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Defense Budget Cuts?

A majority of American voters would trim defense spending by $12 billion, according to a new poll from a University of Maryland initiative, as the Hill \u2019s Christina Wong reports [ http://cs.is/1QGWVwC ] .

And, as IHS Jane\u2019s Defense Weekly \u2019s Daniel Wasserbly reports [ http://www.janes.com/article/58589/pentagon-budget-2017-evolving-power-projection-concepts-shaped-dod-s-request ] , today\u2019s CSIS event on the DoD budget provided insight into how leaders of the Defense Department conducted a strategic review of the \u201cpower projection portfolio,\u201d which includes platforms for deterring adversaries and potential adversaries.

Dive Deeper: CSIS\u2019s International Security Program today launched a survey [ https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/HHNKKG2 ] to gauge opinion on the main contemporary problems facing the defense establishment. The survey will remain open through 11:59 p.m. Friday, March 11. The survey is anonymous.

Plus, today\u2019s event, \u201cThe FY2017 Defense Budget and Strategic Outlook\u201d can be viewed On Demand. [ http://csis.org/event/fy2017-defense-budget-and-strategic-outlook ]

And, for additional information regarding defense reform initiatives, please visit the CSIS Defense360 micro website [ http://defense360.csis.org ] and commentary series by CSIS\u2019s John Hamre.

US Strikes in Somalia
US airstrikes hit a Shabab training camp today, 120 miles north of Mogadishu. According to US officials, the strikes came as the al Qaeda affiliate was conducting a graduation ceremony for its fighters. The New York Times \u2019 Helene Cooper has the story. [ http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/08/world/africa/us-airstrikes-somalia.html ]

Dive deeper: START has a quick primer [ https://www.start.umd.edu/baad/narratives/al-shabaab ] on who Shabab are and their history.

The BBC also have a graphic-rich explainer [ http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-15336689 ] on the group and its actions.

US and South Korea Drills
The US and South Korea started their major joint military exercises yesterday, which include rehearsing strikes on North Korea\u2019s nuclear facilities and \u201cdecapitation raids,\u201d as the Washington Post \u2019s Anna Fifield reports [ https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/in-drills-us-south-korea-practice-striking-norths-nuclear-plants/2016/03/06/46e6019d-5f04-4277-9b41-e02fc1c2e801_story.html ] .

Dive Deeper: CSIS Senior Adviser and Korea Chair Victor Cha assesses whether North Korea\u2019s rhetoric condemning the exercises leads to any real action by the DPRK in a just-published Korea Chair Snapshot/em. [ https://csis.org/publication/how-serious-are-north-koreas-pre-emptive-attack-threats ]

In that Number
17,000
The US and South Korea began one of their annual large-scale joint military exercises, which involves 17,000 American troops. The drills test the allies\u2019 ability to respond to North Korean attacks on the Korean peninsula.
Source: New York Times [ http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/07/world/asia/north-korea-threatens-nuclear-attack-as-us-and-south-korea-begin-drills.html?em_pos=large&emc=edit_nn_20160307&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=70741727&_r=0 ] .

Critical Quote
\u201cBut the reality is if you compare the sanctioning of North Korea to date with that against Iran, the sanctions on Iran were exponentially much more comprehensive.\u201d
\u2014Victor Cha, CSIS Korea Chair, on the UN\u2019s recent strengthening of sanctions against North Korea.
Source: CNBC [ http://www.cnbc.com/2016/03/03/inside-the-push-to-stop-kim-jong-uns-nuclear-ambitions.html ] .

One to Watch


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Optics
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Central Asia Daniel Rosenblum recorded a quick video preview [ https://twitter.com/State_SCA/status/706965659423531008 ] of what to expect at tomorrow\u2019s Strategic Partnership Dialogue with Kazakhstan.

Highly Recommended
The New York Times \u2019 Michael Gordon today reported on excerpts [ http://cs.is/1pbdXwn ] from the forthcoming book, The Envoy , by Zalmay Khalilzad, former US ambassador to the UN, Afghanistan, and Iraq, in \u201cU.S. Conferred With Iran Before Iraq Invasion, Book Says.\u201d

CSIS trustee Bob Schieffer will host the CSIS Schieffer Series with Ambassador Khalilzad to discuss The Envoy on March 31. This will be Ambassador Khalilzad\u2019s first Washington book event. More details later.

CSIS Today
Today, 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 insightful discussion here [ http://csis.org/event/fy2017-defense-budget-and-strategic-outlook ] .

This Town Tomorrow
As President Obama prepares to welcome Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada for a state visit, join POLITICO and CABC for cocktails and a series of high-level conversations on North American leadership in the global economy, energy, security, and the refugee crisis. For more information and to register, click here. [ http://www.politico.com/events/2016/03/a-new-agenda-canada-and-the-us-in-the-world-219209 ]

CSIS on Demand
Last week, the CSIS Transnational Threats Project hosted Gregory Treverton [ http://csis.org/event/strategic-intelligence-view-national-intelligence-council-nic ] , chairman of the National Intelligence Council, on the NIC and its connection to policy, focusing on the organization\u2019s key challenge: how to balance the rush of immediate support to policy\u2014especially the two main policy bodies in the U.S. government, the Deputies Committee and the Principals Committee\u2014with analysis that seeks to put immediate issues in a wider context of substance or time.

Sounds
NPR\u2019s All Things Considered takes a look [ http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2016/03/07/468589425/as-migrants-flow-in-sweden-begins-to-rethink-its-open-door-policy ] at the latest on the EU migration crisis\u2014as migrants continue to flow in, Sweden is beginning to rethink its open-door policy.

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

The BBC took a look inside Medium [ http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-35709680 ] , which offers a platform for long-form articles and space for civil discourse.

Smiles
The Who are currently on their 50th anniversary tour. This is a band that has blazed a pioneering trail and their 50th tour is not a mere novelty.

My friend Parker Simes\u2019 brother, the Grammy nominated multi-instrumentalist Frank Simes is The Who\u2019s music director.

Frank Simes (who has recorded with everyone who matters) has assembled and is part of a Who touring band that blows minds and amplifiers with the best of them. But more about the Who\u2019s current band tomorrow. Tonight Parker (who is based in Tokyo) is in Boston to see the show, so I will wait a day to talk about the current Who lineup.

After all, there is so much to discuss about The Who and we can\u2019t cover it all in a week or even a year. For that, I would recommend reading Pete Townshend\u2019s autobiography.

So, let\u2019s just smile with the band and watch one of The Who\u2019s greatest performances ever caught on film\u2014\u201cThe Real Me\u201d [ http://cs.is/24MJyVe ] from a 1979 show at London\u2019s Hammersmith Odeon.

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