Subject: The Evening: NK Olympics, Iran Accuses US, Champions and More
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Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2018 23:05:35 +0000
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The Evening: NK Olympics, Iran Accuses US, Champions and More
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** Good Evening,
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It's Tuesday, January 9th.

** NK Athletes to Olympics
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North Korea’s representatives assured the South Korean government Tuesday that its “cutting-edge” nuclear weapons are aimed only at the United States, not at its neighbors, as they struck a deal to send athletes to next month’s Winter Olympics and to reopen a military hotline, as the
Washington Post’s Anna Fifield reports (https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/north-korea-agrees-to-send-athletes-to-winter-olympics-south-says/2018/01/09/56407aa8-f4a9-11e7-9af7-a50bc3300042_story.html?utm_term=.13b37fa6bbd8&utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=2db2a01b9c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_01_09&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-2db2a01b9c-145367789) .

Dive Deeper: “Inter-Korean Olympic Agreement: An Opening to Reduced Tensions, For Now (https://www.cfr.org/blog/inter-korean-olympic-agreement-opening-reduced-tensions-now?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=2db2a01b9c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_01_09&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-2db2a01b9c-145367789) ” by CFR’s Scott Snyder.

Also, see CSIS’s interactive micro-website “Beyond Parallel (https://beyondparallel.csis.org/?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=2db2a01b9c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_01_09&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-2db2a01b9c-145367789) .”

** Iran Accuses US
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In a furious series of Twitter posts and statements on his website on Tuesday, Iran’s supreme leader called President Trump “psychotic” and repeated accusations that the United States bore primary responsibility for instigating a week of protests that rocked Iran in recent weeks, as the
New York Times' Thomas Erdbrink reports (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/09/world/middleeast/iran-khamenei-trump-psychotic-revenge.html?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=2db2a01b9c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_01_09&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-2db2a01b9c-145367789) .

Dive Deeper: “Sorting Out U.S. and European Differences Over Iran (http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/sorting-out-u.s.-and-european-differences-over-iran?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=2db2a01b9c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_01_09&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-2db2a01b9c-145367789) ” by the Washington Institute’s Jay Solomon.

** Macron in China
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French President Emmanuel Macron will wrap up his first official visit to China Wednesday with a clearer idea of the challenge he faces in wielding Europe’s economic power on the global stage.

Macron’s calls for a “rebalancing” of Europe’s economic relationship with China won few concessions from President Xi Jinping and a meager return for the business leaders in his delegation. Bloomberg today reports (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-09/macron-in-china-five-key-moments-in-countering-panda-diplomacy?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=2db2a01b9c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_01_09&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-2db2a01b9c-145367789) on five key elements of the diplomatic maneuvers.

Dive Deeper: See CSIS’s interactive micro-website “China Power (https://chinapower.csis.org/?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=2db2a01b9c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_01_09&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-2db2a01b9c-145367789) .”

** Executive M.A. from CSIS/Syracuse U
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CSIS & Syracuse University's Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs offer Executive Master's in International Relations. Information here (https://www.maxwell.syr.edu/dc/emir/?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=2db2a01b9c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_01_09&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-2db2a01b9c-145367789) .

** In That Number
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** 3,700
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Iranian security forces arrested some 3,700 people during widespread protests and unrest over the past two weeks. Source: AP (https://www.apnews.com/b38eadd6615e486cbf0d6ff22284a249/Iran-lawmaker-says-some-3,700-arrested-amid-protests,-unrest?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=2db2a01b9c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_01_09&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-2db2a01b9c-145367789) .

** Critical Quote
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** “Security was kind of an afterthought.”
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— CSIS’s James Andrew Lewis (http://wncn.com/2018/01/09/race-is-on-to-fix-security-flaw-in-computer-processors/?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=2db2a01b9c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_01_09&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-2db2a01b9c-145367789) on the huge security flaw discovered in chips that run most computer processors.

** iDeas Lab
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Die Welt
In 2017, CSIS’s Victor Cha and Marie DuMond published a report on South Korea’s position as a global “middle” power, The Korean Pivot (https://www.csis.org/analysis/korean-pivot?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=2db2a01b9c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_01_09&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-2db2a01b9c-145367789) .

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

** Optics
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Die Welt
(Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images.) Tua Tagovailoa #13 celebrates a touchdown pass with Jalen Hurts #2 of the Alabama Crimson Tide during the third quarter against the Georgia Bulldogs in the CFP National Championship last night in Atlanta. Tua replaced starter Hurts at the start of the second half—more on this in Smiles.

** Recommended Reading
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“Collective Strategy: A Framework for Solving Large-Scale Social Problems (https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__foundationforinclusion.org_brief001_&d=DwMFaQ&c=lTFYvTKl9NjBtWucofDMxg&r=u2-sr_g3Wj4hCezGYtf4kVc_X8qrOb9DTF4OJDLU6Zc&m=HKmbtLvmHKln_6-9Nrw0q9nSErS454RqW3-JMOfo_y0&s=VjuQzPLGbf7X0jdwDAkqjq3SLU0zHAS-BVfKP0J1n5Q&e=&utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=2db2a01b9c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_01_09&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-2db2a01b9c-145367789) ,” by Foundation for Inclusion’s Robert D. Lamb.

** This Town Tomorrow
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Join the CSIS Human Rights Initiative at 2:00 p.m. (https://www.csis.org/events/freedom-press-under-attack?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=2db2a01b9c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_01_09&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-2db2a01b9c-145367789) for a discussion about the state of the freedom of the press and modern challenges facing the media.

At 10:00 a.m. (https://www.brookings.edu/events/sustainable-security-the-transatlantic-community-and-global-challenges/?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=2db2a01b9c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_01_09&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-2db2a01b9c-145367789) , join the Brookings Institution for a discussion with Norway’s Prime Minister, Erna Solberg, on the changing global security environment.

And, join the Middle East Institute at 12:00 p.m. (http://www.mei.edu/events/countering-weaponization-information-0?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=2db2a01b9c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_01_09&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-2db2a01b9c-145367789) for “Countering the Weaponization of Information,” a panel discussion on the challenges in combating the use of technology to advance violent extremism.

** Video
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Watch Scott Kennedy, deputy director for Freeman Chair in China Studies and director for Project on Chinese Business and Political Economy at CSIS, testify before the House Committee on Financial Services' Subcommittee on Monetary Policy and Trade on “Evaluating CFIUS: Challenges Posted by a Changing Global Economy (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRj_3lCEoFI&utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=2db2a01b9c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_01_09&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-2db2a01b9c-145367789) .”

** Sounds
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Russian Roulette’s new podcast explores Russian-speaking foreign fighters in Iraq and Syria – what makes them unique (and what doesn’t), the scale of their involvements in ISIS, the context in which these fighters become radicalized, and the challenges of when they return home.

Listen on Apple Podcasts (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/russian-roulette/id1112258664?mt=2&utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=2db2a01b9c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_01_09&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-2db2a01b9c-145367789) and SoundCloud (https://soundcloud.com/csis-57169780/of-russian-speaking-foreign?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=2db2a01b9c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_01_09&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-2db2a01b9c-145367789) .

** Smiles
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Last night the University of Alabama beat the University of Georgia in a National Championship football game that will go down as one of the great contests in college football history. The action on the field was exciting, even breathtaking. But there was something that happened on the sideline that I will remember the most.

Alabama was losing 13-0 at the half and the Crimson Tide’s coach Nick Saban made a game-changing decision for the second half of the game. He would replace his starting sophomore quarterback, Jalen Hurts, with a talented freshman, Tua Tagovailoa, who hadn’t started one game all season. Jalen Hurts is a legitimate star QB whose career record was 26-2 going into the game. But it is what he did when he was replaced that made him a super star in my view.

When replaced, Hurts didn’t show a bit of disappointment, jealousy, anger, or any other emotion that most athletes in his situation could have understandably exhibited. Instead, he sent the signal that he was supportive of his replacement, his coach’s decision, and his whole team. Hurts put his team above himself. What a smile and what an inspiration. Jalen Hurts is a true champion.
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