Subject: The Evening: Russia Sanctions, Trade Terms, Listen to the Music and More
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Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2018 21:44:16 +0000
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The Evening: Russia Sanctions, Trade Terms, Listen to the Music and More
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** Good Evening,
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It's Monday, April 16th.

** Brakes on Russia Sanctions
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President Trump today put the brakes on a preliminary plan to impose additional economic sanctions on Russia, walking back a Sunday announcement by U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley that the Kremlin had swiftly denounced as “international economic raiding,” as the
Washington Post reports (https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-puts-the-brake-on-new-russian-sanctions-reversing-haleys-announcement/2018/04/16/ac3ad4f8-417f-11e8-8569-26fda6b404c7_story.html?utm_term=.bb0dca1a94db&utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=7d9933ffc4-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_04_16&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-7d9933ffc4-145367789) .

Meanwhile, as Reuters reports (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria/u-s-suggests-russia-syria-may-tamper-with-douma-evidence-moscow-denies-idUSKBN1HN1EC?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=7d9933ffc4-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_04_16&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-7d9933ffc4-145367789) , the United States accused Russia today of blocking international inspectors from reaching the site of a suspected poison gas attack in Syria and said Russians or Syrians may have tampered with evidence on the ground.

Dive Deeper: “Can Syria’s Chemical Weapons Be Stopped? (https://www.cfr.org/interview/can-syrias-chemical-weapons-be-stopped?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=7d9933ffc4-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_04_16&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-7d9933ffc4-145367789) ” by CFR’s Lori Esposito Murray.

** New Trade Action Weighed
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The U.S. is examining ways to retaliate against Beijing’s restrictions on U.S. providers of cloud computing and other high-tech services, effectively opening a new front on its trade offensive against China, as the
Wall Street Journal’s Bob Davis reports (https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-is-examining-ways-to-retaliate-against-chinese-restrictions-on-u-s-tech-companies-1523910784?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=7d9933ffc4-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_04_16&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-7d9933ffc4-145367789) .

Dive Deeper: “Random Thoughts on International Trade (https://www.csis.org/analysis/random-thoughts-international-trade?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=7d9933ffc4-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_04_16&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-7d9933ffc4-145367789) ,” by CSIS’s William Reinsch.

** Trump-Abe Summit
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will meet with President Trump tomorrow at Mar-a-Lago on North Korea and other issues of mutual concern as Abe faces roiling political problems at home, as NPR reports (https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2018/04/16/602809055/japans-premier-visits-trump-amid-troubles-both-foreign-and-domestic?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=7d9933ffc4-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_04_16&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-7d9933ffc4-145367789) .

Dive Deeper: “Key Drivers for the Abe-Trump Summit: Mar-a-Lago, Round Two (https://www.csis.org/analysis/key-drivers-abe-trump-summit-mar-lago-round-two?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=7d9933ffc4-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_04_16&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-7d9933ffc4-145367789) ,” by CSIS’s Mike Green, Nicholas Szechenyi, Victor Cha, and Matt Goodman.

** Your Questions
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Do you have any questions about trade and how a changing U.S. trade policy may affect your life? If you do, please email me your question(s) to [email-masked] (mailto:[email-masked]?subject=Your%20Questions) . We’ll publish some of the best questions and get our experts to answer them on an upcoming CSIS podcast.

** Enroll for Fall
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Now enrolling for the Fall, CSIS & Syracuse University's Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs offer a new Executive Master's in International Relations. Information here (https://www.csis.org/programs/abshire-inamori-leadership-academy/executive-education/executive-masters-international?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=7d9933ffc4-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_04_16&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-7d9933ffc4-145367789) .

** In That Number
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** 60%
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60 percent of Americans are more concerned about cybersecurity than a potential war, according to a new survey by IBM.
Source: IBM (http://newsroom.ibm.com/2018-04-16-New-Survey-Finds-Deep-Consumer-Anxiety-over-Data-Privacy-and-Security?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=7d9933ffc4-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_04_16&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-7d9933ffc4-145367789) .

** Critical Quote
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** “This is about doing whatever strike is necessary so as to make him think twice about using whatever it is that he's tucked away into some closet.”
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—CSIS’s Tom Karako (https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/16/airstrikes-wont-stop-syrias-use-of-chemical-weapons-middle-east-expert.html?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=7d9933ffc4-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_04_16&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-7d9933ffc4-145367789) on the U.S. strikes on Assad’s Syria.

** iDeas Lab
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Die Welt
How do U.S. adversaries compete in space? A new report, Space Threat Assessment 2018 (https://aerospace.csis.org/spacethreat2018/?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=7d9933ffc4-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_04_16&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-7d9933ffc4-145367789) , reviews open-source information on the counterspace capabilities and activities of other nations, focusing in particular on China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea.

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: Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images.) Manny Machado of the Baltimore Orioles wears the number 42 in recognition of Jackie Robinson Day yesterday at Fenway Park in Boston.

** Recommended Reading
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“Why West, amid horrors of modern war, is struggling to set red lines (https://www.csmonitor.com/World/2018/0416/Why-West-amid-horrors-of-modern-war-is-struggling-to-set-red-lines?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=7d9933ffc4-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_04_16&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-7d9933ffc4-145367789) ,” by the
Christian Science Monitor’s Ned Temko.

** This Town Tomorrow
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Join CSIS at 10:00 a.m. for a conversation with Jonathan Pershing of the Hewlett Foundation (https://www.csis.org/events/conversation-jonathan-pershing?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=7d9933ffc4-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_04_16&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-7d9933ffc4-145367789) on the strategies within the philanthropic community to address climate change.

At 11:00 a.m., join CSIS for “Democracies Under Duress: Are We Losing Central Europe? (https://www.csis.org/events/democracies-under-duress-are-we-losing-central-europe?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=7d9933ffc4-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_04_16&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-7d9933ffc4-145367789) ,” a discussion on the policy tools Washington and Brussels can use to address democratic backsliding in Central Europe.

Plus, at 11:30 a.m., join CSIS for “How Can Governments Work with the Private Sector around Infrastructure? (https://www.csis.org/events/how-can-governments-work-private-sector-around-infrastructure?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=7d9933ffc4-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_04_16&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-7d9933ffc4-145367789) ”

And, at 5:30 p.m., join CSIS for a conversation with former U.S. Senator Kelly Ayotte (https://www.csis.org/events/global-tensions-world-economy-and-health-security-conversation-former-us-senator-kelly-ayotte?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=7d9933ffc4-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_04_16&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-7d9933ffc4-145367789) to discuss the Syria conflict, Russia, Iran, North Korea and other security challenges, including shifting dynamics in the Middle East.

** Video
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Last week, CSIS hosted “The Russian Way of Warfare, ” a discussion on how current Russian military capabilities have evolved to enable coordinated, multi-domain operations. The event is available on demand here (https://www.csis.org/events/russian-way-warfare?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=7d9933ffc4-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_04_16&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-7d9933ffc4-145367789) .

** Sounds
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On the latest episode of 35 West, Shannon O’Neil of the Council on Foreign Relations gives her take on the Mexican economy, NAFTA, and the “good cop, bad cop” routine that constitutes the current state of the US-Mexico bilateral relationship.

Listen on Apple Podcasts (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/35-west/id1288098233?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=7d9933ffc4-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_04_16&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-7d9933ffc4-145367789) and SoundCloud (https://soundcloud.com/csis-57169780/good-cop-bad-cop-are-us-mexican-relations-better-than-they-seem?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=7d9933ffc4-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_04_16&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-7d9933ffc4-145367789) .

** Smiles
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One of my favorite organizations is called “Playing for Change,” a nonprofit that seeks to connect the world through music. And they do just that with their various programs as well as by producing some soul shaking music videos. Take this one that features Tommy Johnston of the Doobie Brothers doing his classic “Listen to the Music (https://playingforchange.com/listen-to-the-music/?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=7d9933ffc4-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_04_16&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-7d9933ffc4-145367789) ” with a little help from musicians spanning the globe. What a smile.
I invite you to email me at [email-masked] (mailto:[email-masked]) and follow me on Twitter @handrewschwartz (https://www.twitter.com/handrewschwartz?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=7d9933ffc4-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_04_16&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-7d9933ffc4-145367789)

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