Subject: The Evening: Iran, Syria, Black Magic Woman and More
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Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2018 22:19:43 +0000
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The Evening: Iran, Syria, Black Magic Woman and More
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** Good Evening,
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It's Thursday, February 22nd.

** Iran Hints at Seaborne Reactors
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Iran has raised the prospect of building nuclear reactors for ships while staying within the limits set by its atomic deal with major powers, according to a UN quarterly report released today, as Reuters’ Francois Murphy reports (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-report/iran-hints-at-seaborne-reactors-while-respecting-nuclear-deal-idUSKCN1G625G?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=45dea8770a-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_02_22&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-45dea8770a-145367789) .

Meanwhile, Iran’s deputy foreign minister said (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-usa-nuclear/iran-says-may-withdraw-from-nuclear-deal-if-banks-continue-to-stay-away-idUSKCN1G610S?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=45dea8770a-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_02_22&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-45dea8770a-145367789) that Iran will withdraw from the 2015 nuclear deal if there is no economic benefit and major banks continue to shun the Islamic Republic.

Dive Deeper: Watch (https://www.chathamhouse.org/event/irans-foreign-policy-priorities?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=45dea8770a-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_02_22&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-45dea8770a-145367789)  Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi’s remarks at Chatham House.

See the Washington Institute’s “JCPOA Under the Gun (Part 1): Trump’s Five Decisions (http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/jcpoa-under-the-gun-next-steps-for-the-trump-administration?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=45dea8770a-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_02_22&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-45dea8770a-145367789) ” and “JCPOA Under the Gun (Part 2): A Middle Course? (http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/jcpoa-under-the-gun-part-2-a-middle-course?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=45dea8770a-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_02_22&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-45dea8770a-145367789) ”

Plus, see “Iran’s Cyber Threat: Espionage, Sabotage, and Revenge (http://carnegieendowment.org/2018/01/04/iran-s-cyber-threat-espionage-sabotage-and-revenge-pub-75134?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=45dea8770a-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_02_22&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-45dea8770a-145367789) ,” by Carnegie’s Collin Anderson and Karim Sadjadpour.

** UN Considers Ceasefire in Syria
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Warplanes pounded the last rebel enclave near Syria’s capital for a fifth day running today as the UN Security Council considered demanding a 30-day ceasefire across the country to allow emergency aid deliveries and medical evacuations, as Reuters reports (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria/air-strikes-hammer-syrias-ghouta-for-fifth-day-u-n-mulling-ceasefire-resolution-idUSKCN1G60ZS?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=45dea8770a-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_02_22&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-45dea8770a-145367789) .

Meanwhile, the Trump administration has decided that it needs no new legal authority from Congress to indefinitely keep American military forces deployed in Syria and Iraq, as the New York Times’ Charlie Savage reports (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/22/us/politics/isis-syria-american-troops.html?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=45dea8770a-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_02_22&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-45dea8770a-145367789) .

Dive Deeper: “The Yemen Model: The Future of U.S. Middle East Policy (https://www.csis.org/analysis/yemen-model-future-us-middle-east-policy?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=45dea8770a-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_02_22&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-45dea8770a-145367789) ,” by CSIS’s Jon Alterman.

“In Syria, Alliances Shift Again (https://geopoliticalfutures.com/syria-alliances-shift/?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=45dea8770a-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_02_22&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-45dea8770a-145367789) ,” by Xander Snyder for Geopolitical Futures.

** Saudi Arabia Blocks U.S. on Pakistan
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Saudi Arabia joined Turkey and China in a move to block a U.S.-led attempt this week to place Pakistan on an international terror-financing watch list, as the
Wall Street Journal’s Saeed Shah and Ian Talley report (https://www.wsj.com/articles/pakistan-avoids-inclusion-on-international-terror-financing-watch-list-1519257040?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=45dea8770a-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_02_22&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-45dea8770a-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=45dea8770a-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_02_22&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-45dea8770a-145367789) .

** In That Number
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** 2
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Russia appears to have deployed two advanced stealth fighters to its airbase in Syria. Source: The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/feb/22/new-russian-stealth-fighter-spotted-in-syria?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=45dea8770a-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_02_22&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-45dea8770a-145367789) .

** Critical Quote
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** “If the same policy of confusion and uncertainties about the JCPOA continues, if companies and banks are not working with Iran, we cannot remain in a deal that has no benefit for us. That’s a fact.”
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— Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-usa-nuclear/iran-says-may-withdraw-from-nuclear-deal-if-banks-continue-to-stay-away-idUSKCN1G610S?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=45dea8770a-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_02_22&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-45dea8770a-145367789) .

** iDeas Lab
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Die Welt
The Trump administration has emphasized civil and commercial space as one of its top priorities with the reinstatement of the National Space Council, the signing of Space Policy Directive 1, and the recent National Security Strategy. Today, CSIS’s Aerospace Security Project released a new video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M58pwylRH6Q&feature=youtu.be&utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=45dea8770a-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_02_22&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-45dea8770a-145367789) on securing civil space for the United States' return to the moon.

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 Credit: Harry How/Getty Images). Gold!!!

** Recommended Reading
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“U.S. Economy: The Growth Puzzle (https://www.ft.com/content/76057bd8-1342-11e8-940e-08320fc2a277?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=45dea8770a-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_02_22&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-45dea8770a-145367789) ,” the
FT’s “Big Read” by Sam Fleming.

** This Town Tomorrow
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At 9:00 a.m. (https://www.csis.org/events/creating-new-us-and-africa-partnership?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=45dea8770a-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_02_22&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-45dea8770a-145367789) , join CSIS’s Project on Prosperity and Development for a conversation on business opportunities in Africa and the competitiveness of U.S. companies on the continent.

Join the CSIS Americas Program at 10:00 a.m. (https://www.csis.org/events/restoring-venezuelas-democracy-and-halting-humanitarian-disaster?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=45dea8770a-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_02_22&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-45dea8770a-145367789) for a discussion on the role of the international community in restoring democracy to Venezuela.

And on Sunday, CSIS's Samm Sacks will speak at Harvard Business School on “Policy and Regulation in the Age of Technology (http://www.asiabusinessconference.com/agenda.html?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=45dea8770a-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_02_22&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-45dea8770a-145367789) .”

** Video
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Today, CSIS hosted a discussion on pollution control in China. Watch the full conversation here (https://www.csis.org/events/china-reality-check-series-controlling-pollution-china?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=45dea8770a-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_02_22&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-45dea8770a-145367789) .

** Sounds
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Is Latin America “moving towards a
trumpista world view?” On the latest 35 West podcast episode, Brian Winter, editor-in-chief of Americas Quarterly, joins CSIS’s Richard Miles to compare the views of the Colombian, Mexican, and Brazilian government with those of White House.

Listen here on Apple Podcasts (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/csis-events/id935747073?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=45dea8770a-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_02_22&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-45dea8770a-145367789) and SoundCloud (https://soundcloud.com/csis-57169780/the-economic-impact-of?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=45dea8770a-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_02_22&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-45dea8770a-145367789) .

** Smiles
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I can’t finish discussing Santana without playing a clip of “Black Magic Woman.” This is a great version (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axbtig7w7a8&feature=youtu.be&utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=45dea8770a-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_02_22&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-45dea8770a-145367789) .
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