Subject: The Evening CSIS: Brexit Details, Abe’s Charm Offensive, Hurricane & More
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Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2016 23:24:05 +0000
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The Evening CSIS: Brexit Details, Abe’s Charm Offensive, Hurricane & More
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** Good Evening,
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** Alliances Key
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Former secretary of defense and CIA director Leon Panetta outlined the national security stakes facing President-elect Trump and how to approach them, in an exclusive interview with the BBC’s Katty Kay. Watch the full interview (http://www.bbc.com/news/38004345?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=ffa9504b86-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_11_16&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-ffa9504b86-145367789) .

Dive deeper: Secretary Panetta is a CSIS trustee and, along with former UK prime minister Tony Blair, a cochair of the CSIS Commission on Countering Violent Extremism. The recommendations of the commission, released yesterday, are explored in a new interactive report: Turning Point: A New Comprehensive Strategy for Countering Violent Extremism (https://www.csis.org/features/turning-point/?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=ffa9504b86-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_11_16&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-ffa9504b86-145367789) .

** Brexit Details
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Prime Minister Theresa May today defended herself against criticism that she doesn’t have a plan for Britain’s exit from the European Union, saying during a combative session with lawmakers that her cabinet was united in its approach to leaving, as the
Wall Street Journal’s Jenny Gross reports (http://www.wsj.com/articles/u-k-s-may-defends-against-widening-calls-for-brexit-details-1479314059?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=ffa9504b86-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_11_16&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-ffa9504b86-145367789) .

Dive Deeper: Chatham House’s Thomas Raines today writes in a new commentary that “Britain Is Caught Between Trump and a Hard Place (https://www.chathamhouse.org/expert/comment/britain-caught-between-trump-and-hard-place?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=ffa9504b86-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_11_16&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-ffa9504b86-145367789) .”

** Charm Offensive
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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan is set to turn on the charm when he becomes the first world leader to meet President-elect Donald Trump since the election, as Bloomberg’s Isabel Reynolds reports (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-11-16/abe-s-plan-to-win-over-japan-bashing-trump-unabashed-flattery?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=ffa9504b86-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_11_16&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-ffa9504b86-145367789) .

Dive Deeper: The Asia Society’s discussion on “President Trump and Asia (http://asiasociety.org/blog/asia/trumps-trade-and-security-challenges-china?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=ffa9504b86-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_11_16&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-ffa9504b86-145367789) .”

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Russia Withdraws from ICC
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Vladimir Putin instructed his government today to withdraw from the treaty that created the International Criminal Court, while his government assailed the tribunal as “ineffective and one-sided,” as the New York Times reports (http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/17/world/europe/russia-withdraws-from-international-criminal-court-calling-it-one-sided.html?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=ffa9504b86-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_11_16&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-ffa9504b86-145367789) .

Dive Deeper: The Kremlin Playbook: Understanding Russian Influence in Central and Eastern Europe (https://www.csis.org/analysis/kremlin-playbook?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=ffa9504b86-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_11_16&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-ffa9504b86-145367789) is the most downloaded report published this year by CSIS. It’s a must-read.

** In That Number
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** €5
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The future cost of entry into the European Union for travelers from 60 visa waiver countries. The new fee is part of a larger scheme to secure EU external borders. Source: WSJ (http://www.wsj.com/articles/eu-proposes-u-s-style-travel-rules-for-foreigners-1479309346?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=ffa9504b86-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_11_16&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-ffa9504b86-145367789) .

** Critical Quote
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** “The leaders of the EU all recognize that Europe needs reform, needs to reconnect with its citizens. But I don’t think a terribly compelling set of solutions has emerged yet.”
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—CSIS’s Jeff Rathke on the need for EU reform, via the LA Times, “Obama in Athens: ‘American democracy is bigger than any one person.’ (http://www.latimes.com/world/europe/la-fg-obama-democracy-20161116-story.html?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=ffa9504b86-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_11_16&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-ffa9504b86-145367789) ”

** One to Watch
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Reid Hamel (@ReidHamel (https://twitter.com/ReidHamel?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=ffa9504b86-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_11_16&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-ffa9504b86-145367789) ) is a research fellow in CSIS’s Global Food Security Project. Yesterday, Reid authored a new commentary, “The Challenges of Country-Led Development: Insights from Guatemala (https://www.csis.org/analysis/challenges-country-led-development-insights-guatemala?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=ffa9504b86-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_11_16&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-ffa9504b86-145367789) ,” drawing on lessons learned from her recent travel there.

** Optics
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(Photo Credit: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images.)
President Barack Obama walks from the Parthenon during a tour of the Acropolis on November 16, 2016, in Athens, Greece.

** Highly Recommended
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“The Lessons of Henry Kissinger (http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/12/the-lessons-of-henry-kissinger/505868/?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=ffa9504b86-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_11_16&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-ffa9504b86-145367789) ” by the
Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg.

** CSIS Tomorrow
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Join CSIS’s Europe Program at 8:00 a.m. for the Transatlantic Forum on Russia (https://www.csis.org/events/transatlantic-forum-russia-0?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=ffa9504b86-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_11_16&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-ffa9504b86-145367789) , in partnership with the Center for Polish-Russian Dialogue and Understanding. The forum will focus on the transition of US policy toward Russia, featuring a keynote speech by Senator Ben Cardin.

**
This Town Tomorrow
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The fourth annual Defense One Summit (http://www.defenseone.com/feature/defense-one-summit-2016/?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=ffa9504b86-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_11_16&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-ffa9504b86-145367789) is tomorrow from 7:15 a.m. to 5:45 p.m. This year’s agenda will focus on three themes—Crisis, Conflict, and Continuity—as the US presidency shifts to a new commander in chief.

Join the Institute for Policy Studies at 12:00 p.m. for “Colombia Made Plain: Referendum Results, ELN Negotiations, and Future Directions for US Policy (http://www.ips-dc.org/events/colombia-made-plain-referendum-results-eln-negotiations-and-future-directions-for-us-policy/?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=ffa9504b86-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_11_16&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-ffa9504b86-145367789) .”

** CSIS On Demand
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“Transatlantic Policy on Economic Sanctions: Promises and Pitfalls (https://www.csis.org/events/transatlantic-policy-economic-sanctions-promises-and-pitfalls?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=ffa9504b86-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_11_16&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-ffa9504b86-145367789) ,” is the official launch of the CSIS-CNAS report on US and EU coordination on sanctions. The event, hosted in June, followed the EU decision to roll over its sanctions against Russia.

** Sounds
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ChinaPower’s new podcast examines the progress and challenges in US-China military relations (https://www.csis.org/podcasts/chinapower?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=ffa9504b86-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_11_16&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-ffa9504b86-145367789) .

** I Like It Like That
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Today, President Obama named 21 recipients (https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2016/11/16/president-obama-names-recipients-presidential-medal-freedom?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=ffa9504b86-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_11_16&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-ffa9504b86-145367789) of the Presidential Medal of Freedom—including Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Tom Hanks, and Bruce Springsteen.

** Smiles
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So, Bob Dylan told the Swedish Academy that awards the Nobel Prize that he can’t make it to Stockholm to attend the ceremony next month citing “pre-existing commitments.” I’m sure the Academy isn’t smiling. But Dylan’s words and music haven’t always been about smiles (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=at2TiJpFT68&utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=ffa9504b86-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_11_16&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-ffa9504b86-145367789) .

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