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Turkey Shoot
Vladimir Putin said Turkey's shooting down of a Russian warplane was a \u201cstab in the back,\u201d and in Washington, President Obama called for de-escalation but said Turkey has the right to defend its airspace, as the Washington Post \u2019s Hugh Naylor, Andrew Roth and Daniela Deane report [ http://wapo.st/1Of5bq5 ] (with excellent video, photos and graphics included).

Dive Deeper: CSIS\u2019s Heather Conley today published a new commentary The Danger Games: Russia and NATO Collide [ http://bit.ly/1Of6qFU ] .

And, CSIS\u2019s Bulent Aliriza wrote in an email to me today from Ankara,

\u201cResponding to the strong comments by Russian President Vladimir Putin after the shooting down of a Russian fighter plane over southern Turkey, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan defended the action equally strongly while condemning Russia's bombing of Turkmens in Syria close to the border and support for Assad. Although NATO and the U.S. are understandably worried about a further worsening of tensions with Russia, there is nevertheless a very real danger of escalation because the bilateral relationship between Ankara and Moscow has become so badly frayed and unpredictable.\u201d

Plus, CFR\u2019s Richard Haass today published an op-ed [ http://on.cfr.org/1Of6bdY ] for the Financial Times \u201cOpponents of ISIS Must Influence Not Isolate Russia.\u201d


Also, via Ashish Kumar Sen of the Atlantic Council, \u201cTurkey Shot Down a Russian Jet. Here's Why it Matters [ http://bit.ly/1Of6lSH ] .\u201d


New Suspect

An investigation into the Nov. 13 attacks in Paris expanded today when French prosecutors said a man who provided lodging to the suspected ringleader must have known of a terrorist plot, and Belgium issued a warrant for a new suspect, as Reuters reports [ http://reut.rs/1Of7ae3 ] .


Meanwhile in Washington, President Obama met with French President Hollande. The two leaders vowed to escalate airstrikes against ISIS and bolster intelligence sharing following the deadly attacks in Paris, as AP\u2019s Julie Pace reports [ http://wapo.st/1Of7SYE ] .

Dive Deeper: CSIS\u2019s Anthony Cordesman today published a new commentary Fighting Fear as Well as ISIS: Setting the Right Priorities [ http://bit.ly/1N6kRGX ] .

And, CSIS\u2019s Sarah Watson published a new commentary [ http://bit.ly/1Of9jX5 ] today India\u2019s Getting Serious about Counterterrorism \u2014 Again in wake of the Paris attacks.


The White House today provided a transcript [ http://1.usa.gov/1Of82iY ] of President Obama and President Hollande\u2019s joint news conference held in the East Room.

South China Sea in Court
The Philippines asked global judges at the Hague today to recognize its right to exploit waters in the South China Sea, as Reuters\u2019 Thomas Escritt reports [ http://yhoo.it/1Of8FsJ ] .

Dive Deeper: CSIS\u2019s Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative (AMTI) today celebrates [ http://amti.csis.org/amti_anniversary ] its first year as a microsite. The last 12 months have underscored the need for greater transparency in Asia\u2019s contested waters. With Asian maritime tensions likely to rise further in 2016, a commitment to transparency will only grow more necessary. View all of our new content by visiting amti.csis.org [ http://amti.csis.org ]

Iranian Hackers
Four months after inking a nuclear deal with Iran, American officials and private security groups say they see a surge in sophisticated computer espionage by Iran, culminating in a series of cyberattacks against State Department officials over the past month, as the New York Times \u2019s David Sanger and Nicole Perlroth report [ http://nyti.ms/1OfafL3 ] .

Dive Deeper: CSIS\u2019s Strategic Technologies Program led by James Lewis and Denise Zheng offers a trove of information about cybersecurity, including a timeline of significant cyber events [ http://bit.ly/1OfavKa ] .

In that Number
52%

The percentage of British people who would support the UK leaving the EU, according to a recent poll.
Source: Reuters [ http://uk.reuters.com/article/2015/11/24/uk-britain-eu-poll-idUKKBN0TD0FY20151124 ]

Critical Quote
"You don't defeat an enemy by becoming it. You do not defend freedom by reducing it."
\u2014 Anthony H. Cordesman, Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy on fighting fear as well as ISIS [ http://csis.org/publication/fighting-fear-well-isis-setting-right-priorities ] .

One to Watch


Hugh Naylor (@HughNaylor [ https://twitter.com/HughNaylor ] ) is The Washington Post \u2019s Beirut correspondent. Hugh was previously a freelance contributor to The New York Times and the Middle East correspondent for The National , an Abu-Dhabi based newspaper. Look to Hugh for the latest news out of the Levant. ( Photo Credit: The Washington Post \ufeff)

Optics
Business Insider has footage [ http://www.businessinsider.com/video-russian-jet-shot-down-turkey-syria-2015-11 ] of a Russian jet plummeting to the ground after Turkish forces downed the aircraft for allegedly violating their airspace.

Sounds
Jane Fraser, CEO Citigroup Latin America, joined CSIS\u2019s Smart Women Smart Power podcast [ https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/smart-women-smart-power/id924940383?mt=2 ] to discuss the outlook for emerging market economies both globally and in Latin America today.

Highly Recommended
A must read piece today from The New Yorker \u2019s David Denby about the ISIS propaganda magazine Dabiq, \u201cThe Perfect Children of ISIS: Lessons from Dabiq [ http://bit.ly/1Of4sFi ] .\u201d

CSIS on Demand
As policymakers struggle to address the Syrian refugee crisis in the wake of the Paris attacks, take a look back at this in-depth discussion [ http://csis.org/event/global-security-forum-2015-geopolitical-implications-europes-migration-crisis ] of Europe's migration crisis from this year's Global Security Forum.

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

Jeff Bezos shared some of his visions [ http://bit.ly/1MATEPG ] this morning\u2014one of them is patience.

Smiles
Encore. So many of you wrote me about the Doobie Brothers and their brilliant guitarist Jeff \u201cSkunk\u201d Baxter. Many of you also correctly pointed out a fact I neglected to mention\u2014Skunk is a bona fide national security expert as well as a world renowned musician (see \u201cRocker Jeff Baxter moves and shakes in national security [ http://bit.ly/1PMqUHe ] ,\u201d by the Wall Street Journal\u2019s Yochi Dreazen, May 24, 2005).

But the thing about the Doobies is their longevity, the consistently high quality of their music, and above all, the grooves. I smile every time I hear \u201cTakin\u2019 It To The Streets.\u201d It\u2019s actually a tough song, \u201cYou, telling me the things you're gonna do for me/I ain't blind and I don't like what I think I see,\u201d but it\u2019s delivered by Michael McDonald\u2019s golden vocals.

The song (and the album) hit the racks in 1976. This blistering performance [ http://bit.ly/1PMqHUB ] is from \u201977. Don\u2019t forget to check out Skunk on guitar\u2014what a smile.


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