Subject: The Evening CSIS: WikiDump, THAAD Deployed, Sinking and More
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Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2017 23:05:09 +0000
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The Evening CSIS: WikiDump, THAAD Deployed, Sinking and More
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** WikiDump
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WikiLeaks today released thousands of documents that it said described sophisticated software tools used by the Central Intelligence Agency to break into smartphones, computers, and even Internet-connected televisions. Cnet’s Laura Hautala and Alfred Ng have this report (https://www.cnet.com/news/wikileaks-cia-hacking-tools-phones-apple-samsung-microsoft-google/?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=9650baebc5-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_03_07&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-9650baebc5-145367789) .

Also see the Guardian’s “WikiLeaks publishes ‘biggest ever leak of secret CIA documents.’ (https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/mar/07/wikileaks-publishes-biggest-ever-leak-of-secret-cia-documents-hacking-surveillance?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=9650baebc5-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_03_07&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-9650baebc5-145367789) "

** THAAD Deployed
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Washington and Seoul have begun deploying a controversial US missile shield on South Korean soil, the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system, in a move that has outraged China and raised tensions in a region already on edge because of North Korean belligerence, as the
Financial Times’ Song Jung-a, Bryan Harris and Demetri Sevastopulo report (https://www.ft.com/content/5e1345d4-02de-11e7-ace0-1ce02ef0def9?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=9650baebc5-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_03_07&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-9650baebc5-145367789) .

Dive Deeper: For more on THAAD, see CSIS’ interactive Missile Threat (https://missilethreat.csis.org/system/thaad/?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=9650baebc5-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_03_07&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-9650baebc5-145367789) micro-website.

** Closing In
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Iraqi forces today recaptured the main government building in Mosul, the central bank branch, and the museum where three years ago the militants filmed themselves destroying priceless statues, as Reuters’ Isabel Coles and John Davidson report (http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-iraq-mosul-idUSKBN16E0DG?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=9650baebc5-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_03_07&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-9650baebc5-145367789) .

Dive Deeper: See the Institute for the Study of War’s update on “The Campaign for Mosul (http://understandingwar.org/backgrounder/campaign-mosul-february-22-march-1-2017?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=9650baebc5-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_03_07&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-9650baebc5-145367789) ” by Emily Anagnostos.

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Brexit Battle
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The Theresa May government has suffered a second Brexit defeat in the House of Lords as peers backed, by 366 votes to 268, calls for a “meaningful” parliamentary vote on the final terms of withdrawal, as the BBC reports (http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-39200658?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=9650baebc5-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_03_07&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-9650baebc5-145367789) .

Dive Deeper: See this fascinating interview (https://www.chathamhouse.org/expert/comment/michael-gove-trouble-experts?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=9650baebc5-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_03_07&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-9650baebc5-145367789) with British MP Michael Gove by Chatham House.

** In That Number
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** $48.5 billion
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The US trade deficit jumped 9.6% in January to $48.5 billion, the highest level in nearly five years. Source: AP (https://apnews.com/fa007441ea3e44078d8b6a33bc5cb996/US-trade-deficit-jumps-to-5-year-high-of-$48.5-billion?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=9650baebc5-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_03_07&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-9650baebc5-145367789) .

** Critical Quote
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** "The United States and its allies—including virtually every Muslim state in the world—face a very real threat from a small fraction of violent Islamist extremists. This is a threat, however, that must be fought in partnership with our allies, and in the Muslim world, particularly the Middle East. We cannot win it at our borders, or by needlessly alienating most of the world's Muslims."
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–CSIS’s Anthony H. Cordesman authored a new commentary today, “Reinforcing Failure: The Revised Executive Order Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States (https://www.csis.org/analysis/reinforcing-failure-revised-executive-order-protecting-nation-foreign-terrorist-entry?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=9650baebc5-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_03_07&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-9650baebc5-145367789) .”

** iDeas Lab
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Satellite imagery from CSIS’s Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative appears to confirm a February 21 Reuters report (http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-usa-southchinasea-exclusive-idUSKBN161029?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=9650baebc5-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_03_07&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-9650baebc5-145367789) that China has nearly completed structures intended to house surface-to-air missile (SAM) systems on its three largest outposts in the Spratly Islands. See AMTI’s latest feature, “A Look at China’s SAM Shelters in the Spratlys (https://amti.csis.org/chinas-sam-shelters-spratlys/?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=9650baebc5-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_03_07&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-9650baebc5-145367789) .”

The Andreas C. Dracopoulos iDeas Lab at CSIS enhances our research with the latest in cutting-edge web technologies, design, audio, and video.

** Optics
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(Photo Credit: ARIS MESSINIS/AFP/Getty Images.)
A sniper aims his weapon toward Islamic State fighters today in west Mosul as Iraqi forces continue to fight against jihadists to further advance inside the city.

** Recommended Reading
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“Trump, Putin, and the New Cold War (http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/03/06/trump-putin-and-the-new-cold-war?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=9650baebc5-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_03_07&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-9650baebc5-145367789) ” by the
New Yorker’s Evan Osnos, David Remnick, and Joshua Yaffa.

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Join CSIS’s Project on Prosperity and Development at 9:30 a.m. for “Soft Power and the New Administration (https://www.csis.org/events/soft-power-and-new-administration?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=9650baebc5-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_03_07&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-9650baebc5-145367789) .”

Join CSIS’s Energy and National Security Program at 10:00 a.m. for a conversation with Keisuke Sadamori, director of energy markets and security at the International Energy Agency (IEA), who will present the IEA's Oil Market Report 2017 (https://www.csis.org/events/iea-oil-market-report-2017?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=9650baebc5-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_03_07&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-9650baebc5-145367789) .

In honor of International Women’s Day, the Women in Public Service Project at the Wilson Center is hosting a panel of private-sector leaders to discuss intersections between sectors on the impact of women in leadership, barriers to women reaching senior positions, and best practices that can be shared across sectors and industries. Join the conversation (https://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/international-womens-day-private-sector-perspectives?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=9650baebc5-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_03_07&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-9650baebc5-145367789#sthash.vOF2qrSY.dpuf) at 8:30 a.m.

** CSIS On Demand
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Yesterday, CSIS’s Technology Policy Program hosted “Advancing U.S. Leadership in the Digital Age (https://www.csis.org/events/advancing-us-leadership-digital-age?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=9650baebc5-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_03_07&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-9650baebc5-145367789) ,” a discussion on the benefits of interconnected devices, applications, and services and their implications for privacy, consumer safety, and national security.

** Sounds
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“Nuclear Energy at a Crossroads (https://soundcloud.com/csis-57169780/nuclear-energy-at-a-crossroads?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=9650baebc5-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_03_07&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-9650baebc5-145367789) ,” the latest from the CSIS Energy Podcast Series, examines the role of nuclear energy in addressing climate and energy security, the rise of nuclear in non-OECD countries, and the prospects for a nuclear energy renaissance.

** Smiles
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British rock stars never question the fact that rock and roll was invented in the US. The Brits actually give Americans credit for a few things that are mutually meaningful: rock, jazz, and western movies—that’s about it. But those are three totally cool things.

British rockers don’t question the undeniable originality of Chuck Berry, Little Richard, or Elvis. They worship Carl Perkins and Johnny Cash. They marvel at Sam Cooke, Solomon Burke, The Temptations, Marvin, Fats, and Professor Longhair. And let’s not even get started with the deification of Bob Dylan…

I received notes yesterday talking about how the Faces can’t hold a candle to the Tempts’ version of “I’m Losing You.” Of course they can’t. There’s only one David Ruffin. But my point is that imitation is the greatest form of flattery and when you can sing, rock and swagger like Rod Stewart and Ronnie Wood in homage to Motown’s greatest that is a damn good thing! It sure sounds good to me and makes me smile.

If the Brits hadn’t imitated influences from across the pond there would be no Faces. And for that matter no Beatles, Stones, Who, Clapton, or anything that has followed them.

I can’t imagine life without the amazing rock and roll that has come from England. I’m thankful that, of course, I don’t have to. Paul Weller is one of those ultra-stylish British rockers who has been heavily influenced by American rock and his elders in England like Rod Stewart. You’ve probably seen Weller slouching in those cool John Varvatos magazine ads designed to invoke the spirit of rock and roll. He’s even cooler when he’s singing and playing guitar (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9Bpqq9gKVA&utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=9650baebc5-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_03_07&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-9650baebc5-145367789) .

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