Welcome to Issue #3 of our brief newsletter with selected content from the many sources regarding world affairs. There are various formats in the below events; enjoy their messages which will contribute to understanding these issues. We wish you a happy and healthy new year.
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Join the Center for Strategic and International Studies for an Online Event: A Conversation with FCC Chairman Ajit Pai on January 5th, from 3pm-4pm EST. Registration can be completed at the link provided, and a recording of the event will be available at the same web address: https://www.csis.org/events/online-event-conversation-fcc-chairman-ajit-pai
Over the past four years, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has played an instrumental role in facilitating 5G deployment while shielding U.S. networks from bad actors. Please join CSIS for a conversation with FCC Chairman Ajit Pai on how the U.S. can outpace its competitors on 5G while protecting national security.
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Join the Center for Strategic and International Studies for an Online Event: Countering Unmanned Aerial Systems: the Path Forward on January 8, from 9am-10:15am EST. Registration for the live event and a recording of the event can be found at the following link: https://www.csis.org/events/online-event-countering-unmanned-aerial-systems-path-forward
The spectrum of air and missile threats has never been more complex. Join the CSIS Missile Defense Project on January 8 to discuss the path forward on Countering Unmanned Aerial Systems (C-UAS), with a discussion featuring MC Sean Gainey, Director, C-UAS Office and Director of Fire, G-3/5/7, and Nicole M. Thomas, Division Chief for Strategy and Policy, Joint-CsUAS Office.
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Watch Jennet Conant’s webinar on “The Classified WWII Disaster that Launched the War on Cancer” on the Middlebury Institute of International Studies’ website: https://nonproliferation.org/the-classified-wwii-disaster-that-launched-the-war-on-cancer/ The author discusses her new book, The Great Secret: The Classified World War II Disaster that Launched the War on Cancer (W. W. Norton & Company, 2020), including the story itself; how she conducted her research; and what new discoveries she made, in particular those related to chemical weapons during WWII and the direct link between the Bari attack and the war on cancer.
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Read the following article on The Economist’s website: “Britain Needs a Post-Brexit Foreign Policy.”
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Read the following article on Reuters’ website: “From Embargo to Embrace, Saudi Arabia Pushes Gulf Detente.”