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The Evening: Strong Words on NK, Wall Street Records, Mission in the Rain and More ------------------------------------------------------------ Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser (http://mailchi.mp/csis.org/the-evening-strong-words-on-nk-wall-street-records-mission-in-the-rain-and-more?e=e55aaf27de) . c48bd2c1-9b25-42f7-aa17-3c814b9557f7.jpg ** Good Evening, ------------------------------------------------------------ It's Tuesday, September 12th. ** Strong Words on NK ------------------------------------------------------------ President Donald Trump said on Tuesday the latest UN sanctions on North Korea agreed to this week were only a very small step and nothing compared to what would have to happen to deal with the country’s nuclear program, as Reuters’ Roberta Rampton reports (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-missiles/north-korea-sanctions-nothing-compared-to-what-will-have-to-happen-trump-idUSKCN1BL12S?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=5896655061-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_09_12&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-5896655061-145367789) . Meanwhile, Bloomberg’s Ting Shi and David Tweed report (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-09-12/in-sanctioning-kim-china-and-russia-warn-u-s-no-regime-change?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=5896655061-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_09_12&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-5896655061-145367789) that China and Russia have warned the United States not to seek North Korean regime change. Dive Deeper: See CSIS’s latest two-minute video, “How it Works: Detecting a North Korean Missile Strike on Guam (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPgRm2ApspE&utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=5896655061-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_09_12&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-5896655061-145367789) .” ** Syria’s Allies: Hezbollah and Russia ------------------------------------------------------------ The Lebanese Shi‘ite group Hezbollah has declared victory in the Syrian war, while Russia said government forces had driven militants from much of the country where President Bashar al-Assad’s rule seemed in danger two years ago, as Reuters’ Tom Perry and Katya Golubkova report (http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-hezbollah/hezbollah-declares-syria-victory-russia-says-much-of-country-won-back-idUSKCN1BN0YL?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=5896655061-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_09_12&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-5896655061-145367789) . Dive Deeper: See Brookings’ Itamar Rabinovich on “The Syrian crisis: A reckoning and a road map (https://www.brookings.edu/blog/markaz/2017/09/12/the-syrian-crisis-a-reckoning-and-a-road-map/?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=5896655061-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_09_12&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-5896655061-145367789) .” ** Record Highs ------------------------------------------------------------ The Dow Jones Industrial Average, the S&P 500, and the Nasdaq Composite closed at records, as investors regained confidence after skirting several dire scenarios, as the Wall Street Journal’s Michael Wursthorn reports (https://www.wsj.com/articles/global-stocks-extend-gains-1505182480?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=5896655061-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_09_12&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-5896655061-145367789) . And, everyone is buzzing about the iPhone X, as Recode’s Dan Frommer reports on the new device and “Everything important Apple just announced (https://www.recode.net/2017/9/12/16296050/live-updates-news-apple-iphone-8-x-event-products?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=5896655061-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_09_12&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-5896655061-145367789) .” ** In That Number ------------------------------------------------------------ ** 8.5 million ------------------------------------------------------------ The UN Security Council agreed to new sanctions against North Korea, limiting its imports of crude oil to 8.5 million barrels a year. Source: Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/in-the-push-for-oil-embargo-on-north-korea-china-is-reluctant-to-sign-off/2017/09/11/3a5b56fe-96e5-11e7-a527-3573bd073e02_story.html?ex_cid=SigDig&utm_term=.f7778d8b95a3&utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=5896655061-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_09_12&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-5896655061-145367789) . ** Critical Quote ------------------------------------------------------------ ** “What China does not like is a reminder of what it has done in the South China Sea.” ------------------------------------------------------------ — Australia’s former defense secretary, Dennis Richardson, at CSIS yesterday (https://www.csis.org/events/csis-pertamina-banyan-tree-leadership-forum-dennis-richardson-ao?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=5896655061-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_09_12&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-5896655061-145367789) . ** iDeas Lab ------------------------------------------------------------ Die Welt This interactive map (https://missilethreat.csis.org/russia-nato-a2ad-environment/?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=5896655061-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_09_12&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-5896655061-145367789) from the CSIS Missile Defense Project shows the missile stand-off between NATO and Russia. The Andreas C. Dracopoulos iDeas Lab at CSIS enhances our research with the latest in cutting-edge web technologies, design, and video. ** Optics ------------------------------------------------------------ Die Welt (Photo Credit: JOSH EDELSON/AFP/Getty Images.) Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks about the new iPhone 8 during a media event at Apple’s new headquarters today in Cupertino, California. ** Recommended Reading ------------------------------------------------------------ Via the Cincinnati Enquirer, a superb interactive essay: “Seven Days of Heroin: This is what an epidemic looks like (http://www.cincinnati.com/pages/interactives/seven-days-of-heroin-epidemic-cincinnati/?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=5896655061-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_09_12&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-5896655061-145367789) .” ** This Town Tomorrow ------------------------------------------------------------ Join CSIS’s Japan Chair at 9:00 a.m. tomorrow for a discussion on North Korea’s abduction of Japanese citizens (https://www.csis.org/events/update-north-koreas-abduction-japanese-citizens/?block2&utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=5896655061-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_09_12&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-5896655061-145367789) . Join CSIS’s Proliferation Prevention Program at 1:00 p.m. for “Nuclear Balancing Act in Japan After 2018 (https://www.csis.org/events/nuclear-balancing-act-japan-after-2018?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=5896655061-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_09_12&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-5896655061-145367789) .” The CSIS Project on Military and Diplomatic History is hosting its first event. Join them at 3:00 p.m. for a book talk (https://www.csis.org/events/impossible-presidency-dr-jeremi-suri?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=5896655061-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_09_12&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-5896655061-145367789) on the Impossible Presidency by Dr. Jeremi Suri (https://www.csis.org/events/impossible-presidency-dr-jeremi-suri?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=5896655061-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_09_12&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-5896655061-145367789) . And, join CSIS’s Americas Program at 4:30 p.m. for “Hurricane Irma: The Aftermath and Caribbean Disaster Response (https://www.csis.org/events/hurricane-irma-aftermath-and-caribbean-disaster-response?block1&utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=5896655061-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_09_12&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-5896655061-145367789) .” The event will feature an expert panel, including ambassadors from the Caribbean region to discuss the impact of the disaster. ** Video ------------------------------------------------------------ Premiering worldwide on Monday, September 18, at the Newseum’s Annenberg Theater, The New Barbarianism (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aih962zGZt0&utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=5896655061-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_09_12&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-5896655061-145367789) is a CSIS documentary film on violence against health workers, patients, and facilities worldwide. The premiere will be held at 6:30 p.m. You can RSVP here (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScsYNnBZwsEhpty3wb6VYTy-9Gnu9JA-FHKDCsZxv353c_w5Q/viewform?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=5896655061-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_09_12&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-5896655061-145367789) . ** Sounds ------------------------------------------------------------ In July, CSIS Korea Chair Victor Cha joined the CSIS Podcast to discuss how the United States and the international community can “diffuse North Korea.” Listen on Apple Podcasts (https://itunes.apple.com/us/itunes-u/the-csis-podcast/id383703191?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=5896655061-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_09_12&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-5896655061-145367789) or SoundCloud (https://soundcloud.com/csis-57169780/defusing-north-korea?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=5896655061-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_09_12&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-5896655061-145367789) . ** Smiles ------------------------------------------------------------ I’ve been thinking about all the people who have been hit by Hurricane Irma and the damage done. 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