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Welcome to The Evening CSIS—my daily guide to key insights CSIS brings to the events of the day plus HIGHLY RECOMMENDED content from around the world. To subscribe, please send me an email at aschwartz@csis.org (mailto:aschwartz@csis.org) .

NOTE: The Evening CSIS will not be published Friday, April 22. We’ll be back on Monday with more info and more smiles.


** Special Relationship?
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President Obama said today that the US would continue to enhance security cooperation with its Persian Gulf allies, but encouraged them to bolster their ability to defend themselves, as the New York Times’s Michael Shear and Ben Huggard report (http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/22/world/middleeast/obama-saudi-arabia-summit.html) from Riyadh.

Dive Deeper: CSIS’s Jon Alterman appeared today on NPR’s On Point with Tom Ashbrook for a segment called “Will the Special Saudi-US Relationship Survive? (http://onpoint.wbur.org/2016/04/21/obama-saudi-us-trip) ”

And, the Washington Institute for Near East Policy’s Simon Henderson published a new commentary, “The Long Divorce (http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/the-long-divorce) ,” about the Obama administration’s new era in US-Saudi ties.

Plus, Brookings’ Bruce Reidel published a commentary about “Why the US and Saudi Arabia still need each other (http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/markaz/posts/2016/04/14-obama-saudi-arabia-visit-riedel) .”


** Should They Stay or Should They Go?
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President Barack Obama wades into British politics during his visit to London on Friday, taking sides in an intensifying debate by urging the UK to remain in the European Union, as Colleen McCain Nelson and Jenny Gross of the Wall Street Journal report (http://www.wsj.com/articles/obama-to-wade-into-brexit-debate-in-london-with-call-for-european-cohesion-1461272482) .

Dive Deeper: Late last week CSIS hosted a press briefing on President Obama’s trip, including his visit to England and Germany. The full transcript of our briefing is available for download (http://csis.org/files/attachments/160413_press_briefing_obama.pdf) .

Also, Chatham House’s Robin Niblett published a new commentary that the “US has the right to argue for remain (https://www.chathamhouse.org/expert/comment/us-has-right-argue-remain) .”


** Commander in Xi
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China's President Xi Jinping has assumed a new US-style joint role as commander-in-chief of the military, and he’s got the uniform to prove it, as NBC News reports (http://www.nbcnews.com/news/china/china-s-president-xi-adds-new-title-military-commander-chief-n559606) .

Dive Deeper: This week CSIS launched "ChinaPower (http://chinapower.csis.org/) ," an immersive micro-website that offers never-before-seen features exploring China’s lone aircraft carrier in 3D, breaks down Chinese defense spending, explores whether China has an effective sea-based nuclear deterrent and analyzes China’s status in terms of calling it a military superpower.


** In that Number
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** $2 billion
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On Wednesday, the Supreme Court cleared the way for terror victims to collect nearly $2 billion from Iran’s central bank.
Source: WSJ (http://www.wsj.com/articles/supreme-court-upholds-terrorism-victims-ability-to-collect-frozen-iran-funds-1461162784?mod=djem10point) .


** Critical Quote
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** “If you were to shift US forces currently in Japan and Korea back to the US, you would have to place them somewhere, and those facilities are fairly expensive to build and maintain."
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—Zack Cooper, CSIS fellow with the Japan Chair, on the debate over the stationing of US military forces overseas.
Source: CNN (http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/21/politics/trump-troops-korea-japan-cheaper-abroad/) .


** One to Watch
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(Photo Credit: LinkedIn.)

Elias Groll (@EliasGroll (https://twitter.com/EliasGroll) ) is a staff writer at Foreign Policy where he covers cybersecurity, privacy, and intelligence. Elias previously served as the managing editor of the Harvard Crimson. For the latest news on cybersecurity and intelligence, Elias is one to watch.


** Optics
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(Photo Credit: Justin Sink (https://twitter.com/justinsink/status/723258768763527168) .)
President Obama was transported to London’s Winfield House today aboard Marine One.


** Highly Recommended
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Via Time, “13 of the World’s Most Influential Women You Don’t Know Yet (http://time.com/4301736/time-100-women-2016/?linkId=23719216) .”


** CSIS Today
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CSIS’s Human Rights Initiative hosted “Foreign Policy and Human Rights Challenges in the European Union (http://csis.us11.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=833ec271d60c6750d9c3baaac&id=f80cd68d85&e=d556e146bd) ,” with Stavros Lambrinidis, EU special representative for human rights.

CSIS’s Proliferation Prevention Program hosted “US Policy Directions in Limiting Enrichment and Reprocessing (http://csis.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=833ec271d60c6750d9c3baaac&id=553305dff9&e=d556e146bd) ” with Assistant Secretary of State Thomas Countryman, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Energy Edward McGinnis, and Dr. Robert Gallucci.


** CSIS Tomorrow
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Join CSIS’s Middle East Program tomorrow at 9:30 a.m. for “The Middle East at an Inflection Point with Gen. Mattis (The%20Middle%20East%20at%20an%20Inflection%20Point%20with%20Gen.%20Mattis) .” Watch live here (http://csis.org/event/middle-east-inflection-point-gen-mattis) .


** This Town Tomorrow
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Join the US Institute of Peace tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. for “Colombia Peace Forum: Seeking Truth on the ‘Disappeared.’ (http://www.usip.org/events/colombia-peace-forum-seeking-truth-the-disappeared) ”


** CSIS on Demand
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Last month, CSIS hosted former UK defense secretary Liam Fox for “Running Towards a Brexit? Understanding the Transatlantic Implications of the UK Referendum (http://csis.org/event/running-towards-brexit-understanding-transatlantic-implications-uk-referendum) .”


** Sounds
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Today, Buzzfeed Politics introduced a new podcast show: “No One Knows Anything (https://www.buzzfeed.com/katherinemiller/introducing-the-buzzfeed-politics-podcast-no-one-knows-anyth#.lowvqY7v4) .”


** I Like It Like That
Eye-catching things in CSIS's orbit
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CSIS’s iDeas Lab created a 3-D model of China’s aircraft carrier (http://www.businessinsider.com/interactive-3d-csis-aircraft-carrier-2016-4) , the Liaoning. It’s been viewed 79,000 times since yesterday on Business Insider alone.


** Smiles
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There is no rock and roll without Little Richard, Elvis or James Brown. And there is no Jimi Hendrix without Little Richard, Elvis and James Brown, nor is there a Sly and the Family Stone. There is no Funkadelic or Meters without Sly. Which brings us to Prince. There is no Lenny Kravitz, D’Angelo, or Bruno Mars without Prince.

Today, one of the most important links in the DNA chain of modern American music died.

Because he was larger than life, most people don’t think of Prince as someone who loved being part of a band, or, playing music with the people he looked up to (even though Prince’s heroes thought of Prince as the hero.)

Like when Prince joined Sly Stone’s bass player Larry Graham a few years ago on stage in a small New York club to perform Sly’s seminal 1969 hit “Thank You." I’d like to smile and think there is a jam like this (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfqO-rt0BDI) that is going on right now somewhere where Prince is just one of the guys in the band along with James Brown, Elvis and Jimi. Maybe Janis is even singing backup.


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