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Welcome to The Evening CSIS—my daily guide to key insights CSIS brings to the events of the day plus HIGHLY RECOMMENDED content from around the world. If you want to view this in your browser, click here (http://csis.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT01NDQ4NTEyJnA9MSZ1PTEwNjI1NTcxMTQmbGk9MzQxNDQ5NTQ/index.html) . To subscribe, please send me an email at aschwartz@csis.org (mailto:aschwartz@csis.org) .


** Good Morning Vietnam
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President Obama, who will travel this weekend to Vietnam, appears poised to begin selling weapons to an old enemy and a new friend. as McClatchy’s Anita Kumar reports (http://www.fresnobee.com/news/politics-government/article78154377.html ) .

In addition, the complex politics of US trade will follow Obama to Asia, as the AP’s Nancy Benac reports (http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2016/may/18/complex-us-politics-of-trade-will-follow-obama-to/ ) .

Dive Deeper: CSIS’s Michael Green, Matthew Goodman, and Murray Hiebert yesterday held a briefing on the president’s trip for members of the media. The briefing transcript is available for download (https://www.csis.org/events/csis-press-briefing-president-obamas-trip-asia) .


** Venezuela Descending
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The US embassy in Caracas is suspending appointments for Venezuelans seeking first-time tourist and business visas due to staff shortages it blames on President Nicolas Maduro’s government, as the AP reports (https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/us-embassy-suspends-visas-in-venezuela-over-staff-shortages/2016/05/18/e211a3ec-1d2b-11e6-82c2-a7dcb313287d_story.html ) .

Dive Deeper: The BBC has a smart Q&A this afternoon: “What has gone wrong in Venezuela?” (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-36319877 )


** Electricity Rising
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Electricity prices in the later years of the EPA’s Clean Power Plan might be 3 percent higher than without the rule, according to an early release of part of the US Energy Information Administration’s outlook for 2016, as E&E’s Emily Holden and Elizabeth Harball report (http://www.eenews.net/stories/1060037450 ) .

Dive Deeper: CSIS’s Sarah Ladislaw and John Larsen yesterday released a new report: “Assessing the Final Clean Power Plan: Energy Market Impacts. (https://www.csis.org/analysis/assessing-final-clean-power-plan-1 ) ”


** In that Number
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** 43
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The percentage of respondents who ranked “maintaining civilian authority” as their top guiding principle in a CSIS survey of DoD reforms.
Source: “Crowdsourcing Perspectives on Defense Reform (https://www.csis.org/analysis/crowdsourcing-perspectives-defense-reform) ” by Kathleen Hicks and Colin McElhinny.


** Critical Quote
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** “It’s safe to say China will preempt and react negatively.””
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—CSIS’s Michael Green on an upcoming US decision to begin selling weapons to Vietnam..Source: Anita Kumar, McClatchy (http://www.fresnobee.com/news/politics-government/article78154377.html) .


** One to Watch
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(Photo Credit: CNAS)

Anja Manuel is a partner with former secretary of state Condoleezza Rice and former national security adviser Stephen Hadley at the RiceHadley Group and a former senior State department official. Her new book, This Brave New World: India, China, and the United States, is just out, and she spoke about it (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYJdDUdPjaE&feature=youtu.be) on the BBC this week.


** Optics
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People clash with police as they protest against new emergency powers decreed this week by President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas today. (Photo credit: JUAN BARRETO/AFP/Getty Images.)


** Highly Recommended
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“Toward a Global Realignment (http://www.the-american-interest.com/2016/04/17/toward-a-global-realignment/) ,” by CSIS counselor and trustee Zbigniew Brzezinski, in the American Interest.


** CSIS Today
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The CSIS Southeast Asia Program hosted a discussion (https://www.csis.org/events/banyan-tree-leadership-forum-surin-pitsuwan) with Dr. Surin Pitsuwan, former Secretary-General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and former Foreign Minister of Thailand.

The CSIS International Security Program hosted a panel discussion on the prospects for curbing chemical weapons use (https://www.csis.org/events/chemical-weapons-middle-east-accountability-and-deterrence) and exploring mechanisms for accountability.


** CSIS Tomorrow
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CSIS hosts its annual Global Development Forum (https://www.csis.org/events/2016-global-development-forum-full-agenda) , bringing in the top minds in the development world, from the government, NGOs, and private sectors. Watch the whole thing live tomorrow from CSIS.org.


** This Town Tomorrow
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The Brookings Institution will host a discussion on “U.S. policy toward South Asia: Past, present, and future (http://www.brookings.edu/events/2016/05/19-us-policy-toward-south-asia?rssid=UpcomingEvents&utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=FeedBlitzRss&utm_content=U.S.+policy+toward+South+Asia%3a+Past%2c+present%2c+and+future) ” at 3:30 p.m.


** CSIS on Demand
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While one of the missing Chibok girls was found today, learn about the scourge of gender-based violence in Nigeria by watching last Tuesday’s event “Women and Girls in Northeast Nigeria: A Second-Rate Response (https://www.csis.org/events/women-and-girls-northeast-nigeria-second-rate-response-0) .”


** Sounds
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CSIS’s Greg Poling assesses how Rodrigo Duterte’s presidency will affect the Philippines and the wider region in this week’s CSIS Podcast, “The Strongman Cometh (https://www.csis.org/podcasts/csis-podcast) .”


** I Like It Like That
Eye-catching things in CSIS's orbit
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How can you not LOVE the NPR One (http://www.npr.org/about/products/npr-one/ ) App?


** Smiles
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As I mentioned yesterday, we are celebrating our reengineered website at CSIS. We had a nice mention this morning in Politico’s Playbook (http://www.politico.com/playbook) , and so the party goes on for us!

A fresh new website with a bright countenance, no barriers to finding content, and a crisp interface is just the remedy the doctor ordered.

Speaking of remedies…one of the greatest southern rock bands of all time has a “Remedy” that just makes me smile every time I hear it (and see it)…strap on your seatbelts… (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVoYOiBYXAM)


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