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ISP Brief December 2019
December 31, 2019

It's our pleasure to send you the December Edition of the ISP Brief, the monthly newsletter of the CSIS International Security Program. 

Report
Ensuring Healthy Populations through a New Era of Global Immunization
December 20, 2019 | Nellie Bristol As global immunization organizations craft new strategies for the next decade of their work, the CSIS Global Health Policy Center convened a day-long conference to discuss how to anticipate and overcome remaining challenges to equity, trust, and security.

Commentary
Clean Up
December 20, 2019 | William Alan Reinsch In the closing days of 2019, trade briefly reentered the Democratic debate in Los Angeles. The Scholl Chair recaps and discusses what should come next for 2020.

Commentary
How the Rise of Individualism is Upending the Middle East
December 20, 2019 | Jon B. Alterman The protests that have swept the Middle East in the past two months share a number of underlying causes: Oil prices are soft. Unemployment is high.

Transcript
The Chessboard Down Under: Talking the U.S.-Australia Alliance with Patrick Buchan
December 20, 2019 ​Mike is joined in this episode by Patrick Buchan, director of the U.S. Alliances Project and Fellow for Indo-Pacific security at CSIS.

Commentary
A More Balanced U.S.-India Strategic Partnership
December 20, 2019 | Richard M. Rossow Despite the backdrop of political upheaval in Washington and New Delhi, this week’s ministerial dialogue marked a step forward for the U.S.-India strategic partnership.

Report
Competing to Win: A Coalition Approach to Countering the BRI
December 19, 2019 The U.S. government should take the lead to develop and implement a formal integrated multilateral infrastructure development mechanism that can effectively compete with the BRI to counter China’s geopolitical gains.

Commentary
2020 Foresight: What’s Ahead in Global Economics
December 19, 2019 | Matthew P. Goodman, Stephanie Segal, Jonathan E. Hillman As one eventful year ends and another looms, CSIS’s Matthew P. Goodman, Stephanie Segal, and Jonathan Hillman highlight five issues in international economic affairs that the Simon Chair will be tracking in 2020.

Report
Tech-Politik: Historical Perspectives on Innovation, Technology, and Strategic Competition
December 19, 2019 | Seth Center, Emma Bates What was the “Sputnik moment?” How did the Soviets achieve so much and fail so spectacularly? The CSIS Project on History and Strategy draws lessons from historical moments that shed light on government science and technology policy in the context of strategic rivalry.

Interactive
How Is China Modernizing Its Nuclear Forces?
December 19, 2019
In China Power Although its nuclear arsenal is small relative to those of the United States and Russia, China is currently expanding and modernizing its nuclear forces. As China faces evolving security challenges, Beijing may also revise its primarily defensive nuclear strategy.

Newsletter
The Evening: SK’s Defense Bill, Turkey Tension, Sheryl Crow and More
December 18, 2019 This edition of CSIS's nightly newsletter covers SK’s Defense Bill, Turkey Tension, Sheryl Crow and More.

Report
Rigid Structures, Evolving Threat: Preventing the Proliferation and Use of Chemical Weapons
December 18, 2019 | Rebecca Hersman, Suzanne Claeys Chemical weapons are back. CW types and uses are growing and increasingly challenging the anti-CW regime, while the shifting security environment has revealed emerging challenges to and increased pressure points on the system of restraint.

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