Subject: The Evening: Threat Exchange, White Helmets Rescued, Anyhow and More
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The Evening: Threat Exchange, White Helmets Rescued, Anyhow and More
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** Good Evening,
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It's Monday, July 23rd.

** Threat Exchange
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The Trump administration opened the week exchanging rhetorical threats with Iran, as the
Wall Street Journal’s Jessica Donati and Nancy Youssef report (https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-threatens-iran-in-late-night-tweet-1532321498?mod=hp_lead_pos2&utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=073847d577-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_07_23_07_17&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-073847d577-145367789) .

And, as the Journal’s Sune Engel Rasmussen reports (https://www.wsj.com/articles/iran-responds-to-trump-tweet-with-warning-against-military-action-1532362011?mod=article_inline&utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=073847d577-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_07_23_07_17&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-073847d577-145367789) , Iranian officials today promised retaliation against any hostile U.S. actions after President Trump issued a threatening tweet at the country’s president.

Dive Deeper: “What the Stolen Iranian Nuclear Secrets Do, and Don’t, Reveal (https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/what-the-stolen-iranian-nuclear-secrets-do-and-dont-reveal?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=073847d577-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_07_23_07_17&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-073847d577-145367789) ,” by the Washington Institute’s Simon Henderson.

** White Helmets Evacuated
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The Syrian government of Bashar Assad today blasted Israel, the United States and other nations for evacuating hundreds of Syrian Civil Defense "White Helmets" rescue workers and their families from Assad's advancing forces, as
USA Today’s John Bacon reports (https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2018/07/23/syria-blasts-u-s-israel-evacuating-terrorist-white-helmet-rescuers/818120002/?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=073847d577-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_07_23_07_17&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-073847d577-145367789) .

Also, see “Inside Israel’s Secret and Unprecedented Rescue of Syria’s White Helmets (https://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Inside-the-secret-and-unprecedented-rescue-of-the-White-Helmets-563216?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=073847d577-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_07_23_07_17&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-073847d577-145367789) ,” by the Jerusalem Post’s Seth Frantzman.

And, as Reuters’ Jeffrey Heller reports (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-israel/israel-rebuffs-russian-offer-to-keep-iranian-forces-from-golan-official-idUSKBN1KD0P1?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=073847d577-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_07_23_07_17&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-073847d577-145367789) , Israel today rebuffed a new Russian offer to keep Iranian forces in Syria away from the Golan Heights ceasefire line, complicating Moscow’s bid to stabilize the country as the civil war there wanes.

** EU Proposal to Stem Migrant Flow
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The European Commission will publish proposals on Tuesday on how to stem the flow of migrants coming into Europe. These include helping to foot the bill for creating “controlled centres” for member states which agree to set them up on their territory and offering EU governments €6,000 for every migrant they take in from boats stranded in the Mediterranean, in plans designed to help ease pressure on Italy’s new anti-immigration government, as the
FT’s Mehreen Khan reports (https://www.ft.com/content/38874b4a-8eaa-11e8-b639-7680cedcc421?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=073847d577-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_07_23_07_17&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-073847d577-145367789) .

Dive Deeper: Confronting the Global Forced Migration Crisis (https://www.csis.org/analysis/confronting-global-forced-migration-crisis?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=073847d577-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_07_23_07_17&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-073847d577-145367789) , by CSIS’s Dan Runde, Erol Yayboke and Aaron Milner.

** 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=073847d577-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_07_23_07_17&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-073847d577-145367789) .

** In That Number
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** 6
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President Trump is considering revoking the security clearances of six former senior national security officials who have criticized him, the White House said today.
Source: WSJ (https://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-trump-weighs-ending-security-clearances-for-six-ex-national-security-officials-1532372938?mod=hp_lead_pos1&utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=073847d577-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_07_23_07_17&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-073847d577-145367789) .

** Critical Quote
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** “To Iranian President Rouhani: NEVER, EVER THREATEN THE UNITED STATES AGAIN OR YOU WILL SUFFER CONSEQUENCES THE LIKES OF WHICH FEW THROUGHOUT HISTORY HAVE EVER SUFFERED BEFORE. WE ARE NO LONGER A COUNTRY THAT WILL STAND FOR YOUR DEMENTED WORDS OF VIOLENCE & DEATH. BE CAUTIOUS!”
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—President Trump

** iDeas Lab
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Die Welt
CSIS’s new Kremlin Playbook Spotlight examines timely examples of Russian malign influence in Europe. See the first case study: Modolva (https://www.csis.org/blogs/kremlin-playbook-spotlight/kremlin-playbook-spotlight-moldova?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=073847d577-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_07_23_07_17&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-073847d577-145367789) .

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: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images.) A space capsule is seen on the South Lawn today during an event to showcase American made products at the White House.

** Recommended Reading
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“Lunch with the FT: Henry Kissinger (https://www.ft.com/content/926a66b0-8b49-11e8-bf9e-8771d5404543?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=073847d577-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_07_23_07_17&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-073847d577-145367789) ,” by the
Financial Times’ Edward Luce.

** This Town Tomorrow
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At 9:00 a.m. (https://www.csis.org/events/eias-international-energy-outlook-2018?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=073847d577-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_07_23_07_17&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-073847d577-145367789) , CSIS will host Linda Capuano, administrator of the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), and other distinguished panelists for a presentation and discussion of the EIA's International Energy Outlook 2018 (IEO2018).

At 10:30 a.m. (https://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/what-to-expect-pakistans-election?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=073847d577-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_07_23_07_17&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-073847d577-145367789) , the Wilson Center will host a conversation on the upcoming Pakistani elections and its implications for the nation’s future.

** Video
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Today, CSIS’s Transnational Threats Project hosted a discussion on countering violent extremism within the United States and abroad. The conversation featured Mitchell Silber, former Director of Intelligence Analysis for the New York City Police Department, and Jesse Morton, the former leader and co-founder of Revolution Muslim. Watch the full event here (https://www.csis.org/events/unmaking-jihadism-current-effort-combat-violent-extremism?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=073847d577-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_07_23_07_17&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-073847d577-145367789) .

** Sounds
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On the latest episode of The Readout, CSIS’s Colm Quinn sits down with CSIS experts Olga Oliker and Jeff Mankoff to discuss the fallout of the Helsinki Summit, and CSIS expert Dan Runde on the new Ethiopian-Eritrean peace agreement.

Listen on Apple Podcasts (https://itunes.apple.com/us/itunes-u/the-csis-podcast/id383703191?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=073847d577-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_07_23_07_17&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-073847d577-145367789) and SoundCloud (https://soundcloud.com/csis-57169780/the-trump-putin-parley-and?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=073847d577-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_07_23_07_17&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-073847d577-145367789) .

** Smiles
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I can’t say enough about Susan Tedeschi and the Tedeschi Trucks Band. Since 2010, along with her husband Derek Trucks on guitar, Tedeschi and the band have defined roots rock for many. In fact, many of those fans are counting down the days until Tedeschi Trucks takes the stage at New York’s Beacon Theatre for their 6-day annual residency. Here’s why (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwgEELSShrU&utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=073847d577-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_07_23_07_17&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-073847d577-145367789) .
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