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** Good Evening,
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It's Thursday, April 5th.


** Policy Toward ISIS in Syria Unchanged
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The U.S. military policy toward fighting Islamic State militants in Syria remains the same following discussions with President Donald Trump this week, and the military has not been given a timeline for withdrawing troops, the Pentagon said today, as Reuters reports (https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2018/04/05/world/middleeast/05reuters-mideast-crisis-syria-usa.html?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=86c4e4bcb9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_04_05&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-86c4e4bcb9-145367789) .

Dive Deeper: “U.S.-Turkish Tensions in Syria: The Manbij Conundrum (https://www.csis.org/analysis/us-turkish-tensions-syria-manbij-conundrum?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=86c4e4bcb9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_04_05&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-86c4e4bcb9-145367789) ,” by CSIS’s Bulent Aliriza

“Syria and the Outside Powers: What They Want and Can They Have It? (https://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/syria-and-the-outside-powers-what-they-want-and-can-they-have-it?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=86c4e4bcb9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_04_05&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-86c4e4bcb9-145367789) ” via the Wilson Center

“Turkish-Russian-Iranian Summit: Limits to a Tripartite Entente (http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/turkish-russian-iranian-summit-limits-to-a-tripartite-entente?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=86c4e4bcb9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_04_05&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-86c4e4bcb9-145367789) ” via the Washington Institute’ Soner Cagaptay, Anna Borshchevskaya, and Nader Uskowi


** Conflict and Crisis in Yemen
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The UN this week said that the war in Yemen is now the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, as CNN reported (https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/03/middleeast/yemen-worlds-worst-humanitarian-crisis-un-intl/index.html?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=86c4e4bcb9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_04_05&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-86c4e4bcb9-145367789) .

CSIS today hosted a public event featuring President and CEO of the IRC David Miliband (https://www.rescue.org/press-release/conflict-yemen-time-new-approach?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=86c4e4bcb9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_04_05&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-86c4e4bcb9-145367789) on the challenges that the humanitarian situation in Yemen presents to the world.


** Russia’s Poison
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Russia escalated its publicity campaign over the Salisbury poison attack today, claiming that the West’s robust approach lacks the support of the “world community,” as the
Financial Times’ Henry Mance and Kathrin Hille report (https://www.ft.com/content/06a05c04-38e0-11e8-8b98-2f31af407cc8?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=86c4e4bcb9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_04_05&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-86c4e4bcb9-145367789) .


** Your Questions
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We’re always providing you with our experts' answers to complex problems. Do you have any questions that you would like us to ask the experts? If you do, please email me your question(s) to aschwartz@csis.org (mailto:aschwartz@csis.org?subject=Your%20Questions) . We’ll publish some of the best Q & A.


** Executive M.A. from CSIS/Syracuse U
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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=86c4e4bcb9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_04_05&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-86c4e4bcb9-145367789) .


** In That Number
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** 35
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35 years after cinemas were banned in Saudi Arabia, on April 18, AMC will open its first cinema in the Kingdom. The first film to be shown? According to multiple reports, “Black Panther.” Source: Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2018/04/05/black-panther-expected-to-be-first-film-shown-in-saudi-arabian-cinema-after-35-year-ban-lifts/?__twitter_impression=true&utm_term=.240d9ebdfb4b&utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=86c4e4bcb9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_04_05&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-86c4e4bcb9-145367789) .


** Critical Quote
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** "Yemen is a conflict in which parties and battle lines are fragmenting, realigning, and radicalizing at an alarming rate."
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— David Miliband speaking today at CSIS (https://www.csis.org/events/humanitarian-crisis-yemen-0?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=86c4e4bcb9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_04_05&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-86c4e4bcb9-145367789)


** iDeas Lab
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https://www.csis.org/analysis/al-qaedas-struggling-campaign-syria?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=86c4e4bcb9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_04_05&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-86c4e4bcb9-145367789
This timeline shows the evolution of Al Qaeda and its affiliated groups in Syria from 2011-2018. CSIS’s Transnational Threats Project published a new report today, Al Qaeda’s Struggling Campaign in Syria (https://www.csis.org/analysis/al-qaedas-struggling-campaign-syria?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=86c4e4bcb9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_04_05&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-86c4e4bcb9-145367789) , on al Qaeda’s attempt to resurge and reposition itself at the center of global Salafi-jihadist activity.

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: VICTORIA RAZO/AFP/Getty Images.) Central American migrants taking part in the “Migrant Via Crucis” caravan towards the United States wait to receive breakfast as they camp at a sport complex in Matias Romero, Oaxaca State, Mexico.


** Recommended Reading
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“In AI, Russia Is Hustling to Catch Up (http://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2018/04/russia-races-forward-ai-development/147178/?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=86c4e4bcb9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_04_05&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-86c4e4bcb9-145367789) " via Defense One.


** This Town Tomorrow
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Join CSIS at 2:00 p.m. (https://www.csis.org/events/what-right-division-labor-between-usaid-and-proposed-international-development-finance?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=86c4e4bcb9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_04_05&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-86c4e4bcb9-145367789) for a conversation on the division of labor between USAID and the proposed International Development Finance Corporation.

At 10:30 a.m. (http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/events/upcoming-events/detail/iran%E2%80%99s-sunnis-resist-extremism-but-for-how-long?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=86c4e4bcb9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_04_05&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-86c4e4bcb9-145367789) , join the Atlantic Council for the launch of a new paper, Iran’s Sunnis Resist Extremism, But for How Long?, by veteran journalist Scheherezade Faramarzi.

And at 2:00 p.m. (https://elliott.gwu.edu/calendar?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D127450293&utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=86c4e4bcb9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_04_05&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-86c4e4bcb9-145367789) , join George Washington University for a conversation on the road ahead for Russia, featuring Maria Lipman, an internationally recognized expert on Russian politics.


** Video
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Today, David Miliband, President and CEO of the International Resucue Committee, joined CSIS’s Middle East Program and Humanitarian Agenda for a discussion on the humanitarian crisis in Yemen. Listen to the full discussion (https://www.csis.org/events/humanitarian-crisis-yemen-0?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=86c4e4bcb9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_04_05&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-86c4e4bcb9-145367789) here (https://www.csis.org/events/humanitarian-crisis-yemen-0?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=86c4e4bcb9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_04_05&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-86c4e4bcb9-145367789) .


** Sounds
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On the most recent episode of CSIS’s CogitAsia podcast, CSIS’s Matthew Goodman, William Reinsch and Scott Kennedy analyze the origin and impact of a Sino-American trade war.

Listen here on Apple Podcasts (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cogitasia/id962095834?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=86c4e4bcb9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_04_05&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-86c4e4bcb9-145367789) and SoundCloud (https://soundcloud.com/csis-57169780/igniting-a-us-china-trade-war?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=86c4e4bcb9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_04_05&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-86c4e4bcb9-145367789) .


** Smiles
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Last week, I took in a glimpse of the type of music that is popular among college football players at the Division 1 level. It was fascinating to me.

This happened because I was fortunate enough to tag along with my oldest son to visit the spring football practices of several schools that he is being recruited by as a punter for the class of 2019. As I stood around in stadiums and on practice fields, I realized there was a lot more going on than football, and that I was experiencing a slice of youth culture across an interesting spectrum of schools. We visited with teams from the Ivy League, ACC, American Athletic Conference (guess which one), and the Colonial Athletic Association.

All of these football programs had one thing in common: they each employed a DJ to play songs throughout practice. This does at least two things that I could discern. First, it makes practice even more fun, keeps the players loose and puts a little pep in their step. Second, it creates a background noise level that they need to get used to for when they play games. I think most of all the music puts everyone in a good mood, even early in the morning when it’s cold outside, as was the case with one practice we visited.

At first, I thought all I was going to hear the DJ’s spin were raps that I couldn’t understand with beats that give me a headache—my kids listen to a lot of that. And sure, there was plenty of the mumble rap that is currently popular among the youngsters like this Migos group that I don’t quite get. But it wasn’t the case at all that the music played was just new school rap. It turns out that these young ballplayers have eclectic taste in music. In addition to the hip hop, they all grooved along to classic rock, soul, new wave, disco, heavy metal and country. It was so refreshing to see this at each school we visited.

It underscored for me that at least among the kids at the schools we visited, their musical tastes are as wide and as diverse as they are themselves. There is no question that they are the Spotify Generation that enjoys creating playlists that grab a little something from everywhere.

If you think about it, why wouldn’t they? When I was growing up, you spent ten bucks on a record and then you owned that one record. Now, for ten bucks a month you have access to everything streaming to your phone! If you hear something somewhere, anywhere, that you like you simply “Shazam” it to your Spotify, Apple or Google streaming service and you have instant access.

I guess that’s why college kids in 2018 like and know about songs like Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin' (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcjzHMhBtf0&utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=86c4e4bcb9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_04_05&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-86c4e4bcb9-145367789) ,” a tune that puts a smile on everyone’s face. I’ve never seen so many happy football players grinning through their helmets, dancing their jigs and playing air guitar as when this classic blasted over the loudspeakers.
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