The Evening: Turkey Lifts NATO Veto, G7 Ends, Robert Plant, and More

Turkey Lifts NATO Veto

NATO will formally invite Finland and Sweden to join the alliance on Wednesday after Turkey lifted its veto on their membership, as the NYT reports.

G-7 Summit Ends

The Group of Seven rich democracies ended their summit with an agreement to discuss a batch of new sanctions against Russia, but the gathering underlined the limits of using economic tools to punish Russia, as the WSJ reports.

Iran Applies to Join BRICS Coalition

Iran has applied to join a grouping of major developing economies that includes Russia, in a move hailed by Moscow, as the Washington Post reports.

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In That Number

10%

Economists predict Russia's economy to shrink by nearly 10% this year.

Source: New York Times

Critical Quote

“Turkey will, at the Madrid summit this week, support the invitation of Finland and Sweden to become members of NATO.”

— Sauli Niinisto, president of Finland

iDeas Lab

New satellite imagery, analyzed by CSIS, shows that the submersible missile test stand barge at North Korea's Sinpo South Shipyard has once again exchanged positions with the infiltration mothership, opening the possibility for an upcoming test.

The Andreas C. Dracopoulos iDeas Lab at CSIS enhances our research with the latest in cutting-edge web technologies, design, and multimedia.

Optics

(Photo Credit: Chema Moya/Pool/AFP/Getty Images.)

Spain's King Felipe VI shakes hands with U.S. President Joe Biden as he arrives for a meeting ahead of a NATO summit, at the Palacio Real in Madrid, on June 28, 2022.

Recommended Reading

"China's Zero-Covid: What Should the West Do?" by CSIS's J. Stephen Morrison, Scott Kennedy, and Council on Foreign Relations's Yanzhong Huang.

This Town Tomorrow

At 10:00 a.m., Brookings examines Kenya's upcoming presidential election and its implications for regional stability.

And, at 2:00 p.m., join the Wilson Center to explore U.S. agencies’ role at the nexus of diplomacy and LGBTQI+ human rights.

Then, at 3:00 p.m. the Atlantic Council hosts a discussion on the role the Caribbean diaspora can play in building on commitments from the Summit of the Americas.

Video

Bonny Lin, director of the CSIS China Power Project, explains what has and hasn't changed in U.S. relations with both Taiwan and China. Watch the video here.

Podcasts

This episode of Intersections reviews the human rights news of the week, including the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act going into effect, and the initiative by the UK government to send asylum seekers to Rwanda.

Listen on Spotify & Apple Podcasts.

Smiles

“Cryin' won't help you, prayin' won't do you no good
When the levee breaks, mama, you got to move.”

Led Zeppelin fans are perpetually exasperated with Robert Plant for not reuniting the band with John Bonham’s son Jason on drums. Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones have go-bags packed and say they’d go back on the road tomorrow.

But Plant wants to do his own thing. His ongoing project with Alison Krauss is what he’s most interested these days. Yet every so often, Plant provides a glimpse of what could be.