Subject: The Evening: Syria, Iran, Straight Into Darkness and More
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Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2018 21:36:53 +0000
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The Evening: Syria, Iran, Straight Into Darkness and More
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** Good Evening,
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It's Monday, April 9th.

** Syria Action
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President Donald Trump promised quick action today in response to a “barbaric” suspected chemical weapons attack in Syria and said that all options including military action were on the table. Speaking at a Cabinet meeting, Trump said a decision would be made within 48 hours and might come as soon as the end of the day, as Reuters’ Steve Holland and Suleiman Al-Khalidi report (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria/trump-vows-quick-action-on-barbaric-syria-chemical-attack-idUSKBN1HG0D8?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=a1183266e7-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_04_09&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-a1183266e7-145367789) .

Dive Deeper: “Military Strikes on Syria: Historical Lessons and Implications (http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/military-strikes-on-syria-historical-lessons-and-implications?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=a1183266e7-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_04_09&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-a1183266e7-145367789) ,” by the Washington Institute’s Michael Eisenstadt.

“It’s Time for Action on Syria’s Chemical Weapons, Not Pointing Fingers (https://foreignpolicy.com/2017/04/05/its-time-for-action-on-syrias-chemical-weapons-not-pointing-fingers/?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=a1183266e7-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_04_09&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-a1183266e7-145367789) ,” via CSIS’s Rebecca Hersman writing for Foreign Policy one year ago this week.

** Iran Nuclear Deal
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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said today that the U.S. would regret withdrawing from the nuclear deal, and that Iran would respond in "less than a week" if that happened, as AFP reports (https://www.cbsnews.com/news/iran-us-would-regret-violating-nuclear-deal-president-hassan-rouhani-warning/?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=a1183266e7-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_04_09&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-a1183266e7-145367789) .

Dive Deeper: U.S. Strategy, the JCPOA Iranian Nuclear Arms Agreement, and the Gulf: Playing the Long Game (https://www.csis.org/analysis/us-strategy-jcpoa-iranian-nuclear-arms-agreement-and-gulf-playing-long-game?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=a1183266e7-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_04_09&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-a1183266e7-145367789) , by CSIS’s Anthony Cordesman.

“Why Iran Won't Rush to a Bomb if Trump Pulls Out of the Nuclear Deal (https://www.cfr.org/article/why-iran-wont-rush-bomb-if-trump-pulls-out-nuclear-deal?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=a1183266e7-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_04_09&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-a1183266e7-145367789) ,” by CFR’s Reuel Marc Gerecht and Ray Takeyh.

** Summit with NK
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President Trump said today that a meeting with the North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un, would take place “in May or early June,” as
Politico’s Christiano Lima reports (https://www.politico.com/story/2018/04/09/trump-kim-jong-un-meeting-schedule-509917?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=a1183266e7-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_04_09&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-a1183266e7-145367789) .

** China Installed Military Jamming Equipment on Spratly Islands
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China has installed equipment on two of its fortified outposts in the Spratly Islands capable of jamming communications and radar systems, a significant step in its creeping militarization of the South China Sea U.S. officials say, as the Wall Street Journal’s Michael Gordon and Jeremy Page report (https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-installed-military-jamming-equipment-on-spratly-islands-u-s-says-1523266320?mod=djemalertNEWS&utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=a1183266e7-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_04_09&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-a1183266e7-145367789) .

Dive Deeper: Visit CSIS’s interactive micro-website, AMTI, and view our South China Sea “Island Tracker (https://amti.csis.org/island-tracker/?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=a1183266e7-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_04_09&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-a1183266e7-145367789) .”

** Your Questions
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** 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=a1183266e7-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_04_09&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-a1183266e7-145367789) .

** In That Number
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** $1 trillion
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The federal government’s annual budget deficit is set to widen significantly in the next few years, topping $1 trillion in 2020.
Source: Congressional Budget Office (https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53651?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=a1183266e7-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_04_09&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-a1183266e7-145367789) .

** Critical Quote
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** “@POTUS's pledge to withdraw from #Syria has only emboldened Assad, backed by Russia & Iran, to commit more war crimes in #Douma.”
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—Senator John McCain (https://twitter.com/SenJohnMcCain/status/983065571825680384?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=a1183266e7-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_04_09&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-a1183266e7-145367789) (R-AZ).

** iDeas Lab
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Die Welt
New from CSIS’s Technology Policy Program (https://www.csis.org/blogs/technology-policy-blog/scoping-law-enforcements-encrypted-messaging-problem?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=a1183266e7-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_04_09&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-a1183266e7-145367789) : “The most popular mobile messaging apps incorporate unrecoverable, end-to-end encryption that make it more challenging for law enforcement to collect critical digital evidence.” To learn more about the impact of encryption on law enforcement access data, see a CSIS report here (https://www.csis.org/programs/technology-policy-program/intelligence-surveillance-and-privacy/effect-encryption-lawful?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=a1183266e7-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_04_09&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-a1183266e7-145367789) .

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 credit: Alex Wong/Getty Images.) Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg today on Capitol Hill.

** Recommended Reading
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“Virtual War – A Revolution in Human Affairs (http://smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/virtual-war-revolution-human-affairs?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=a1183266e7-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_04_09&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-a1183266e7-145367789) ,” by Stefan Banach for
Small Wars Journal.

** This Town Tomorrow
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At 9:30 a.m., join the Wilson Center for a discussion on meeting the challenges of poor water quality (https://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/sustainable-water-resilient-communities-solutions-for-dirty-water?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=a1183266e7-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_04_09&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-a1183266e7-145367789) : improving sanitation and hygiene, addressing agricultural pollution, and increasing water supplies through wastewater reuse.

** Video
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Today CSIS’s Russia and Eurasia Program hosted a discussion on how current Russian military capabilities have evolved to enable coordinated, multi-domain operations. Watch the full discussion here (https://www.csis.org/events/russian-way-warfare?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=a1183266e7-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_04_09&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-a1183266e7-145367789) .

** Sounds
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On the latest episode of the CSIS Podcast, Melissa Dalton discusses what an American troop exit from Syria would mean and the wider issue of stabilizing a post-conflict country.

Listen on Apple Podcasts (https://itunes.apple.com/us/itunes-u/the-csis-podcast/id383703191?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=a1183266e7-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_04_09&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-a1183266e7-145367789) and SoundCloud (https://soundcloud.com/csis-57169780/syria-is-the-u-s-in-or-out?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=a1183266e7-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_04_09&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-a1183266e7-145367789) .

** Smiles
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I just came across a really terrific clip of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers performing one of my favorite songs, “Straight Into Darkness (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yONs2C6od-g&utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=a1183266e7-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_04_09&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-a1183266e7-145367789) ” at Farm Aid in 1985. I hadn’t seen this clip and it reminded me of how many times Tom Petty and company made me smile over the last four decades. Enjoy!
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