The Evening: Reopening or Not, Stimulus, CCR and More
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** Good Evening,
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It's Tuesday, March 24th.
** President Trump Hopes To Reopen
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President Trump said he hopes to have the country reopened in just over two weeks, a timeline that is dramatically sooner than what many public-health experts have recommended, as the
WSJ’s Rebecca Ballhaus, Stephanie Armour, and Alex Leary report ([link removed]) .
The Washington Post reports ([link removed]) that a World Health Organization official said that the United States has the potential to become the new epicenter of the global crisis.
Meanwhile, India’s prime minister decreed a 21-day lockdown for the country of 1.3 billion, as the NYT reports ([link removed]) .
** Stimulus on 2 Yard Line
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Congressional negotiators signaled Tuesday they are likely hours away from clinching a bipartisan agreement on a nearly $2 trillion emergency stimulus package, as
Politico reports ([link removed]) .
And the FT reports ([link removed]) Wall Street had its best day in over a decade as stimulus nears.
** New CSIS Report
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“The Right-wing Terrorism Threat in Europe ([link removed]) ,” a new CSIS report by Seth Jones, Catrina Doxsee, and Nicholas Harrington.
** CSIS Executive Education
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We invite you to apply to The Dynamics and Implications of China's Rise ([link removed]) , a three-day course on China's domestic and elite politics, its growing international influence, and its economic development trajectory.
** Video Shorts
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Check out CSIS’s new series of video shorts: “Testify,” "What's Happening," "Preview," and “High Resolution.” And don’t forget to subscribe to the CSIS YouTube Channel ([link removed]) !
** In That Number
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** 21
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India, the world’s second-most populous country, will order its 1.3 billion people to stay inside their homes for 21 days to try to curb the spread of the coronavirus, Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared today.
Source: NYT ([link removed])
** Critical Quote
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** “We can socially distance ourselves and go to work.”
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— President Trump
** iDeas Lab
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A new report ([link removed]) from CSIS's Transnational Threats Program assesses the threat that right-wing terrorists pose to Europe in comparison to other types of terrorism.
The Andreas C. Dracopoulos iDeas Lab at CSIS enhances our research with the latest in cutting-edge web technologies, design, and video.
** Optics
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(Photo credit: Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images). Mike Pence, Deborah Birx, and U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams take part in a Fox News virtual town hall meeting today.
** Recommended Reading
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“Ice Curtain: Why Is There a New Russian Military Facility 300 Miles from Alaska? ([link removed]) ” by CSIS’s Heather Conley, Joseph Bermudez, and Matthew Melino.
** Video
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CSIS’s Heather Conley, director of the Europe Program, describes Russia’s archipelago of military installations in the Arctic, its economic and military importance, and the United States should pay attention to these developments. Watch the full video here ([link removed]) .
** Podcasts
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Die Welt
In mid-February, CSIS’s Steve Morrison attended the Munich Security Conference, where he talked to a variety of policymakers, donors, and agency heads leading the response to the coronavirus epidemic. In this episode of Coronavirus Crisis Update, he speaks with Jeremy Farrar, director of the Wellcome Trust.
Listen on Spotify ([link removed]) & Apple Podcasts ([link removed]) .
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Die Welt
Hosted by Bonnie S. Glaser, CSIS senior adviser for Asia, the ChinaPower Podcast dissects critical issues underpinning China’s emergence as a global power.
Listen on Spotify ([link removed]) & Apple Podcasts ([link removed]) .
** Smiles
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Our greatest musicians are stuck at home too. Many of them have been showing up online to lift our spirits by performing songs while we are all social distancing. My favorite so far has to be John Fogerty performing ([link removed]) a few Credence Clearwater Revival classics from his yard and home studio.
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