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The Evening: Election Vulnerabilities, Iraq Pledges, Hollywood Nights and More ------------------------------------------------------------ Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser (http://mailchi.mp/csis.org/the-evening-election-vulnerabilities-iraq-pledges-hollywood-nights-and-more?e=e55aaf27de) . c48bd2c1-9b25-42f7-aa17-3c814b9557f7.jpg ** Good Evening, ------------------------------------------------------------ It's Wednesday, February 14th. ** Election Vulnerabilities ------------------------------------------------------------ State and local election systems remain vulnerable to outside attacks ahead of the upcoming midterm elections, House Democrats warned in a new report, as ABC News’ Benjamin Siegel posted today (http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/state-local-election-infrastructure-vulnerable-attacks-ahead-midterm/story?id=53080509&utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=4b0a4525a6-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_02_14&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-4b0a4525a6-145367789) . Also, from Federal Computer Week’s Lauren Williams: “Could a cyber national guard have a role in safeguarding elections? (https://fcw.com/articles/2018/02/13/national-guard-cyber-vote.aspx?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=4b0a4525a6-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_02_14&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-4b0a4525a6-145367789) ” Meanwhile, on the heels of yesterday’s testimony by Trump administration intelligence officials regarding the ongoing Russian threat to our electoral system, today Newsmax reports (https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/congress-intel-china-threat/2018/02/14/id/843339/?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=4b0a4525a6-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_02_14&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-4b0a4525a6-145367789) that intelligence leaders warned Congress that Chinese companies linked to the government in Beijing are a major security threat to the United States by stealing and buying sensitive American technology. Dive Deeper: See a new report published today: Countering Adversary Threats to Democratic Institutions (https://www.csis.org/analysis/countering-adversary-threats-democratic-institutions/?block2&utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=4b0a4525a6-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_02_14&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-4b0a4525a6-145367789) , by CSIS’s Suzanne Spaulding. ** Middle East Plan Fairly Well Advanced ------------------------------------------------------------ President Trump’s plan for peace in the Middle East is “fairly well advanced,” Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said today, offering a rare insight into progress on the administration’s proposal for solving the decades-old conflict, as the Wall Street Journal’s Felicia Schwartz reports (https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-to-increase-aid-to-jordan-despite-opposition-to-jerusalem-move-1518602434?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=4b0a4525a6-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_02_14&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-4b0a4525a6-145367789) . Dive Deeper: “After the Weekend's Iran-Israel Attacks, a Burden on Trump to Confront Russia and Engage Europe (http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/after-the-weekends-iran-israel-attacks-a-burden-on-trump-to-confront-russia?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=4b0a4525a6-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_02_14&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-4b0a4525a6-145367789) ,” by the Washington Institute’s Dennis Ross. ** Iraqi Pledges Short ------------------------------------------------------------ Iraq received pledges of $30 billion, mostly in credit facilities and investment, on Wednesday from allies but this fell short of the $88 billion Baghdad says it needs to recover from three years of war, as Reuters reports (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-iraq-reconstruction-ku/allies-promise-iraq-30-billion-falling-short-of-baghdads-appeal-idUSKCN1FY0TX?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=4b0a4525a6-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_02_14&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-4b0a4525a6-145367789) . ** Executive M.A. from CSIS/Syracuse U ------------------------------------------------------------ CSIS & Syracuse University's Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs offer Executive Master's in International Relations. Information here (https://www.maxwell.syr.edu/dc/emir/?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=4b0a4525a6-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_02_14&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-4b0a4525a6-145367789) . ** In That Number ------------------------------------------------------------ ** 50% ------------------------------------------------------------ The U.S. State Department is promoting far fewer people—50 percent less—into some of the first levels of senior Foreign Service positions. Source: McClatchy (https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/national/article199909959.html?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=4b0a4525a6-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_02_14&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-4b0a4525a6-145367789) . ** Critical Quote ------------------------------------------------------------ ** “Russian influence does not simply occur in and around a national election; it is a continuous and holistic series of operations that are designed to break the internal coherence of the enemy system.” ------------------------------------------------------------ —CSIS’s Heather Conley (https://csis-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/congressional_testimony/ts180212_Conley_Testimony_SASC_Cybersecurity.pdf?Bj9k82KxEWiJFzXhrGyP7j2Q6D7rGssS&utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=4b0a4525a6-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_02_14&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-4b0a4525a6-145367789) in testimony before the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Cybersecurity. ** iDeas Lab ------------------------------------------------------------ Die Welt From CSIS’s Kremlin Playbook: “Russia has cultivated an opaque network of patronage across the region that it uses to influence and direct decision-making. This web resembles a network-flow model, which we describe as an ‘unvirtuous circle’ of Russian influence.” You can read the full report here (https://csis-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/publication/1601017_Conley_KremlinPlaybook_Web.pdf?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=4b0a4525a6-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_02_14&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-4b0a4525a6-145367789) . The Andreas C. Dracopoulos iDeas Lab at CSIS enhances our research with the latest in cutting-edge web technologies, design, and video. ** Optics ------------------------------------------------------------ Die Welt (Photo credit: Cameron Spencer/Getty Images.) Gold medalist Shaun White! ** Recommended Reading ------------------------------------------------------------ “How do Iran’s 'corrupt networks' operate? (https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2018/02/iran-corrupt-networks-aghazadehs-rouhani-irgc-divestment.html?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=4b0a4525a6-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_02_14&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-4b0a4525a6-145367789) ” by Bijan Khajehpour for Al-Monitor. ** This Town Tomorrow ------------------------------------------------------------ Join the United States Institute of Peace at 10:00 a.m. for “American Peacemaking Experience in the Balkans: Lessons for Ukraine (https://www.usip.org/events/american-peacemaking-experience-balkans-lessons-ukraine?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=4b0a4525a6-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_02_14&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-4b0a4525a6-145367789) .” And, at 4:00 p.m., join the Wilson Center for a conversation on the Kissinger-Le Duc Tho Negotiations (https://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/vietnam-the-kissinger-le-duc-tho-negotiations-august-1969-december-1973?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=4b0a4525a6-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_02_14&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-4b0a4525a6-145367789) regarding Vietnam from 1969 to 1973. ** Video ------------------------------------------------------------ Today, CSIS and the United States Naval Institute hosted a conversation on the U.S. Navy's surface warfare challenges on culture, readiness, maintenance, and standard. Watch the discussion here (https://www.csis.org/events/surface-warfare-challenge-retrospective-culture-readiness-maintenance-and-standards?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=4b0a4525a6-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_02_14&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-4b0a4525a6-145367789) . ** Sounds ------------------------------------------------------------ In the latest edition of Russian Roulette, Maxim Suchkov, editor of Al-Monitor’s Russia-Middle East coverage, talks about the conflict in Syria, Russia’s diplomacy towards finding a resolution, and more. Listen here on Apple Podcasts (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/russian-roulette/id1112258664?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=4b0a4525a6-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_02_14&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-4b0a4525a6-145367789) or SoundCloud (https://soundcloud.com/csis-57169780/of-russia-in-the-middle-east?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=4b0a4525a6-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_02_14&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-4b0a4525a6-145367789) . ** Smiles ------------------------------------------------------------ One of our most musically knowledgeable (and policy knowledgeable) readers pointed out yesterday that even Bob Seger’s “B-Sides” are great songs. Very true. But this is why (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_D4eUWBAE_A&utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=4b0a4525a6-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_02_14&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-4b0a4525a6-145367789) I want to be Bob Seger circa 1978 for a day. 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