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Terror Evolves
In his Oval Office address to the nation last night, President Obama stated that terrorism has evolved into a new phase and laid out the administration\u2019s approach to this threat.

The Wall Street Journal \u2019s Byron Tau outlined the \u201c5 Major Themes in Obama\u2019s Oval Office Speech [ http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2015/12/06/5-major-themes-in-obamas-oval-office-terrorism-speech ] ,\u201d and you can read the full transcript of that speech on the White House\u2019s Medium channel [ https://medium.com/@WhiteHouse/president-obama-addresses-the-nation-on-keeping-the-american-people-safe-b4cfa8a0f143#.mhjapmypr ] .

Dive Deeper: Read CSIS\u2019s Tom Sanderson\u2019s testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Terrorism last week on \u201cISIS\u2019s strategic shift [ http://csis.org/testimony/paris-attacks-strategic-shift-isis ] .\u201d

Learn about the changing trends in terrorism from the START center\u2019s background report [ http://www.start.umd.edu/pubs/START_ParisMassCasualtyCoordinatedAttack_Nov2015.pdf ] .

Final Stretch
Climate talks entered their final week in Paris, with roadblocks still in the way of an over-arching deal, as France 24\u2019s Joseph Bamat reports [ http://www.france24.com/en/20151207-cop21-roadblocks-negotiations-financing-indcs ] .

To get caught up on the talks so far, the New York Times [ http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/cp/climate/2015-paris-climate-talks/paris-climate-talks-highlights-from-the-start-of-2nd-week ] has a round-up of what was achieved today and what remains.


Dive Deeper: As the role of Asia in battling climate change takes center stage, Brookings\u2019 Qi Ye and Tong Wu discuss China\u2019s evolving role [ http://www.brookings.edu/research/articles/2015/12/04-chinas-yes-new-role-climate-battle-qi-wu ] .

And CSIS\u2019s Murray Hiebert looks at how Southeast Asia will be affected [ http://csis.org/publication/southeast-asian-nations-watch-paris-deal-cut-greenhouse-gases ] by any agreement.

CSIS Task Force
Last week, we launched the CSIS Task Force on Women\u2019s and Family Health, with a distinguished and diverse group of leaders who will chart a bold vision for the future of US leadership to support women and families around the world. Task Force member and U.S. senator Susan Collins shared her thoughts today [ http://vision2017.csis.org/working-to-improve-the-lives-of-women-and-families-around-the-world ] on why the task force is so important.

In that Number
$190 million
The amount of new assistance the White House wants to provide Ukraine as support for its reform agenda.
Source: White House [ https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2015/12/07/fact-sheet-us-assistance-ukraine ] .

Critical Quote
\u201cThere\u2019s value for ISIS to claim it either way.\u201d
\u2014Tom Sanderson, director of the CSIS Transnational Threats Project, on the San Bernardino shootings last week.
Source: Voice of America. [ http://www.voanews.com/content/role-of-terrorism-in-shooting-causes-multiple-concerns-fears/3090416.html ]

One to Watch


( Photo Credit: Twitter )

Oriana Pawlyk (@Oriana0214 [ https://twitter.com/Oriana0214 ] ) is the editor of the Military Times \u2019 Early Bird Brief [ https://account.militarytimes.com/newsletters ] newsletter. Oriana previously served as the deputy news editor at the Air Force Times. For your morning dose of defense news, Oriana is one to watch.

Optics


( Photo Credit: Visual Information Specialist Jason Johnston / U.S. Army. )
This photo made it into the Atlantic \u2019s top 25 news photos of 2015 [ http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/12/top-25-news-photos-of-2015/419184 ] , a year in which international affairs loomed large.

Highly Recommended
\u201cHere\u2019s How Much ISIS Is Earning Every Day\u201d [ http://bit.ly/1OLOwe2 ] \u2014about $2 million per day, as the Fiscal Times \u2019s Millie Dent reports.

CSIS Today
Today, CSIS hosted Tinatin Khidasheli, defense minister of Georgia, for a discussion on Georgia\u2019s security future [ http://csis.org/event/statesmens-forum-feat-he-tinatin-khidasheli ] and its relationship with NATO. And afterward, CSIS hosted an event [ http://csis.org/event/competition-capital-national-security-sector ] to discuss the dependence of defense-focused firms on capital markets for resources, and what this means for the allocation of resources to defense investments.

This Town Tomorrow
Tomorrow at 12:30 p.m., join the Atlantic Council for a discussion on US-GCC security cooperation since the summit. Featuring CSIS trustee General Jim Jones, panelists will discuss counterterrorism financing, cybersecurity, counter proliferation, and a range of other issues. Register here [ http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/events/upcoming-events/detail/implementing-camp-david-usgcc-security-cooperation-since-the-summit ] .

CSIS on Demand
The Russian annexation of Crimea has led to over two years of debate in Washington about the best strategy toward Moscow; as Russia and Ukraine become more important in the fight against ISIS, how should Washington engage the region? Last week panelists discussed [ http://csis.org/event/us-and-western-policy-towards-russia-0 ] more cooperative approaches and views of what\u2019s possible to engage Russia.

Sounds
Just over a year after the Sony Pictures hack by North Korea, CSIS\u2019s Korea Chair Victor Cha discusses [ http://cogitasia.com/cogitasia-podcast-north-koreas-cyber-ops ] the country\u2019s cyber capabilities, and how the rest of the world can respond.

I Like It Like That
Eye-catching things in CSIS's orbit
Pew\u2019s new report [ http://pewrsr.ch/1OLNSxb ] on the Washington press corps is interesting.

Smiles
I\u2019m not a Beatles scholar. Which is why my friend Tom Herlehy had to alert me to the fact that the band\u2019s landmark record \u201cRubber Soul\u201d celebrated the 50th anniversary of its release last week. Thanks Tom! Once alerted, I started to notice references to \u201cRubber Soul\u201d everywhere\u2014including via important commentary from the big kahunas out in the LA record biz, who continue to be astonished at Paul McCartney\u2019s vitality.

\u201cRubber Soul,\u201d the Beatles 6th studio album is important because it marked a stylistic turn for the Beatles toward greater experimentation with instruments such as the Indian sitar (\u201cNorwegian Wood.\u201d)

The very title of the record was a bit of a dig at the Rolling Stones\u2019 Mick Jagger whose vocals African American musicians had coined a term for in \u201cplastic soul.\u201d But it was all in good fun, luv\u2026

What absolutely slays me about \u201cRubber Soul\u201d is a song that wasn\u2019t even on the original US release\u2014\u201cDrive My Car.\u201d It was on the UK release and became a huge song for the band anyway (it\u2019s now part of the album as a digital download.)

\u201cDrive My Car\u201d is all Paul musically. John reworked the essential lyrics, but the song features McCartney in one of his funkiest vocal performances.

That\u2019s why it\u2019s still a staple of Sir Paul\u2019s contemporary live shows. Take his summer 2009 tour, captured in the superb live record (and video) \u201cGood Evening New York City\u201d recorded live at New York\u2019s Citi Field.

Paul has assembled a live band with whom he\u2019s played longer live than he did with the Beatles. Imagine\u2026Paul\u2019s band is something to behold, especially drummer Abe Laboriel, Jr. who is almost as fun to watch as McCartney.

I can\u2019t stop listening to and watching this clip [ http://bit.ly/1NGwgxA ] of the Citi Field show featuring a high energy performance of \u201cDrive My Car.\u201d At the end of the song, Paul and band launch immediately into \u201cJet,\u201d a staple of Paul McCartney and Wings\u2019 best record, 1973s \u201cBand on the Run.\u201d It\u2019s overpowering to watch McCartney rock out like this, and such a smile.

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