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The Evening: NATO, Trade War, Street Fighting Man and More
July 11, 2018 | H. Andrew Schwartz This edition of CSIS's nightly newsletter covers Presidents Trump's statements on Germany, the continuous trade fight with China, and more.

Commentary
Can Energy Close America’s Trade Deficit?
July 10, 2018 | Nikos Tsafos Energy has long played a major role in America’s trade deficits. Today, energy is seen differently: as a commodity to be exported, one that can help narrow trade deficits.

Newsletter
The Evening: NATO, Germany’s Immigration Plan, Into the Mystic and More
July 10, 2018 | H. Andrew Schwartz This edition of CSIS's nightly newsletter covers Germany’s Interior Minister Horst Seehofer's measures at limiting immigration, the NATO summit, and more.

Commentary
NATO: Measuring Results, not Dollars, in Transatlantic Security
July 9, 2018 | Jeffrey Rathke President Trump travels to Europe this week for a NATO summit, and he has one number on his mind:  2%—the target level of 2024 defense spending NATO members have set (as percentage of national GDP), but which only about half are on track to achieve.

Commentary
The Maduro Diet: Food v. Freedom in Venezuela
July 9, 2018 | Moises Rendon The Maduro regime’s most recent iteration of this tactic places special emphasis on distorting food supply programs, effectively using food as a political tool to manipulate and control the Venezuelan population.

Newsletter
The Evening: NATO, NK, Sugaree and More
July 9, 2018 | H. Andrew Schwartz This edition of CSIS's nightly newsletter covers President Trump's agreement with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, Theresa May's fight as UK prime minister, and more.

Report
Enhancing the U.S.-Indonesia Strategic Partnership
July 9, 2018 | Brian Harding, Andreyka Natalegawa U.S.-Indonesia relations are not meeting their potential, but the countries are natural partners.

Commentary
Is Anybody Fighting Back?
July 9, 2018 | William Alan Reinsch As the United States moves toward round 2 of the trade war, round 1 having been completed last Friday with tariffs on $34 billion of goods on both sides, an increasingly popular question is, “Why isn’t anybody doing anything about this?” There are multiple answers to...

Commentary
Fraying U.S. Relationships with Allies Makes Progress on North Korea More Difficult
July 9, 2018 | Robert R. King It is almost a month since the Singapore Summit brought together U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. It is too early to assess the value and significance of that meeting.

Commentary
Going Green: HPSCI’s Opportunity to Restore DIA’s Partner Military Analysis Capabilities
July 6, 2018 | Tommy Ross Yet, even this primary mission has become out of balance. Available public documents, such as DIA’s most recently released public strategy, assert that DIA’s driving focus is on understanding adversaries, preventing strategic surprise, and supporting current military...

Report
Hezbollah’s Missiles and Rockets
July 5, 2018 | Shaan Shaikh, Ian Williams Hezbollah is the world’s most heavily armed non-state actor, with a large and diverse stockpile of unguided artillery rockets, as well as ballistic, antiair, antitank, and antiship missiles.

Newsletter
Global Health Policy Center Monthly Newsletter: July 2018
July 5, 2018 | J. Stephen Morrison Welcome to the July 2018 newsletter from the Global Health Policy Center (GHPC) at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)! We invite you to catch up on our latest content.

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