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** Hold On
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President Trump directly called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel today at the White House to curtail Jewish home building in the West Bank, and he backed away from longstanding US support for the idea of a sovereign Palestinian state alongside Israel, as the
Washington Post’s Anne Gearan reports (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/02/15/trump-tells-netanyahu-to-hold-back-on-west-bank-settlements/?utm_term=.e0f89d2f137d&utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=eba9bd8d70-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_02_15&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-eba9bd8d70-145367789) .

Dive Deeper: See the Washington Institute’s David Makovsky on “What Will Netanyahu Discuss with Trump? (http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/what-will-netanyahu-discuss-with-trump?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=eba9bd8d70-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_02_15&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-eba9bd8d70-145367789) ” and the Institute’s Robert Satloff’s “The Trump-Netanyahu Meeting in the Context of Emerging U.S. Middle East Policy (http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/the-trump-netanyahu-meeting-in-the-context-of-emerging-u.s.-middle-east-pol?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=eba9bd8d70-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_02_15&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-eba9bd8d70-145367789) .”

Plus, Makovsky and Dennis Ross’s “Toward a New Paradigm for Addressing the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/toward-a-new-paradigm-for-addressing-the-israeli-palestinian-conflict?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=eba9bd8d70-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_02_15&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-eba9bd8d70-145367789) .”

From Brookings’ Martin Indyk, “Unpacked: Trump, Netanyahu and US-Israel Relations (https://www.brookings.edu/blog/unpacked/2017/02/14/trump-netanyahu-and-us-israel-relations/?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=eba9bd8d70-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_02_15&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-eba9bd8d70-145367789) .”

And, from CSIS’s Haim Malka today for Defense One, “When Netanyahu and Trump Meet, Russia Should Top the Agenda (http://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2017/02/russia-should-top-agenda-when-trump-netanyahu-meet/135415/?oref=d-topstory&utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=eba9bd8d70-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_02_15&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-eba9bd8d70-145367789) .”


** Spend More
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Defense Secretary Jim Mattis warned today in Brussels that the amount of American support for NATO could depend on whether other countries meet their own spending commitments, as the
New York Times’ Helene Cooper reports (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/15/world/europe/jim-mattis-nato-trump.html?_r=0&utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=eba9bd8d70-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_02_15&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-eba9bd8d70-145367789) .

Dive Deeper: See CSIS’s Anthony Cordesman’s report “NATO and the Delicate Balance of Deterrence: Strategy versus Burden Sharing (https://www.csis.org/analysis/nato-and-delicate-balance-deterrence-strategy-versus-burden-sharing?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=eba9bd8d70-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_02_15&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-eba9bd8d70-145367789) .”


** The Clash
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Federal Reserve chairwoman Janet Yellen today fended off Republican criticism of the central bank’s efforts to boost the economy and repeated her warnings that proposals to rein in the Fed could compromise its independence, as the
Wall Street Journal’s Kate Davidson reports (https://www.wsj.com/articles/yellen-defends-feds-large-balance-sheet-during-house-questioning-1487180090?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=eba9bd8d70-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_02_15&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-eba9bd8d70-145367789) .

Dive Deeper: See the Peterson Institute’s Olivier Blanchard on “Short-Run Effects of Lower Productivity Growth: A Twist on the Secular Stagnation Hypothesis (https://piie.com/publications/policy-briefs/short-run-effects-lower-productivity-growth-twist-secular-stagnation?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=eba9bd8d70-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_02_15&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-eba9bd8d70-145367789) .”


** In That Number
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** 4
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The number of Turkish imam’s whose homes were raided by German police today for allegedly spying on behalf of President Erdogan’s government. Source: AFP (https://www.yahoo.com/news/german-police-raid-homes-turkish-imams-suspected-spying-000525492.html?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=eba9bd8d70-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_02_15&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-eba9bd8d70-145367789) .


** Critical Quote
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** “Given Kim Jong Nam’s longtime residency in Beijing and Macau, he presumably acted as a source of insight for the Chinese on how to interpret happenings inside North Korea. With the earlier execution of Jang Sung Taek…Yong Nam’s demise could leave Beijing with very little feel for North Korean internal dynamics, and therefore more reluctant to push the North on the nuclear program.”
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—CSIS’s Christopher K. Johnson on the ramifications of the suspected assassination of Kim Jong Un’s brother, Yong Nam. Source: Financial Times (https://www.ft.com/content/bb8a3ffc-f2ac-11e6-95ee-f14e55513608?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=eba9bd8d70-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_02_15&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-eba9bd8d70-145367789) .


** iDeas Lab
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Our interactive report “Turning Point: A New Comprehensive Strategy for Countering Violent Extremism (https://www.csis.org/features/turning-point?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=eba9bd8d70-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_02_15&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-eba9bd8d70-145367789) ” visualizes and maps every terrorist attack globally between 2012-2015.

The Andreas C. Dracopoulos iDeas Lab at CSIS enhances our research with the latest in cutting-edge web technologies, design, audio, and video.


** Optics
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(Photo Credit: Andrew Harrer-Pool/Getty Images.)
President Donald Trump (R), Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, (2nd R) and their wives, first lady Melania Trump (L) and Sara Netanyahu, walk into the White House today.


** Recommended Reading
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“Rise of refugee ‘fake news’ rattles German politics (https://www.ft.com/content/11410abc-ef6e-11e6-ba01-119a44939bb6?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=eba9bd8d70-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_02_15&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-eba9bd8d70-145367789) ,” by the
Financial Times’ Guy Chazan.


** This Town Tomorrow
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Join CSIS’s Energy and National Security Program at 10:00 a.m. for “The Road to Market Rebalance: Oil & Gas in 2017 (https://www.csis.org/events/road-market-rebalance-oil-gas-2017?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=eba9bd8d70-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_02_15&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-eba9bd8d70-145367789) .”

Join the East-West Center at 12:00 p.m. for a book discussion (http://www.eastwestcenter.org/events/japans-security-renaissance-new-policies-and-politics-the-twenty-first-century?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=eba9bd8d70-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_02_15&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-eba9bd8d70-145367789) of Japan’s Security Renaissance: New Policies and Politics for the Twenty-First Century.

Join CSIS’s Project on Prosperity and Development at 1:30 p.m. for a panel discussion examining the applications of blockchain technology (https://www.csis.org/events/blockchain-technology-and-global-development?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=eba9bd8d70-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_02_15&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-eba9bd8d70-145367789) in developing economies.

At 4:30 p.m., the US Institute of Peace will host a conversation with Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein (http://www.usip.org/events/un-human-rights-chief-his-impossible-diplomacy?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=eba9bd8d70-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_02_15&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-eba9bd8d70-145367789) , the seventh UN high commissioner for human rights, on the “The Impossible Diplomacy of Human Rights.” The event has reached capacity, but you can watch the live webcast here.

And join CSIS’s Project on Nuclear Issues (PONI) at 4:30 p.m. for a debate on European missile defenses for NATO (https://www.csis.org/events/debate-european-missile-defenses-nato?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=eba9bd8d70-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_02_15&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-eba9bd8d70-145367789) .


** On Demand
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CSIS’s International Security Program hosted, “Undersea Warfare in Northern Europe (https://www.csis.org/events/undersea-warfare-northern-europe?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=eba9bd8d70-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_02_15&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-eba9bd8d70-145367789) ” in June, which focused on Russia’s expanding use of undersea warfare as part of a broader strategy of coercion aimed at its neighbors and the United States.


** Sounds
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After North Korea launched another test missile over the weekend, the CSIS Podcast talks to Tom Karako, senior fellow and director of the CSIS Missile Defense Project, on North Korea’s missile technology and what can be done to counteract it (https://itunes.apple.com/us/itunes-u/the-csis-podcast/id383703191?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=eba9bd8d70-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_02_15&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-eba9bd8d70-145367789) .


** Smiles
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It’s pretty tough to top Al Green when it comes to great performances and overall cool. I think I have a solution though—a band that is so cool that the Stones stole their guitar player.

Yep, you guessed it now: The Faces. Rod Stewart, Ronnie Wood, Ronnie Lane (bass), Ian McLagan (keys) and Kenney Jones (who would later join The Who) on drums.

When performing live, The Faces ignited the stage with their swagger and raw energy. With one of rock’s greatest front men in Rod Stewart, The Faces captured something if only for a short time. This was a band that had chemistry and passion for playing great music—whether they wrote the song themselves or covered someone else’s song.

“Stay with Me (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtqF0qBqzZo&utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=eba9bd8d70-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_02_15&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-eba9bd8d70-145367789) ,” written by Stewart and Wood stands the test of time.


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