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** Brush Up
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The United States needs to brush up on its history about the South China Sea, as World War II–related agreements mandated that all Chinese territories taken by Japan had to be returned to China, Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi said in Australia, as Reuters reports (http://www.reuters.com/article/us-southchinasea-china-usa-idUSKBN15N04N?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=51c84fcca3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_02_08&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-51c84fcca3-145367789) .

Dive Deeper: A new interactive article published today by CSIS’s Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative (AMTI) shows “Beijing’s Other South China Sea Military Buildup (https://amti.csis.org/paracels-beijings-other-buildup/?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=51c84fcca3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_02_08&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-51c84fcca3-145367789) ,” namely, the Paracels.


** Encryption Challenges
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The challenges that data encryption pose for law enforcement are manageable, according to a new CSIS study released today, as the
Hill reports (https://origin-nyi.thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/318487-encryption-of-data-manageable-for-law-enforcement-think-tank-says?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=51c84fcca3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_02_08&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-51c84fcca3-145367789) .

Dive Deeper: See The Effect of Encryption on Lawful Access to Communications and Data (https://www.csis.org/analysis/effect-encryption-lawful-access-communications-and-data?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=51c84fcca3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_02_08&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-51c84fcca3-145367789) , by CSIS’s James Andrew Lewis, Denise Zheng, and William Carter.


** Moving On
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The UK House of Commons today overwhelmingly agreed to let the government begin its departure from the EU, as they voted on the Brexit bill. The draft legislation was approved by 494 votes to 122 and now moves to the House of Lords, as the BBC reports (http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-38902484?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=51c84fcca3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_02_08&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-51c84fcca3-145367789) .


** Somalia's New Leader
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A former prime minister who holds dual Somali-US citizenship, Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, was declared Somalia’s new president today, immediately taking the oath of office as the long-chaotic country moved toward its first fully functioning central government in a quarter century, as the Tribune News Service reports (http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-somalia-elections-20170208-story.html?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=51c84fcca3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_02_08&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-51c84fcca3-145367789) .


** Romanian Government Survives
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Romania's center-left government has survived a parliamentary vote of no confidence after mass protests, as the AP reports (http://time.com/4663660/romania-government-no-confidence-vote-survival/?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=51c84fcca3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_02_08&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-51c84fcca3-145367789) .


** In That Number
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** 1/3
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The portion of operating revenue that the average sanctioned or associated company loses due to sanctions against Russia, according to a new State Department report. The report also found that companies lose over one-half of their asset value and about one-third of their employees relative to their nonsanctioned peers. Source: State Department, Measuring Smartness: Understanding the Economic Impact of Targeted Sanctions (https://www.state.gov/documents/organization/267590.pdf?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=51c84fcca3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_02_08&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-51c84fcca3-145367789) .


** Critical Quote
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** “Contrary to popular sentiment, the Trump administration’s approach to U.S. borders and security could be less bold than is required by current circumstances.”
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—CSIS’s Kimberly Breier authored a new commentary today, “Going Even Bigger on the Border: A North American Infrastructure Push (https://www.csis.org/analysis/going-even-bigger-border-north-american-infrastructure-push?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=51c84fcca3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_02_08&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-51c84fcca3-145367789) .”


** iDeas Lab
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Transition 45 (https://defense360.csis.org/transition45/?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=51c84fcca3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_02_08&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-51c84fcca3-145367789) is a series by CSIS’s International Security Program on defense policy issues facing the Trump administration. As CSIS’s Todd Harrison puts it, “Bottom line: The Trump administration is inheriting a military that is ripe for reform.”

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


** Optics
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(Navy photo: Petty Officer 2nd Class Jeremy Graham.)
Sailors clear snow and ice from the forecastle of the USS McCampbell in the Sea of Japan. The guided-missile cruiser is patrolling in the 7th Fleet area of operations to support security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.


** Recommended Reading
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“How a U.S. team uses Facebook, guerrilla marketing to peel off potential ISIS recruits (https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/bait-and-flip-us-team-uses-facebook-guerrilla-marketing-to-peel-off-potential-isis-recruits/2017/02/03/431e19ba-e4e4-11e6-a547-5fb9411d332c_story.html?postshare=9011486485789834&tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.0f5557fbd444&utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=51c84fcca3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_02_08&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-51c84fcca3-145367789) ,” via the
Washington Post’s Joby Warrick.


** Sounds
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In the latest Arms Control Wonk podcast, “Nuke the Moon (https://itun.es/i67V7wB?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=51c84fcca3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_02_08&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-51c84fcca3-145367789) ,” hosts Jeffrey Lewis and Aaron Stein share stories about how the moon featured in the arms race.


** On Demand
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CSIS’s Scholl Chair in International Business hosted “Practical Strategies for Improving Trade Consultation (https://www.csis.org/events/practical-strategies-improving-trade-consultation?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=51c84fcca3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_02_08&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-51c84fcca3-145367789) ” last month, which explored how the executive branch can improve its processes for soliciting and responding to input from the public regarding trade policy and negotiations.


** This Town Tomorrow
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Join the Wilson Center’s Digital Futures Project at 8:30 a.m. for “Bridging the Gaps in Cybersecurity Policy (https://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/bridging-the-gaps-cybersecurity-policy?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=51c84fcca3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_02_08&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-51c84fcca3-145367789) .”

The Holocaust Memorial Museum is hosting “Memory Transferred: Voices from the Descendants of Destruction and Displacement” at 7:00 p.m. You can register to attend here (https://www.ushmm.org/online/calendar/eventDetails.php?event=MAMEMRYTRDC0217&utm_source=listings&utm_campaign=Memory_Transferred_DC_listings&utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=51c84fcca3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_02_08&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-51c84fcca3-145367789) or livestream the programhere. (https://www.ushmm.org/watch/memory-transferred?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=51c84fcca3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_02_08&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-51c84fcca3-145367789)

On February 15, the Center for a New American Security is hosting thebook launch (https://www.cnas.org/events/book-launch-earning-the-rockies-how-geography-shapes-americas-role-in-the-world?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=51c84fcca3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_02_08&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-51c84fcca3-145367789) of Earning the Rockies: How Geography Shapes America's Role in the World, by Robert D. Kaplan, CNAS senior fellow.


** Smiles
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Ok, I’m just going to say it: Tom Brady has me all freaked out. Somehow I missed this but I just learned post-Super Bowl that the man doesn’t eat any white sugar, dairy or white flour. Well, maybe I did know this but I suppressed it and it has resurfaced to haunt me. Don’t get me wrong, I’m happy for Tom, Pats fans and practitioners of good health everywhere.

But I’m freaked out because I can’t conceive of how good one must feel if they can stick to a diet like this. I’m freaked out because this morning while working out, all I could think of is, “How on earth am I going to avoid white sugar, dairy and white flour?”

My trainer, Damani, told me not to worry, that my job is to write smiles, not to be a professional athlete. And that if I can just add one more work out per week that would be a step in the right direction. Then Damani did the best possible thing he could do to make me smile: he streamed the music of Maceo Parker over the gym’s loudspeakers and told me to “Shake Everything You’ve Got (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABLwmYI09Lw&utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=51c84fcca3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_02_08&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-51c84fcca3-145367789) .”


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