Subject: The Evening CSIS: Sam Nunn Prize, Taiwan, Crazy on You & More
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Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2017 23:05:56 +0000
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The Evening CSIS: Sam Nunn Prize, Taiwan, Crazy on You & More
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** Good Evening,
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** The Sam Nunn National Security Prize and Lecture
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Today was an extraordinary day at CSIS. This afternoon marked the inaugural presentation of the Sam Nunn National Security Leadership Prize and Lecture, an award that honors the legacy of former senator Sam Nunn (D-GA) by spotlighting and supporting courageous leaders who demonstrate vision and wisdom in addressing global challenges and who put our nation’s interest ahead of political considerations. Senator Nunn, currently CSIS’s chairman emeritus following his 18 years of service as chairman of the CSIS Board of Trustees, presented the inaugural prize to Secretary of Defense Ash Carter. Carter then delivered the Nunn Lecture, which can be viewed On Demand (https://www.csis.org/events/sam-nunn-national-security-leadership-prize-and-lecture?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=e2014b2c9b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_01_11&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-e2014b2c9b-145367789) .

** Crossing a Strait Line
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China sent a group of warships, including its Liaoning aircraft carrier, through the Taiwan Strait—leading Taiwan to scramble jets and its navy in order to follow the Chinese ships. Reuters reports that recent naval exercises by China have “unnerved Beijing’s neighbors.” (http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-taiwan-carrier-idUSKBN14V061?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=e2014b2c9b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_01_11&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-e2014b2c9b-145367789)

Dive Deeper: See how China’s aircraft carrier compares to other countries’ carriers with this unique deep-dive (http://chinapower.csis.org/aircraft-carrier/?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=e2014b2c9b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_01_11&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-e2014b2c9b-145367789) (including a 3D tour) from the CSIS China Power project.

** The Russia-NATO A2AD Environment
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The excellent Missile Threat website from CSIS’s Missile Defense Project has just released an interactive tool (https://missilethreat.csis.org/russia-nato-a2ad-environment/?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=e2014b2c9b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_01_11&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-e2014b2c9b-145367789) mapping the anti-access/area denial (A2AD) capabilities—the ability to deny an adversary’s forces access to a particular region or otherwise hinder freedom of maneuver—for both the NATO Alliance and Russia. It’s well worth the look.

** In That Number
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** 12,192
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The number of people of various nationalities that Egypt arrested in 2016 in order to prevent them from illegally entering or leaving the country. Source: Reuters (http://www.reuters.com/article/us-europe-migrants-egypt-idUSKBN14V27L?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=e2014b2c9b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_01_11&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-e2014b2c9b-145367789) .

** Critical Quote
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** “The whole concept of war has changed under Obama, he got the country out of ‘war,’ at least as we used to see it. We’re now wrapped up in all these different conflicts, at a low level and with no end in sight.”
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—CSIS’s Jon B. Alterman on President Obama’s foreign policy legacy. Source: Chicago Tribune (http://www.chicagotribune.com/sc-nw-obama-war-legacy-20170110-story.html?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=e2014b2c9b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_01_11&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-e2014b2c9b-145367789) .

** One to Watch
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Secretary of Defense Ash Carter is the inaugural recipient of the Sam Nunn National Security Prize, which he received at CSIS today. You can watch his remarks and those of Senator Nunn on demand here (https://www.csis.org/events/sam-nunn-national-security-leadership-prize-and-lecture?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=e2014b2c9b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_01_11&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-e2014b2c9b-145367789) .

The Sam Nunn National Security Leadership Prize and Lecture honors the legacy of former senator Sam Nunn by spotlighting and supporting courageous leaders who demonstrate vision and wisdom in addressing global challenges and who put our nation's interest ahead of political considerations.

** Optics
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(Photo Credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images.)
President-elect Donald Trump speaks at a news conference, his first since the November election, today at Trump Tower in New York.

** Highly Recommended
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“The Obama Legacy on Jihadism (http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-obama-legacy-on-jihadism?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=e2014b2c9b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_01_11&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-e2014b2c9b-145367789) ” by the
New Yorker’s Robin Wright.

** CSIS Today
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CSIS's Burke Chair in Strategy hosted "Afghanistan Reconstruction: Enduring Challenges for the New Administration and Congress (https://www.csis.org/events/afghanistan-reconstruction-enduring-challenges-new-administration-and-congress?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=e2014b2c9b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_01_11&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-e2014b2c9b-145367789) ," featuring a conversation with Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) John F. Sopko.

CSIS hosted Sam Nunn National Security Leadership Prize and Lecture (https://www.csis.org/events/sam-nunn-national-security-leadership-prize-and-lecture?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=e2014b2c9b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_01_11&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-e2014b2c9b-145367789) , featuring inaugural prize recipient Ash Carter, US secretary of defense.

** CSIS Tomorrow
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Join CSIS’s Strategic Technologies Program at 9:30 a.m. for a discussion on the latest President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) report (https://www.csis.org/events/ensuring-long-term-us-leadership-semiconductors?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=e2014b2c9b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_01_11&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-e2014b2c9b-145367789) , Ensuring Long-Term U.S. Leadership in Semiconductors.

** This Town Tomorrow
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Join the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace at 12:00 p.m. for “Artificial Intelligence and U.S.-Japan Alliance Engagement (http://carnegieendowment.org/2017/01/12/artificial-intelligence-and-u.s.-japan-alliance-engagement-event-5464?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=e2014b2c9b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_01_11&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-e2014b2c9b-145367789) .”

And join Brookings at 2:00 p.m. for “Foresight Africa: Top Priorities for Africa in 2017 (https://www.brookings.edu/events/foresight-africa-top-priorities-for-africa-in-2017/?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=e2014b2c9b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_01_11&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-e2014b2c9b-145367789) .”

** CSIS On Demand
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CSIS’s Energy and National Security Programhosted Secretary General Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo of OPEC (https://www.csis.org/events/discussion-his-excellency-mohammad-sanusi-barkindo-secretary-general-opec?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=e2014b2c9b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_01_11&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-e2014b2c9b-145367789) to discuss OPEC’s World Oil Outlook 2016.

** Sounds
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On CogitAsia’s new podcast (https://soundcloud.com/csis-57169780/thailands-royal-succession-political-future?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=e2014b2c9b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_01_11&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-e2014b2c9b-145367789) , CSIS’s Murray Hiebert discusses the legacy of late King Bhumipol Adulyadej of Thailand, assesses the status of Thai political institutions, and projects what the future holds for the junta government in Thailand.

** I Like It Like That
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Great column by the great Walt Mossberg for The Verge, “Streaming TV is beginning to look a lot like cable (http://www.theverge.com/2017/1/11/14230882/mossberg-streaming-tv-is-beginning-to-look-a-lot-like-cable?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=e2014b2c9b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_01_11&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-e2014b2c9b-145367789) .”

** Smiles
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Thanks for all the great e-mail about Ann Wilson of Heart. Let’s feature her sister Nancy today, a superb musician (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qVcl0Iw3fs8&utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=e2014b2c9b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_01_11&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-e2014b2c9b-145367789) .

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