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Party Discipline
China\u2019s Xi Jinping is set to test party discipline over the next two weeks, when roughly 3,000 lawmakers meet in Beijing to go over his economic blueprint for the next five years, as the Wall Street Journal \u2019s Chun Han Wong reports [ http://cs.is/1QS3eTq ] .

Dive Deeper: CSIS\u2019s Claire Reade authored a new commentary today: \u201cCan We Make Progress on Trade and Investment with China in 2016? [ http://cs.is/1oWF4er ] \u201d

Reversal of Fortune
The collapse in oil prices over the past year has left state-owned energy groups in Latin America reeling, as the Financial Times reports [ http://cs.is/1QS5PwF ] .

Dive Deeper: CSIS\u2019s Energy and National Security Program has launched a valuable and dynamic new publication series: Energy Fact & Opinion (EFO.) We plan to use these succinct, easy-to-digest notes to cover energy market, policy, and geopolitical developments in a timely manner.

In the latest edition of EFO, CSIS\u2019s Sarah Ladislaw, Zachary Cuyler, and Katelyn Heflin authored \u201cEnergy Fact & Opinion: Venezuela Attempts to Regain Balance [ http://cs.is/1VPdhqs ] .\u201d


For more on Venezuela, CFR\u2019s Robert Kahn wrote \u201cVenezuela on the Edge [ http://cs.is/1QS8Hd1 ] .\u201d

Don't Forget about Iran's Election
\u201c4 reasons Iran\u2019s election is a bigger deal than you think [ http://cs.is/1QS8pmf ] ,\u201d by Vox\u2019s Max Fisher.

Dive Deeper: Dr. Sanam Vakil of Chatham House writes in a commentary published today \u201cDespite Election Triumph, Rouhani Still Faces Formidable Foes [ http://cs.is/1QS8u9H ] .\u201d

The Jungle
A notorious migrant shantytown known as \u201cthe Jungle\u201d in Calais, France, often used as a staging ground to cross the English Channel to the UK was torn down Tuesday amid clashes with French police, as the Washington Post \u2019s James McAuley reports [ http://cs.is/1VP85CV ] .

Dive Deeper: The German Marshall Fund\u2019s Stephen Szabo today posted a 10-minute podcast: \u201cThe Multiple Crises of Europe: A Conversation with Klaus Scharioth [ http://cs.is/1QS8YN6 ] ."

In that Number
$1 million
The CEO of an international metallurgical company is facing up to 20 years in prison and a $1 million fine for exporting a dual-use cobalt-nickel metallic powder to Iran.
Source: Department of Justice [ https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/chief-executive-officer-international-metallurgical-company-arrested-exporting-aerospace ] .

Critical Quote
\u201cI can\u2019t imagine the Chinese would tolerate end-to-end encryption or a refusal to cooperate with their police, particularly in a terrorism case.\u201d
\u2014James A. Lewis, director of the CSIS Strategic Technologies Program, on the recent controversy over the FBI and Apple iPhone encryption case.
Source: LA [ http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-apple-china-20160226-story.html ] Times [ http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-apple-china-20160226-story.html ] .

One to Watch


( Photo Credit: Twitter. )
Jillian Kumagai (@jilliankumagai [ https://twitter.com/jilliankumagai ] ) is an editorial fellow at the Atlantic focusing on global affairs. Jillian writes the Atlantic \u2019s \u201cThe Week in Global-Affairs Writing [ http://www.theatlantic.com/author/jillian-kumagai ] ,\u201d which showcases foreign affairs articles from a variety of sources each week. She was previously an editorial assistant at Guernica and a features intern at Mashable. For foreign affairs news from around the web, Jillian is one to watch.

Optics


Astronaut Scott Kelly posted this picture [ https://twitter.com/StationCDRKelly/status/704705817661083649/photo/1 ] of the last sunrise that he will see on his year-long mission aboard the International Space Station. Kelly and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko will return to Earth later tonight, a live-feed is available here [ http://gizmodo.com/watch-scott-kelly-and-mikhail-kornienko-plummet-to-eart-1762158022 ] .

Highly Recommended
\u201cNew bin Laden documents show a suspicious, pressured al Qaeda,\u201d [ http://cs.is/1QS1PMI ] by Reuters\u2019 Warren Strobel, Phil Stewart, and Mark Hosenball.

CSIS Today
Today, the CSIS Project on Prosperity and Development hosted \u201cFacing Complex Challenges: Innovating through Integrated Development.\u201d To watch the event on demand, click here. [ http://csis.org/event/facing-complex-challenges-innovating-through-integrated-development ]

CSIS Tomorrow
Tomorrow, join CSIS at 9:30 a.m. as the Energy and National Security Program hosts a discussion on Canada\u2019s energy future in 2016. Click here [ http://csis.org/event/canadas-energy-future-2016 ] to register or watch online. And after at 10:00 a.m., catch a panel [ http://csis.org/event/whos-fairest-them-all-effects-bid-protests-acquisition-system ] discussion that explores the US government\u2019s bid protest procedures and how this mechanism shapes process, practice, and behavior in the defense acquisition system. Finally, watch live [ http://csis.org/event/public-diplomacy-and-higher-education ] tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. for a discussion on the role of higher education in US diplomacy and foreign policy.

This Town Tomorrow
As the world watches Iran\u2019s latest elections, join the Woodrow Wilson International Center tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. for \u201cAnalyzing the Results of the February 26 Iran Elections.\u201d Register for the discussion here [ https://dc.linktank.com/event/analyzing-the-results-of-the-february-26-iranian-elections ] .

CSIS on Demand
On Monday, CSIS hosted a discussion on China\u2019s initiative to promote Internet sovereignty as a key governing concept of the global Internet. Watch the event on demand here [ http://csis.org/event/china-reality-check-chinas-internet-sovereignty-initiative-origins-and-consequences ] , as panelists cover what would happen if the initiative were successful.

Sounds
The CSIS Energy and National Security Program\u2019s latest podcast covered the role of US production in current market dynamics. The podcast is available here [ http://csis.org/program/podcast-series ] .

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

By 2020, BI Intelligence estimates [ http://cs.is/1VP6SeP ] that 75% of cars shipped globally will be built with the necessary hardware to connect to the Internet.

Smiles
\u201cWay over yonder in the minor key\u2026there ain\u2019t nobody that can sing like me.\u201d

Folk music, by definition, is embedded in all of our DNA. Most simply put, it is the music of the people. And, together, along with jazz, blues, country, bluegrass and other genres of music, it comprises the DNA of Rock and Roll.

I\u2019ve always been fascinated by folk or \u201croots\u201d music. I couldn\u2019t help but notice Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger during early childhood. Nowadays, I think about Woody and his iconic status all the time.

Guthrie influenced some of the most important musicians of the past 100 years\u2014among them, Bob Dylan, Jerry Garcia and Bruce Springsteen.

Guthrie also influenced one of the more important but lesser known English singer-songwriters of the past several decades, Billy Bragg.

With the American roots rock band Wilco, Bragg took dozens of Guthrie\u2019s unrecorded lyrics and set them to music in 1998 for a record called Mermaid Avenue\u2014the name of the street in Coney Island, New York where Woody lived. The music of Mermaid Avenue proved to be so popular that three volumes of it have been released, the latest in 2012.

With this simple acoustic performance [ http://cs.is/1QS12v2 ] , Bragg underscores the lasting power of folk music and of Woody Guthrie.

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