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It's Monday, June 3rd. |
Sheinbaum, Mexico Ruling Party’s Election Sweep Spooks Markets
The historic election of Claudia Sheinbaum to Mexico’s presidency and the wide margin of victory by her ruling political party sparked concerns Monday that the nationalist movement now has the power to push through constitutional changes that opponents say risk weakening the country’s democracy while raising the role of the state in the economy, as The Wall Street Journal reports. |
Fauci Dismisses Allegations
Anthony Fauci defended himself Monday against claims that he orchestrated a coverup of the coronavirus pandemic’s origins, with the former government official rejecting some allegations as “simply preposterous,” as The Washington Post reports. |
G7 Leaders Fully Endorse Biden's Gaza Peace Plan
Leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) major democracies "fully endorse and will stand behind the comprehensive" ceasefire and hostage release deal for the Gaza war outlined by U.S. President Joe Biden and call on Hamas to accept it, as Reuters reports. |
Executive Education
The Breakthrough Leadership Program helps rising leaders navigate global issues, fine-tuning key skills for success. Designed for mid-career professionals from marginalized backgrounds, it blends virtual and in-person sessions to provide tools and knowledge for career advancement. Applications close June 28. |
Audio Briefs
CSIS experts give short, spoken-word summaries on the biggest takeaways from their latest reports, white papers, and commentaries—in their own words.
Listen here: "Angola: The Long Road Traveled and the Way Forward" with CSIS's Mvemba Phezo Dizolele. |
In That Number
642 million
A record-breaking 642 million voters cast their ballots in India’s general election, which concluded on June 1.
Source: Reuters |
Critical Quote
“For the first time in 200 years of the republic, I will become the first female president of Mexico. And as I have said on other occasions, I do not arrive alone. We all arrived, with our heroines who gave us our homeland, with our ancestors, our mothers, our daughters and our granddaughters.”
—Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico’s president-elect |
iDeas Lab
On May 27, 2024, North Korea undertook a launch of the Malligyong-1-1 reconnaissance satellite, using what they identified as a “new-type satellite carrier rocket.” The launch suffered a catastrophic failure of the first stage and exploded. Read the latest Beyond Parallel analysis here.
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Optics
(Photo credit: Gerardo Vieyra/NurPhoto/Getty Images.) Claudia Sheinbaum, the winner for the presidency of Mexico for the Morena party, thanks her supporters on June 3, 2024. |
Recommended Reading
“An Uncertain Future: Democratic Backsliding through Executive Aggrandizement under AMLO” by CSIS’s Ryan C. Berg and Leonardo Moraveg. |
This Town Tomorrow
At 10:00 a.m., the CSIS Scholl Chair in International Business explores how the United States, European Union, and private sector can work across the Atlantic to strengthen medical supply chains.
Later, at 1:00 p.m., the CSIS Abshire-Inamori Leadership Academy welcomes Ross Kaplan, Senior Advisor at the U.S. Department of State, to discuss the hiring process and life as a State Department employee.
And, at 1:30 p.m., the CSIS Project on Prosperity and Development hosts a conversation with Alice Albright, CEO, Millennium Challenge Corporation, on how the organization is adapting to current global challenges in its 20th year. |
Video
Today, the CSIS International Security Program hosted General James Rainey, Commanding General, United States Army Futures Command, for a discussion on Army modernization efforts, future investment priorities, and the development of the Army's next warfighting concept. Watch the full video here. |
Podcasts
A new CSIS podcast—The Digital Dispatch—dives into the biggest technology policy developments shaping our world today. In the first episode, Caitlin Chin-Rothmann and James A. Lewis discuss bipartisan concerns over China’s access to sensitive U.S. personal information, the TikTok divest-or-ban law, and the path to commercial privacy legislation at the federal and state levels.
Listen on Spotify & Apple Podcasts. |
Smiles
The folks at “Playing for Change” have a great series of videos that they produce called “Live Outside.” I think this recent video they posted is a good way to kick off the summer! |
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