Subject: The Evening: Israel and Iran, U.S. and EU, Street Parades and More
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The Evening: Israel and Iran, U.S. and EU, Street Parades and More
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** Good Evening,
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It's Tuesday, May 1st.

** Israel and Iran
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said today it does not seek war with Iran, a day after presenting purported evidence of past Iranian nuclear arms work, but suggested President Donald Trump backed its latest attempt to kill a deal aimed at curbing Iran’s atomic ambitions, as Reuters reports (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-iran/pushing-to-bury-iran-deal-israel-insists-nobody-wants-war-with-tehran-idUSKBN1I23HA?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=6da5642337-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_05_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-6da5642337-145367789) .

Dive Deeper: “Iran and the May 12th Deadline: Finding Winning Compromises (https://www.csis.org/analysis/iran-and-may-12th-deadline-finding-winning-compromises?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=6da5642337-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_05_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-6da5642337-145367789) ,” by CSIS’s Anthony Cordesman.

“How Will Iran Prepare for Potential U.S. Withdrawal from the JCPOA? (http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/how-will-iran-prepare-for-potential-u.s.-withdrawal-from-the-jcpoa?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=6da5642337-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_05_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-6da5642337-145367789) ” by the Washington Institute’s Omer Carmi.

“Iran Nuclear Deal Procurement Channel Update: Is it being bypassed? (http://isis-online.org/isis-reports/detail/iran-nuclear-deal-procurement-channel-update-is-it-being-bypassed/8?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=6da5642337-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_05_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-6da5642337-145367789) ” by the Institute for Science and International Security’s David Albright and Andrea Stricker.

** U.S. and EU Dig In
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The U.S. and Europe dug in for a bitter trade fight after President Donald Trump gave allies only a one-month reprieve from his steel and aluminum tariffs, with Washington demanding concessions from the EU as Brussels vowed not to be held to ransom, as the
FT’s Jim Brunsden and Shawn Donnan report (https://www.ft.com/content/b8920aaa-4d2d-11e8-97e4-13afc22d86d4?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=6da5642337-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_05_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-6da5642337-145367789) .

** New CDC Report on Illness from Mosquito, Tick and Flea Bites
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A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released today has found that illnesses from mosquito, tick and flea bites more than tripled in the United States from 2004 to 2016, as the
Washington Post’s Lena H. Sun reports (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2018/05/01/diseases-spread-by-ticks-mosquitoes-and-fleas-more-than-tripled-in-the-u-s/?utm_term=.6abfea364300&utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=6da5642337-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_05_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-6da5642337-145367789) .

** 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=6da5642337-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_05_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-6da5642337-145367789) .

** In That Number
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** $14.4 billion
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Between 2008 and 2017, China exported some $14.4 billion worth of conventional weapons across the globe, making it the 5th largest arms supplier in the world – behind the United States, Russia, France, and Germany. Source: CSIS China Power Project (https://chinapower.csis.org/china-global-arms-trade/?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=6da5642337-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_05_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-6da5642337-145367789) .

** Critical Quote
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** “I don’t think it’s the end of the world if the administration leaves the agreement.”
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— Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on the Iran agreement (http://thehill.com/policy/international/middle-east-north-africa/385626-condoleezza-rice-defends-trump-leaving-iran?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=6da5642337-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_05_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-6da5642337-145367789) .

** iDeas Lab
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Die Welt
CSIS’s ChinaPower Project released a new interactive feature, “How dominant is China in the global arms trade? (https://chinapower.csis.org/china-global-arms-trade/?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=6da5642337-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_05_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-6da5642337-145367789) ” exploring Chinese arms exports from 2008 to 2017, and it how it compares to other global arms suppliers.

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: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images.) Secretary of State Mike Pompeo greets State Department employees today during a welcome ceremony in the lobby of the Harry S. Truman Building.

** Recommended Reading
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“Civilians and ‘By, With, and Through’: Key Issues and Questions Related to Civilian Harm and Security Partnership (https://www.csis.org/analysis/civilians-and-and-through?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=6da5642337-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_05_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-6da5642337-145367789) ,” by CSIS’s Melissa Dalton, Daniel Mahanty, Hijab Shah, Julie Snyder with Jenny McAvoy and Kelsey Hampton of InterAction.

** This Town Tomorrow
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At 10:00 a.m. (http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/events/upcoming-events/detail/russias-energy-strategy?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=6da5642337-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_05_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-6da5642337-145367789) , join the Atlantic Council to discuss a timely discussion on Russia’s energy strategy, the final event in a four-part series on “Russia Today and Tomorrow: Internal Strengths and Weaknesses.”

Join Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies at 12:30 p.m. (http://www.sais-jhu.edu/events-calendar/events/women-and-war-boko-haram?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=6da5642337-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_05_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-6da5642337-145367789) for a conversation on gender and security, and more specifically, women in the war of Boko Haram.

And on May 8^th, at 12:00 p.m. (http://www.aei.org/events/advancing-american-interests-through-philanthropy-a-conversation-with-spirit-of-americas-jim-hake/?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=6da5642337-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_05_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-6da5642337-145367789) join the American Enterprise Institute to discuss how nonprofits can work both with and outside government to solve the most difficult challenges of our time.

** Video
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Today, CSIS’s Energy & National Security Program hosted three energy experts to discuss the state of play of carbon markets and pricing around the world. The conversation focused on a politically fraught issue: the lack of a U.S.  nation-wide carbon price. Watch the full discussion (https://www.csis.org/events/update-carbon-pricing?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=6da5642337-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_05_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-6da5642337-145367789) here (https://www.csis.org/events/update-carbon-pricing?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=6da5642337-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_05_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-6da5642337-145367789) .

** Sounds
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On the latest Citizens in Training episode, Dr. Steffen Hertog, an associate professor in comparative politics at the London School of Economics, discusses the goals and long-term prospects of the UAE’s national service program in the context of shifting relations between Gulf militaries, governments, and societies.

Listen here on Apple Podcast (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id1358417260?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=6da5642337-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_05_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-6da5642337-145367789) or SoundCloud (https://soundcloud.com/csis-57169780/conscription-and-the-social?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=6da5642337-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_05_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-6da5642337-145367789) .

** Smiles
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As New Orleans is getting ready for the second week or Jazz Fest, I thought I would provide you with an example of the routine and spontaneous eruptions of joyful noise (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3E1VBCcA76E&utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=6da5642337-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_05_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-6da5642337-145367789) that occur in the Crescent City during Jazz Fest and almost every day of the week, year round.
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