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Newsletter - September 4, 2024
The Biden administration accused Vladimir Putin of orchestrating a covert campaign to influence the coming U.S. presidential election and erode international support for Ukraine, blaming the Kremlin for targeting American voters with political propaganda and disinformation, as the WSJ reports.
President Joe Biden is preparing to announce that he will formally block Nippon Steel's proposed $14.9 billion acquisition of U.S. Steel, as The Washington Post reports.
Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, one of Ukraine's most recognizable faces on the international stage, resigned Wednesday ahead of an expected reshuffling of government leaders. Russian strikes, meanwhile, killed seven people in a western city, a day after one of the deadliest missile attacks since the war began, as the AP reports.
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CSIS now offers full audio versions of our latest analysis. Listen to the latest commentary from CSIS's Ryan Berg, "AMLO's Plan C and the North American Bloc, If We Can Keep It."
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The world creates 57 million tons of plastic pollution every year and spreads it from the deepest oceans to the highest mountaintop to the inside of people's bodies, according to a new study.
Source: AP
We don't need their land. We don't want to bring our Ukrainian way of life there.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr ZelenskyPhoto: iLab/CSIS
National oil companies produce about half of the world's oil and gas, and these companies play a key role in global methane reductions. Watch the full video here.
The Andreas C. Dracopoulos iDeas Lab at CSIS enhances our research with the latest in cutting-edge web technologies, design, and multimedia.
Photo: Eyad Baba/AFP/Getty Images
A child receives a vaccination for polio in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on September 4, 2024.
"Power Plays: Europe's Response to the Energy Crisis" by CSIS's Max Bergmann, Cy McGeady, Otto Svendsen, and Mathias Zacarias with Ignacio Urbasos.
Tomorrow, at 4:00 p.m., CSIS hosts John Zogby for a conversation on his new book, Beyond the Horse Race: How to Read Polls and Why We Should.
Earlier, at 11:30 a.m., Brookings welcomes Ambassador Susan Rice to discuss lessons in leadership she has gleaned through her work domestically and on the world stage.
Then, at 6:15 p.m., Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) hosts a discussion with CFR President Mike Froman on his career, priorities for the Council, and the current events affecting U.S. foreign policy.
Last month, Dr. Anthony Fauci joined CSIS's J. Stephen Morrison to discuss his new memoir "On Call: A Doctor's Journey in Public Service." Watch the full video here.
Peter Bergen, Vice President at the New America Foundation, CNN national security analyst, and host of In the Room with Peter Bergen, joins the podcast to discuss the foreign policy of each presidential candidate ahead of the 2024 election.
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