch
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Jennifer Cooke (@jengcooke (https://twitter.com/jengcooke) ) is the director of CSIS’s Africa Program. Jennifer coauthored a report this week with CSIS’s Thomas Sanderson following extensive field research, Militancy and the Arc of Instability: Violent Extremism in the Sahel (https://www.csis.org/analysis/militancy-and-arc-instability) . Today Jennifer did a Q&A with The Cipher Brief’s Kaitlin Lavinder on, “Nigeria: Militancy is Devastating for Oil Production (https://www.thecipherbrief.com/article/africa/nigeria-militancy-devastating-oil-production-1094) .”

** Optics
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(Photo Credit: MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/Getty Images.)

Shimon Peres, the last of Israel’s founding fathers and former president and prime minister, passed away last night at the age of 93.

** Highly Recommended
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Incredible use of photography, video, and reporting in National Geographic’s “The New Europeans (http://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2016/10/europe-immigration-muslim-refugees-portraits/) ,” a multimedia look at how different eras of immigration, from post–World War II to today’s refugee crisis, have shaped the continent. Robert Kunzig’s accompanying piece (http://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2016/10/europe-immigration-muslim-refugees-portraits/) highlights the changes that Germany has experienced in the past year.

** CSIS Today
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CSIS’s Africa Program hosted the inaugural event of the new Spotlight on Africa conference series (https://www.csis.org/events/spotlight-south-africa) , starting in South Africa.

CSIS’s Energy and National Security Program hosted the book launch of LNG Markets in Transition: The Great Reconfiguration (https://www.csis.org/events/book-launch-lng-markets-transition-great-reconfiguration) .

** CSIS Tomorrow
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Join CSIS’s Global Health Policy Center at 2:30 p.m. for a discussion with Philippe Douste-Blazy (https://www.csis.org/events/philippe-douste-blazy-his-candidacy-director-general-who) , under-secretary general of the United Nations, on his candidacy for director-general of the WHO.

Join CSIS’s Proliferation Prevention Program at 3:30 p.m. for “Redefining the U.S. Agenda for Nuclear Disarmament (https://www.csis.org/events/redefining-us-agenda-nuclear-disarmament) .”

And join CSIS’s Scholl Chair in International Business for the launch of the new TradeVistas website (https://www.csis.org/events/trade-vistas-launch) , a resource that provides fact-based context on trade policy.

** This Town Tomorrow
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Join the US Institute of Peace at 9:00 a.m. for “Violent Extremism: Setting Priorities for Research (http://www.usip.org/events/violent-extremism-setting-priorities-research) .”

And join Johns Hopkins SAIS at 12:30 p.m. for “Afghanistan: On the Eve of Brussels (http://www.sais-jhu.edu/events-calendar?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D206277856) ,” featuring Ambassador Richard Olson, US special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan.

** CSIS On Demand
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Watch “Risk and Reform: An Outlook for Oil and Gas Exporting Countries (https://www.csis.org/events/risk-and-reform-outlook-oil-and-gas-exporting-countries) ” hosted by CSIS’s Energy and National Security Program in May.

** Sounds
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Smart Women, Smart Power released a new podcast (https://www.csis.org/podcasts/smart-women-smart-power-podcast) on entrepreneurship and global investment, featuring Jean Case, cofounder and CEO of the Case Foundation.

** I Like It Like That
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We’re big fans of livestreaming at CSIS, and we just got a new target to aim at: YouTube is claiming it had nearly 2 million viewers (https://youtube.googleblog.com/2016/09/with-nearly-2-million-concurrent.html) of its livestream of Monday’s presidential debate.

** Smiles
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For the past couple of days Smiles have been in order for the late Buckwheat Zydeco who passed away on Saturday in his hometown of Lafayette, Louisiana.

Buck was indeed a Zydeco music pioneer. But the genre, born out of a fusion of Creole, Cajun and rhythm and blues music in French speaking south Louisiana was first made popular by Buck's mentor, Clifton Chenier.

His influence was so profound that many believe Clifton Chenier, invented the term "Zydeco," a word that traces its roots to the Louisiana French Creole pronunciation of the "spicy string bean."

Clifton Chenier's music was electrifying, and he was crowned the undisputed "King of Zydeco" by his peers.

In the 1960s, 70s and 80s, Chenier performed all over the world. But his shows at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival (https://youtu.be/OYkehxwpel4) in the 70s (when Jazz Fest was in its infancy) were truly sublime.

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