Subject: The Evening: Venezuela, Saudi Arabia, White Rabbit and More
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Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2019 23:54:04 +0000
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The Evening: Venezuela, Saudi Arabia, White Rabbit and More
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** Good Evening,
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It's Thursday, January 24th.

** Venezuela
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The leader of Venezuela’s armed forces declared loyalty to President Nicolás Maduro on Thursday and said the opposition’s effort to replace him with a transitional government amounted to an attempted coup, while Vladimir Putin telephoned Maduro and “emphasized that destructive external interference is a gross violation of the fundamental norms of international law,” as the
New York Times’ Ana Vanessa Herrero and Neil MacFarquhar report (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/24/world/americas/venezuela-news-maduro-russia.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage&utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=0401b8f13a-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_01_24_09_12&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-0401b8f13a-145367789 ) .

Dive Deeper: “Critical Questions:  Juan Guaidó: Venezuela’s Interim President (https://www.csis.org/analysis/juan-guaid%C3%B3-venezuelas-interim-president?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=0401b8f13a-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_01_24_09_12&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-0401b8f13a-145367789) ,” by CSIS’s Moises Rendon.

“Venezuela: The Rise and Fall of a Petrostate (https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/venezuela-crisis?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=0401b8f13a-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_01_24_09_12&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-0401b8f13a-145367789) ,” via CFR’s Rocio Cara Labrador.

** Saudi Missiles
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Satellite images suggest that Saudi Arabia has constructed its first known ballistic missile factory, according to weapons experts and image analysts, a development that raises questions about the kingdom’s increasing military and nuclear ambitions, as the
Washington Post’s Paul Sonne reports (https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/can-saudi-arabia-produce-ballistic-missiles-satellite-imagery-raises-suspicions/2019/01/23/49e46d8c-1852-11e9-a804-c35766b9f234_story.html?utm_term=.1cf9f0cb5e5a&utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=0401b8f13a-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_01_24_09_12&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-0401b8f13a-145367789 ) .

** International Inquiry on Khashoggi
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The United Nations special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions told Reuters on Thursday she will travel to Turkey next week to head an “independent international inquiry” into the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, as Reuters’ Stephanie Nebehay reports (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-saudi-khashoggi-un-exclusive/exclusive-u-n-expert-to-lead-international-inquiry-into-khashoggi-murder-idUSKCN1PI27S?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=0401b8f13a-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_01_24_09_12&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-0401b8f13a-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.

** By The Numbers
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** In That Number
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** $20 million
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The U.S. offered $20 million in emergency aid to opposition leader Juan Guaidó’s side and requested an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council on Saturday on the Venezuela crisis.

Source: New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/24/world/americas/venezuela-news-maduro-russia.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fworld&action=click&contentCollection=world&region=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=sectionfront&utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=0401b8f13a-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_01_24_09_12&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-0401b8f13a-145367789)

** Critical Quote
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** “Kim Jong-un said that we will believe in President Trump's positive way of thinking.”
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— North Korean state run news agency KCNA

** iDeas Lab
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CSIS
CSIS's Moises Rendon explains the humanitarian crisis taking place in Venezuela. Check out the short video, "What's Happening in Venezuela," here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-kK2WrRi8k&utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=0401b8f13a-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_01_24_09_12&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-0401b8f13a-145367789) .

The Andreas C. Dracopoulos iDeas Lab at CSIS enhances our research with the latest in cutting-edge web technologies, design, and video.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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CSIS
(Photo Credit: Mark Wilson/Getty Images). Former California Governor Jerry Brown, (L) and former U.S. Secretary of Defense William Perry unveil the Doomsday Clock during The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists news conference today in Washington. This year, the Doomsday Clock remains unchanged and is set at two minutes to Midnight.

** Recommended Reading
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“Iran’s Revolution and the Problem of Autocratic Allies (https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2019/01/24/irans-revolution-and-the-problem-of-autocratic-allies/?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=0401b8f13a-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_01_24_09_12&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-0401b8f13a-145367789) ” by Brookings’s Tamara Cofman Wittes.

** This Town Tomorrow
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At 10:00 a.m. (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-trump-administrations-middle-east-policies-a-mid-term-assessment-tickets-54937709167?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=0401b8f13a-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_01_24_09_12&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-0401b8f13a-145367789) , The Middle East Policy Council (MEPC), will host a panel discussion featuring CSIS's Jon Alterman. He and other experts will provide a mid-term assessment of the Trump administration’s Middle East policy.

** Video
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CSIS held its latest installment of its Schieffer Series yesterday, covering the U.S. withdrawal from Syria and Afghanistan. CSIS experts and guest panelist provided insight and context to the recent decision, and assessed the effect of these decisions on regional stability, as well as the consequences for U.S. national security. Watch the full video here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2mtUtl5mjM&utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=0401b8f13a-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_01_24_09_12&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-0401b8f13a-&utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=0401b8f13a-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_01_24_09_12&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-0401b8f13a-145367789) .

** Podcasts
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Die Welt
Images of migrants charging the U.S. border obscure a larger trend. Many Mexican and Central American migrants are returning home, whether they want to or not. Andrew Selee, president of the Migration Policy Institute, returns to talk about who is coming and who is going. Check out this latest episode on 35 West.

Listen on SoundCloud (https://soundcloud.com/csis-57169780/coming-home?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=0401b8f13a-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_01_24_09_12&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-0401b8f13a-145367789) , Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/0CJcACgKq1FKmafp9bd4Gp?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=0401b8f13a-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_01_24_09_12&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-0401b8f13a-145367789) or Apple Podcasts (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/35-west/id1288098233?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=0401b8f13a-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_01_24_09_12&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-0401b8f13a-145367789) .

** Smiles
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Thanks for all of the great emails about the potential soundtrack for “The Many Saints of New York.”  In addition to my Frankie Valli bet, I wager that the Jefferson Airplane’s “White Rabbit (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdoLcgxvf98&utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=0401b8f13a-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_01_24_09_12&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-0401b8f13a-145367789 ) ” is going to make the cut.  This 1975 live version is by the Jefferson Starship but it’s so gritty that I couldn’t pass it up.  And don’t give up early on this one, Grace doesn’t disappoint.
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=0401b8f13a-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_01_24_09_12&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-0401b8f13a-145367789)

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