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Talks On
The main Syrian opposition grouping agreed to attend UN-sponsored peace talks that began in Geneva on Friday, reversing a boycott that had threatened to wreck the first attempt to find a diplomatic solution to the war in two years, as Reuters reports [ http://reut.rs/1SNFiQK ] .

Meanwhile, as Michael Schmidt and Helene Cooper of the New York Times report [ http://nyti.ms/1VuBm5y ] , Pentagon officials have concluded that hundreds more trainers, advisers, and commandos from the US and its allies will need to be sent to Iraq and Syria in the coming months as the campaign to isolate the Islamic State intensifies.

Dive Deeper: CSIS\u2019s Anthony Cordesman authored a new commentary [ http://bit.ly/1SgMuFC ] : \u201cCreeping Incrementalism: U.S. Forces and Strategy in Iraq and Syria from 2011 to 2016: An Update.\u201d

Also, from the Institute for the Study of War, see \u201cCompeting Visions for Syria and Iraq: The Myth of an Anti-ISIS Grand Coalition.\u201d [ http://bit.ly/1QpYTVD ]

Red Carpets Replace Sanctions
Smart article by Bloomberg\u2019s Ladane Nasseri: \u201cKey Facts About Iran\u2019s Economy as Red Carpets Replace Sanctions.\u201d [ http://bloom.bg/1TskH3V ]

Dive Deeper: CSIS\u2019s Jon Alterman\u2019s \u201cBeyond the Iran Deal\u201d [ http://bit.ly/20bXfgG ] is a smart read on the large set of questions having to do with emerging global commercial ties with Iran.

What's a little spying among friends?
A new report [ http://bit.ly/1TqZeIJ ] from the Intercept , based on documents leaked by Edward Snowden, indicate that US and UK intelligence secretly tapped into live video feeds from Israeli drones and fighter jets in order to monitor Israeli actions in Gaza and look out for a potential strike against Iran.

Israeli officials downplayed the Intercept report, as Gili Cohen of Haaretz reports [ http://bit.ly/1KL9owG ] .

Meanwhile, as CNN reports [ http://cnn.it/1QLNnEm ] , Iran flew a drone over a US aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf recently, an incident the Navy calls \u201cabnormal and unprofessional.\u201d

Don't Miss Defense 360
This week, CSIS\u2019s International Security Program released a new micro website, \u201cDefense 360,\u201d [ http://defense360.csis.org ] our latest platform for showcasing analysis by top CSIS experts, including a special column to appear regularly by CSIS\u2019s president and CEO, John Hamre.

In that Number
3 - 4 million
The estimated number of Zika virus infections in the Americas region over the last 12 months.
Source: CNN [ http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/28/health/zika-virus-global-response ]

Critical Quote
\u201cThe United States still clearly lacks any overall strategy that can defeat the broader forces of Islamist extremism even if it can drive ISIS out of its proto-state."
\u2014Anthony Cordesman, CSIS Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy, on the situation in the Middle East and the US strategy to defeat ISIS.
Source: CSIS [ http://csis.org/publication/creeping-incrementalism-us-forces-and-strategy-iraq-and-syria-2011-2016-update ] .

One to Watch


( Photo Credit: Twitter. )
The Evening CSIS congratulates Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt [ https://twitter.com/peterbakernyt ] ) on his latest career move. Today, Peter was named the Jerusalem bureau chief of the New York Times .

Optics


( Photo Credit: US NAVY, Petty Officer 3rd Class Anderson W. Branch. )
Sailors aboard the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower performing [ http://www.defense.gov/Media/Photo-Gallery?igphoto 01338172 ] a preflight check on an F/A-18E Super Hornet in the Atlantic Ocean.

Highly Recommended
\u201cFrance, Iran, and the Affair of the Lunch Wine,\u201d [ http://bit.ly/1NG1y7u ] by the New Yorker \u2019s Adam Gopnick.

CSIS Today
Today, the CSIS Project on Prosperity and Development hosted an event on \u201cBridging the Gap: Developing Resilience in Northern Syria [ http://csis.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT01MzE1Nzg4JnA9MSZ1PTEwNjQ2OTgzNTkmbGk9MzMwNzE4MzY/index.html ] .\u201d And catch \u201cThe Navy\u2019s Vision for Unmanned Systems [ http://csis.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT01MzE1Nzg4JnA9MSZ1PTEwNjQ2OTgzNTkmbGk9MzMwNzE4Mzg/index.html ] ,\u201d as Rear Admiral Robert P. Girrier (USN) discusses the Navy\u2019s ongoing strategic adjustments and significant maritime forces changes in the coming decades. Afterward, watch Ambassador Yousef Al Otaiba of the United Arab Emirates speak on the \u201cMiddle East at an inflection point [ http://csis.org/event/middle-east-inflection-point ] \u201d\u2014the view from the region. Finally, listen to \u201cUS Economic Statecraft and the Global Order [ http://csis.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT01MzE1Nzg4JnA9MSZ1PTEwNjQ2OTgzNTkmbGk9MzMwNzE4NDA/index.html ] ,\u201d a discussion that highlights the strategic role of economies in foreign policy, featuring former treasury secretary Lawrence Summers.

This Town Monday
Monday at 10:00 a.m. join [ http://www.brookings.edu/events/2016/02/01-next-president-defense?rssid=UpcomingEvents&utm_sourceedblitz&utm_mediumedBlitzRss&utm_campaignedBlitzRss&utm_contentfense+strategy+for+the+next+president ] the Brookings Institution as panel of experts examines options for defense strategy for the next president of the United States.

CSIS on Demand
Yesterday, CSIS hosted the latest Schieffer Series, \u201cA Discussion on Terrorism [ http://csis.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT01MzE1Nzg4JnA9MSZ1PTEwNjQ2OTgzNTkmbGk9MzMwNzE4MzQ/index.html ] .\u201d Bob Schieffer moderated the event with Fran Townsend, Juan Zarate, and Mary Louise Kelly.

Sounds
The latest War College podcast [ https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id1023774600 ] from Reuters covers the Iran-Saudi showdown, why it\u2019s a gift to ISIS, and what will happen next.

I Like It Like That
Eye-catching things in CSIS's orbit
Coda Story is a new single-issue web platform that puts a team of journalists on one crisis at a time and stays with it. Their inaugural edition covers \u201cRussia\u2019s War on LGBTQ Rights.\u201d [ http://codastory.com ]

Smiles
Neil Young, \u201cLive at the BBC\u201d in 1971, showcased the artist as my friend Brian says \u201cat the top of his game.\u201d

Not many artists have spanned the decades like Young. His creativity and expertise extends beyond music and into classic car restoration, Lionel trains, the science of sound and climate just to name a few areas he dabbles in. Jimmy McDonough wrote about this in his mammoth 2002 Young biography, \u201cShakey.\u201d

Neil Young is indeed a complex artist. But very few artists can do what he did in this 1971 performance [ http://bit.ly/1vXn4xD ] with just his guitar, harmonica and voice. He makes it look so effortless, and it\u2019s spellbinding to watch Young strum and sing along with lyrics like \u201cI\u2019m a miner for a heart of gold.\u201d

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