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** Good Evening,
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It's Thursday, October 12th.


** Hostages Freed
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Pakistani army forces said Thursday they had secured the release of an American-Canadian couple and their three children long held by militants, an operation carried out with the aid of U.S. intelligence and hailed by President Donald Trump as a sign of improving relations between wary allies, as the
Wall Street Journal’s Saeed Shah and Dion Nissenbaum report (https://www.wsj.com/articles/pakistani-forces-free-north-american-family-1507813362?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=d2ba8561a9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_10_12&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-d2ba8561a9-145367789) .


** Europe on Iran
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European countries are battling to save commercial ties with Iran as part of a wider effort to stop the United States upending the landmark deal to curb Tehran’s nuclear program. With President Donald Trump expected to refuse to certify that Tehran is complying with the accord, European officials are making contingency plans to protect companies such as Airbus, Total, Siemens and Peugeot, which have all struck deals in Iran, if nuclear-related U.S. sanctions are re-imposed, as the
FT’s Michael Peel, Katrina Manson and Andrew Ward report (https://www.ft.com/content/c6166f24-af42-11e7-aab9-abaa44b1e130?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=d2ba8561a9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_10_12&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-d2ba8561a9-145367789) .

Meanwhile, Reuters reports (http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iran-military/u-s-general-says-concerned-about-irans-long-term-activities-in-region-idUSKBN1CH2PY?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=d2ba8561a9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_10_12&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-d2ba8561a9-145367789) that the head of U.S. Central Command said he was concerned about Iran’s long-term activities in the region and he would continue to focus on protecting U.S. troops, even as Iran has said U.S. regional military bases would be at risk if further sanctions were passed.

The Washington Post’s Amanda Erickson has put together a helpful explainer, “Iran nuclear deal: What you need to know (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/10/08/everything-you-need-to-know-about-trumps-expected-decision-to-decertify-the-iran-deal/?utm_term=.53b8ed139377&utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=d2ba8561a9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_10_12&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-d2ba8561a9-145367789) .”

Dive Deeper: The Washington Institute’s Dennis Ross has an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal, “Decertifying the Iran Deal Wouldn’t Have to Kill It (http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/decertifying-the-iran-deal-wouldnt-have-to-kill-it?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=d2ba8561a9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_10_12&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-d2ba8561a9-145367789) .”


** Palestinian Agreement
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The main Palestinian factions signed a reconciliation agreement on Thursday that aims to mend their decade-old rift and places Gaza and the West Bank under one government for the first time since 2007. Under the agreement, the Palestinian Authority, which now controls the West Bank, would in the coming weeks take administrative control of Gaza and police its borders, merging its security forces and ministries with those of Hamas, as the
New York Times’ Declan Walsh and David Halbfinger report (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/12/world/middleeast/palestinians-fatah-hamas-gaza.html?_r=0&utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=d2ba8561a9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_10_12&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-d2ba8561a9-145367789) .


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U.S. and Israel to Leave UNESCO
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Israel has said it will join the United States in pulling out of the UN cultural organisation, UNESCO, after U.S. officials cited "anti-Israel bias," as the BBC reports (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41598991?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=d2ba8561a9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_10_12&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-d2ba8561a9-145367789) .

Also, see Foreign Policy’s Colum Lynch on “U.S. to Pull Out of UNESCO, Again (http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/10/11/u-s-to-pull-out-of-unesco-again/?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=d2ba8561a9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_10_12&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-d2ba8561a9-145367789) .”

Plus, Vox’s “Here’s what UNESCO is — and why the Trump administration just quit it (https://www.vox.com/world/2017/10/12/16464778/unesco-us-withdrawal-trump?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=d2ba8561a9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_10_12&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-d2ba8561a9-145367789) .”


** In That Number
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** 90%
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Almost 90 percent of customers are without power in Puerto Rico. Source: Bloomberg (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-10-12/puerto-rico-still-in-the-dark-as-trump-hints-at-agencies-pullout?cmpid=socialflow-twitter-business&utm_content=business&utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=d2ba8561a9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_10_12&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-d2ba8561a9-145367789) .


** Critical Quote
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** “Currently, we’re losing.”
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— CSIS’s Jim Lewis (https://sg.news.yahoo.com/kaspersky-focus-us-russia-cyber-tensions-rise-015907325.html?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=d2ba8561a9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_10_12&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-d2ba8561a9-145367789) on the simmering cyber war between the United States and Russia.


** iDeas Lab
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Die Welt
Since 2011, tens of thousands of volunteer fighters from more than 100 countries have gained lethal skills, networks, and tools to create unrest between Turkey and Syria. CSIS’s Foreign Fighter Project (http://foreignfighters.csis.org/?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=d2ba8561a9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_10_12&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-d2ba8561a9-145367789) combines on-the-ground field interviews with cutting-edge research to better understand the nature of this threat.

The Andreas C. Dracopoulos iDeas Lab at CSIS enhances our research with the latest in cutting-edge web technologies, design, and video.


** Optics
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Die Welt (Photo credit: KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images.) Fatah’s Azzam al-Ahmad and Saleh al-Aruri of Hamas kiss after signing a reconciliation deal in Cairo, as the two rival Palestinian movements ended their decade-long split following negotiations overseen by Egypt.


** Recommended Reading
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“China threatens U.S. Congress for crossing its ‘red line’ on Taiwan (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/josh-rogin/wp/2017/10/12/china-threatens-u-s-congress-for-crossing-its-red-line-on-taiwan/?utm_term=.8a8759a4584d&utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=d2ba8561a9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_10_12&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-d2ba8561a9-145367789) ,” by the
Washington Post’s Josh Rogin.


** This Town Tomorrow
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Join the CSIS Project on Prosperity and Development at 10:00 a.m. for a panel discussion on how Development Finance Institutions adapt (https://www.csis.org/events/development-finance-institutions-changing-global-economy?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=d2ba8561a9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_10_12&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-d2ba8561a9-145367789) in a dynamic and changing global economy.

At 3:00 p.m., the CSIS Southeast Asia Program will host a discussion with the secretary of finance of the Philippines (https://www.csis.org/events/csis-pertamina-banyan-tree-leadership-forum-secretary-finance-carlos-dominguez-philippines?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=d2ba8561a9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_10_12&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-d2ba8561a9-145367789) , Carlos “Sonny” Dominguez.

Also at 3:00 p.m., join the CSIS Project on Prosperity and Development for a conversation on the impact of migration in Europe (https://www.csis.org/events/impact-migration-europe?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=d2ba8561a9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_10_12&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-d2ba8561a9-145367789) , with Sir Paul Collier and leading development experts.

And, on Monday at 10:00 a.m., join the CSIS Global Health Policy Center for “History and Future of the Global HIV Response (https://www.csis.org/events/history-and-future-global-hiv-response?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=d2ba8561a9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_10_12&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-d2ba8561a9-145367789) .”


** Video
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CSIS hosted the fifth annual Asian Architecture Conference (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Us7R4fef40o&utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=d2ba8561a9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_10_12&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-d2ba8561a9-145367789) today. Participants discussed plans for the upcoming APEC summit in Vietnam, provided an update on CSIS’s Asia Economic Strategy Commission, and discussed the key issues facing leaders in the EAS in the Philippines.


** Sounds
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The latest episode of 35 West discusses the Organization of American States (OAS), its inability to handle the Venezuelan crisis, and whether it might be disbanded in favor of a more effective organization.

Listen on SoundCloud (https://soundcloud.com/csis-57169780/can-venezuela-be-saved-by-zombies?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=d2ba8561a9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_10_12&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-d2ba8561a9-145367789) or Apple Podcasts (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/35-west/id1288098233?mt=2&utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=d2ba8561a9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_10_12&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-d2ba8561a9-145367789)


** Smiles
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Dylan’s 1979 “Slow Train Coming” album was a game changer for the bard. His much publicized conversion to Christianity inspired Dylan to create some incredibly powerful music. In a few weeks Dylan’s “Bootleg Series: Volume 13, 1979-1981” becomes available. It is a treasure Dylan fans are ecstatic about.

The most famous song from this collection is “Gotta Serve Somebody” for which Dylan won the Grammy in 1980 for best rock vocal performance. Here’s Dylan performing “Gotta Serve Somebody (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CwHby-YTNo&utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=d2ba8561a9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_10_12&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-d2ba8561a9-145367789) ” at the 1980 Grammy Awards—this is a big smile for me (and Dylan’s buddy Kris Kristofferson, who as you will see is beaming in the front row during the performance).
I invite you to email me at aschwartz@csis.org (mailto:aschwartz@csis.org) and follow me on Twitter @handrewschwartz (https://www.twitter.com/handrewschwartz?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=d2ba8561a9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_10_12&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-d2ba8561a9-145367789)

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