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Welcome to The Evening CSIS \u2014my daily guide to key insights CSIS brings to the events of the day plus HIGHLY RECOMMENDED content from around the world. If you want to view this in your browser, click here [ http://CSIS.informz.net/InformzDataService/OnlineVersion/Individual?mailingInstanceId=5417617&subscriberId=1062005454 ] . To subscribe, please send me an email at aschwartz@csis.org [ mailto:aschwartz@csis.org ] .

Iran's Long Shot
Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps test-fired several ballistic missiles Tuesday, Iranian state television said, challenging a UN resolution and drawing a threat of a diplomatic response from the US, as Reuters reports [ http://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-missiles-idUSKCN0WA0UY ] .

Dive Deeper: CSIS\u2019s Anthony Cordesman\u2019s commentary \u201cIran, Missiles, and Nuclear Weapons [ http://csis.org/publication/iran-missiles-and-nuclear-weapons ] \u201d is a quick read, while his landmark report Iran\u2019s Rocket and Missile Forces and Strategic Options [ https://csis.org/publication/irans-rocket-and-missile-forces-and-strategic-options-0 ] is more comprehensive.

Global Economic Derailment
The world faces a growing \u201crisk of economic derailment\u201d and needs immediate action to boost demand, the International Monetary Fund\u2019s David Lipton warned today in Washington, as new figures pointed to the worst monthly collapse in Chinese exports since 2009, the Financial Times \u2019 Shawn Donnan, Chris Giles, and Gabriel Wildau report [ https://next.ft.com/content/714fb8aa-e4ec-11e5-ac45-5c039e797d1c ] .

And, as the Wall Street Journal \u2019s Andrew Browne writes today, \u201cFor Beijing, Political Goals Trump Economics [ http://www.wsj.com/articles/for-beijing-political-goals-trump-economics-1457409557 ] .\u201d

Dive Deeper: CSIS\u2019s Scott Kennedy has just published State and Market in Contemporary China: Toward the 13th Five-Year Plan [ http://csis.org/publication/state-and-market-contemporary-china ] , a collection of essays by Dr. Kennedy and other leading experts on Chinese economic policy.

Interview with John Hamre
In Japan, the Yomiuri Shinbum\u2019s Tatsuya Fukumoto has just published an interview with CSIS\u2019s CEO, John Hamre, "Japan to be anchor in Asia with US [ http://www.the-japan-news.com/news/article/0002793771 ] ."

Terror in Tel Aviv
A US tourist was stabbed to death and at least 9 others were wounded by a Palestinian armed with a knife on a popular boardwalk in the Jaffa port area of Tel Aviv, Reuters reports [ http://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-violence-tourist-idUSKCN0WA2FR?utm_source=twitter ] .

And, as the Associated Press reports [ http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2016/03/08/world/middleeast/ap-ml-israel-palestinians.html ] , Vice President Biden was meeting with former Israeli president Shimon Peres at the Peres Center for Peace just hundreds of meters away from the attack at the time. [ http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2016/03/08/world/middleeast/ap-ml-israel-palestinians.html ]

In addition to the Jaffa attack, two additional Palestinian attacks occurred in Jerusalem and Petah Tikva respectively, prompting Israel\u2019s Intelligence Minister Yisrael Katz to declare Israel is \u201cin the midst of a war against ISIS-style Muslim extremist terror.\u201d And former Israeli justice minister Tzipi Livni said Vice President Biden\u2019s trip to Israel could serve as an opportunity to \u201clower the flames\u201d of tension between Israel and the Palestinians, as the Jerusalem Post reports [ http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Current-wave-of-violence-is-a-war-says-Israeli-intelligence-minister-447289 ] .

Dive Deeper: Brookings\u2019 Khaled Elgindy has an essay in the current issue of the Washington Quarterly : \u201cLost in the Chaos: the Palestinian Leadership Crisis [ http://cs.is/1QF01Vh ] .\u201d

In that Number
60
The number of individuals with suspected terror links that are currently residing in Canada, according to the director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS). Source: Globe and Mail [ http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/sharp-rise-in-number-of-canadians-involved-in-terrorist-activities-abroad/article28864101 ] .

Critical Quote
\u201cDepending on how both sides read it, this could be a specific case, or it could get overheated and extended.\u201d
\u2014Scott Kennedy, director of the CSIS Project on Chinese Business and Political Economy, on the recent move by the United States to restrict sales to ZTE, a Chinese electronics firm, on charges it violated US sanctions against Iran.
Source: New York Times [ http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/08/technology/us-restricts-sales-to-zte-saying-it-breached-sanctions.html?_r=0 ]

One to Watch


( Photo Credit: Twitter .)
Janie Boschma (@janieboschma [ https://twitter.com/janieboschma ] ) is a founding member of POLITICO\u2019s new data team, where she will serve as data editor. Janie previously served as a senior associate editor at the Atlantic and worked on their Next America [ http://www.theatlantic.com/special-report/next-america ] demography project. For data-driven reporting, Janie is one to watch.

Optics


( \ufeffPhoto Credit: Department of Defense [ http://www.defense.gov/News-Article-View/Article/688410/carter-salutes-womens-contributions-on-international-womens-day ] [ http://www.defense.gov/News-Article-View/Article/688410/carter-salutes-womens-contributions-on-international-womens-day ] )

In honor of International Women\u2019s Day: In 2002, Air Force airman Vanessa Dobos became the first female aerial gunner, a combat duty that had previously been closed to women. Dobos went on to serve with distinction in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Highly Recommended
\u201cWhy Every Day Should Be International Women\u2019s Day [ https://medium.com/usaid-2030/why-every-day-should-be-international-women-s-day-1458928d01b5#.pmugroldd ] ,\u201d by USAID administrator Gayle Smith.

Dive Deeper: Visit the CSIS Task Force on Women\u2019s & Family Health [ http://vision2017.csis.org ] micro website.

This Town Tomorrow
Tomorrow, you can join New America for its second annual conference on Cybersecurity. This year\u2019s Cybersecurity for a New America conference [ https://www.newamerica.org/cybersecurity-initiative/cybersecurity-for-a-new-america-2016 ] will focus on how to shape the future of cybersecurity. How will cyberspace evolve? What does that mean for cybersecurity? And what can we do to ensure that security gets better not worse?

CSIS on Demand
Yesterday, the CSIS International Security Program hosted a half-day Defense360 [ http://defense360.csis.org ] conference on the recently released FY2017 defense budget request and strategic priorities. Catch the event and panels here [ http://csis.org/event/fy2017-defense-budget-and-strategic-outlook ] .

Sounds
On the latest episode [ http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/07/insider/former-jerusalem-bureau-chief-answers-readers-questions.html?rref=collection%2Fcolumn%2Finsider-podcasts&action=click&contentCollection=insider®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=collection ] of the New York Times \u2019 Inside The Times podcast, former NYT Jerusalem bureau chief Judy Rudoren answers readers\u2019 questions about her experience covering Israel and the Palestinians.

I Like It Like That
Eye-catching things in CSIS's orbit

Via the Peterson Institute for International Economics, \u201cReality Check for the Global Economy [ http://www.piie.com/publications/briefings/piieb16-3.pdf ] .\u201d

Smiles
Yesterday, I mentioned that The Who are on their 50th anniversary tour. Roger Daltrey turned 72 this month, Pete Townshend is 70. But these eminent rockers of yore can still bring it like no one else.

It surely helps that they are propelled by one of rock\u2019s best rhythm sections, Zak Starkey (Ringo\u2019s son, Keith Moon\u2019s mentee and godson) on drums and the great Pino Paladino on bass. My friend Parker Simes\u2019s brother, Frank, is the band\u2019s musical director and he has tapped the very source of Daltrey and Townshend\u2019s eternal youth\u2014the powerful angst that has always lurked behind their greatest tunes.

Parker tells me that last night\u2019s show at Boston\u2019s TD Garden was superb.

Last Friday night, The Who performed live on Jimmy Fallon\u2019s show. It was their first appearance on US late-night television in almost a decade. And, with this heart-pounding rendition of \u201cWho are You [ http://www.rollingstone.com/tv/news/watch-the-who-bring-rousing-who-are-you-to-tonight-show-20160305 ] \u201d the band absolutely roared.
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