Subject: The Evening: Cancelled Summit, Cancelled Exercises, Born to Be Wild and More
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Date: Thu, 24 May 2018 21:58:43 +0000
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The Evening: Cancelled Summit, Cancelled Exercises, Born to Be Wild and More
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** Good Evening,
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It's Thursday, May 24th.

** Cancelled Summit
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President Trump today cancelled plans for a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as the White House considered a fresh round of sanctions on Pyongyang, citing “open hostility” from the North Korean regime, as the
Wall Street Journal’s Michael Bender, Vivian Salama and Michael Gordon report (https://www.wsj.com/articles/president-donald-trump-cancels-north-korea-summit-1527169994?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=8fcb4c5844-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_05_24_08_35&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-8fcb4c5844-145367789) .

Dive Deeper: “The Korean Civil-Military Balance (https://www.csis.org/analysis/korean-civil-military-balance?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=8fcb4c5844-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_05_24_08_35&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-8fcb4c5844-145367789) ,” by CSIS’s Anthony Cordesman.

“North Korea Nuclear Negotiations (https://www.cfr.org/timeline/north-korean-nuclear-negotiations?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=8fcb4c5844-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_05_24_08_35&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-8fcb4c5844-145367789) ,” an interactive timeline by CFR.

“Trump Calls off Date with Kim Jong-un (http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/trump-calls-off-date-with-kim-jong-un?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=8fcb4c5844-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_05_24_08_35&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-8fcb4c5844-145367789) ,” by the Atlantic Council.

** Cancelled Exercises
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China’s Defense Ministry expressed regret today after the United States withdrew an invitation to China to attend a major U.S.-hosted naval drill. The Pentagon said the withdrawal of the invitation was in response to what it sees as Beijing’s militarization of islands in the disputed South China Sea, as Reuters' Ben Blanchard reports (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-military-exercise-ties/china-scolds-u-s-for-withdrawing-invite-to-naval-drills-idUSKCN1IP12I?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=8fcb4c5844-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_05_24_08_35&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-8fcb4c5844-145367789) .

Late Wednesday night, Reuters reported (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-military-excercise/pentagon-uninvites-china-from-major-u-s-military-exercise-idUSKCN1IO2W4?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=8fcb4c5844-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_05_24_08_35&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-8fcb4c5844-145367789) on a new set of CSIS Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative satellite photographs which showed China had deployed J-11 combat aircraft as part of its exercises in the South China Sea.

Dive Deeper: Satellite imagery from May 12 shows the deployment of several new weapons systems to China’s base on Woody Island in the Paracels. See the images on CSIS’s Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative (https://amti.csis.org/exercises-bring-new-weapons-paracels/?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=8fcb4c5844-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_05_24_08_35&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-8fcb4c5844-145367789) micro-website.

** More U.S. Resources to Deter Russia
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The senior U.S. general in Europe today said he was seeking more troops, spy planes and other resources to maintain U.S. military superiority and deter Russia as Moscow presses ahead with a modernization of its military, as Reuters’ Andrea Shalal reports (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-europe-security/u-s-top-commander-in-europe-wants-more-resources-forces-to-deter-russia-idUSKCN1IP3IG?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=8fcb4c5844-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_05_24_08_35&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-8fcb4c5844-145367789) .

Meanwhile, CNBC’s Amanda Macias reports (https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/24/russia-quietly-conducted-the-worlds-longest-surface-to-air-missile-test.html?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=8fcb4c5844-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_05_24_08_35&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-8fcb4c5844-145367789)  that Russia has quietly conducted the world's longest surface-to-air missile test.

Dive Deeper: “The Return of Global Russia (https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/interactive/global-russia?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=8fcb4c5844-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_05_24_08_35&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-8fcb4c5844-145367789) ,” by Carnegie.

“The Forthcoming Missile Defense Review (https://missilethreat.csis.org/the-forthcoming-missile-defense-review/?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=8fcb4c5844-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_05_24_08_35&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-8fcb4c5844-145367789) ,” by CSIS’s Ian Williams and Tom Karako.

“Russia’s Land Based Missiles (https://missilethreat.csis.org/country/russia/?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=8fcb4c5844-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_05_24_08_35&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-8fcb4c5844-145367789) ,” by CSIS’s Missile Threat Project.

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** Car Tariff
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Trump’s threat to impose tariffs on automotive imports in the name of national security has drawn condemnation from U.S. trading partners around the world, as the FT’s Shawn Donnan, Guy Chazan and Jim Brunsden report (https://www.ft.com/content/c3527dae-5f33-11e8-9334-2218e7146b04?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=8fcb4c5844-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_05_24_08_35&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-8fcb4c5844-145367789) .

** 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=8fcb4c5844-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_05_24_08_35&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-8fcb4c5844-145367789) .

** In That Number
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** 24
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In 2017, the average Venezuelan lost about 24 pounds in a population where almost 90 percent live below the poverty line. Source: CSIS (https://www.csis.org/analysis/venezuelas-crisis-now-regional-humanitarian-disaster?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=8fcb4c5844-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_05_24_08_35&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-8fcb4c5844-145367789)

** Critical Quote
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** “Sadly, based on the tremendous anger and open hostility displayed in your recent statement, I feel it is inappropriate, at this time, to have this long-planned meeting.”
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— President Trump’s letter to Kim Jong Un (https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/letter-chairman-kim-jong-un/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=wh&utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=8fcb4c5844-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_05_24_08_35&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-8fcb4c5844-145367789)

** iDeas Lab
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Die Welt Our new CSIS podcast, “The Trade Guys (https://csis.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=833ec271d60c6750d9c3baaac&id=1426c39845&e=8410de2645&utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=8fcb4c5844-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_05_24_08_35&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-8fcb4c5844-145367789) ,” breaks down the buzz around trade, how it affects policy, and how it impacts your day-to-day life.

Check out the third episode, “Trade War on Hold and a Skinny NAFTA (https://csis.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=833ec271d60c6750d9c3baaac&id=9e33e10c25&e=8410de2645&utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=8fcb4c5844-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_05_24_08_35&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-8fcb4c5844-145367789) ” that tackles two big stories: what came out of the latest U.S.-China trade talks, and what’s happening with the North American Free Trade Agreement.

** Optics
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Die Welt
(Photo Credit: STR/AFP/Getty Images). A commemorative coin released by the White House for a potential “peace summit.”

** Recommended Reading
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“The fight to own Antarctica (https://www.ft.com/content/2fab8e58-59b4-11e8-b8b2-d6ceb45fa9d0?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=8fcb4c5844-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_05_24_08_35&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-8fcb4c5844-145367789) ,” by the
FT’s Leslie Hook and Benedict Mander.

** This Town Tomorrow
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Join CSIS at 11:00 a.m. (https://www.csis.org/events/venezuelas-presidential-elections-and-response-international-community?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=8fcb4c5844-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_05_24_08_35&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-8fcb4c5844-145367789) for a discussion on how the international community should respond following Venezuela's May 20 presidential elections.

And a (https://www.csis.org/events/careers-global-development-ambassador-patricia-haslach?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=8fcb4c5844-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_05_24_08_35&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-8fcb4c5844-145367789) t 2:30 p.m. (https://www.csis.org/events/careers-global-development-ambassador-patricia-haslach?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=8fcb4c5844-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_05_24_08_35&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-8fcb4c5844-145367789) , join CSIS for a conversation aimed at young professionals who are interested in working in development.

** Video
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Today, CSIS held a half-day conference on the future of U.S. nuclear power. Through a series of panels, experts discussed various concerns over the decline in U.S. nuclear power competitiveness in U.S. electric power markets. Watch the full discussions here (https://www.csis.org/events/can-nuclear-compete?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=8fcb4c5844-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_05_24_08_35&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-8fcb4c5844-145367789) .

** Sounds
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On the latest episode of CSIS’s ChinaPower Podcast, Carl Minzner discusses his book,
End of an Era: How China’s Authoritarian Revival is Undermining Its Rise, where he argues that China’s stagnant government system is slowly erasing the positive changes of the reform era.

Listen on Apple Podcasts (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/chinapower/id1144663360?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=8fcb4c5844-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_05_24_08_35&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-8fcb4c5844-145367789) and SoundCloud (https://soundcloud.com/csis-57169780/the-erosion-of-chinas-reform-era-a-conversation-with-carl-minzner?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=8fcb4c5844-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_05_24_08_35&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-8fcb4c5844-145367789) .

** Smiles
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I love Memorial Day Weekend. It’s so important and meaningful to honor those who died while serving in the U.S. armed forces. In Washington, we get to experience “Rolling Thunder,” when motorcycle riders from around the nation rally in the Pentagon parking lots and then begin riding a designated route through the National Mall. “Rolling Thunder” is many things to many people, but I think most of all, as the official “Rolling Thunder” website says, it has “evolved into a display of patriotism and respect for all who defend our country.” It’s a powerful and genuine display indeed.

As a kid, I always loved Memorial Day because my neighborhood swimming pool would open and summer swim team season would be just around the corner. We take our competitive swimming pretty seriously in Maryland—just ask Katie Ledecky and Michael Phelps.

I still get so excited about our outdoor pools opening.  Californians, Floridians and others who live in such climates that they can swim outside all year are so lucky. Believe me, once our outdoor pools open, I’m grinning ear to ear with a smile.

This one (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ze949XZoTA&utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=8fcb4c5844-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_05_24_08_35&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-8fcb4c5844-145367789) ’s for Rolling Thunder and for pools opening all over our Nation’s Capital on Memorial Day.
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