The Evening: Vaccine Testing, Fed Rates, Concrete Jungle and More
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** Good Evening,
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It's Wednesday, June 10th.
** Pivotal Vaccine Testing This Summer
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The federal government plans to fund and conduct the decisive studies of three experimental coronavirus vaccines starting this summer. Meant to determine a vaccine’s safety and effectiveness, they would mark the final stage of testing, as the
WSJ reports ([link removed]) .
** Fed Rates Unchanged
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The Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged and near zero on Wednesday as the central bank projected a slow economic recovery from the pandemic-induced recession. In their first economic projections this year, Fed officials indicated that they expected the unemployment rate to end 2020 at 9.3 percent and remain elevated for years, coming in at 5.5 percent in 2022, as the
NYT reports ([link removed]) .
** Indian-Chinese Standoff
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Indian and Chinese military commanders made progress in talks on Wednesday to defuse a standoff along their disputed border in the western Himalayas after pulling back some troops in confidence-building gestures, as Reuters reports ([link removed]) .
** On the Horizon
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Covid-19 has turned our way of life upside down. How can researchers reassess their work ([link removed]) in light of the pandemic?
CSIS’s “On the Horizon (#) ” series offers insights into the more fundamental changes we might anticipate for our future social and economic world as a consequence of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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** In That Number
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** 21
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Virus cases surpassed 2 million in the U.S., and are increasing in 21 states amid efforts to reopen.
Source: NYT ([link removed])
** Critical Quote
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** “Is that what a black man’s life is worth? Twenty dollars?”
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— Philonise Floyd, brother of George Floyd today before the House Judiciary Committee
** iDeas Lab
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Estimates attribute 700,000 deaths globally per year to resistant infections ([link removed]) . By 2050, 10 million lives a year and $100 trillion of economic output could be at risk.
The Andreas C. Dracopoulos iDeas Lab at CSIS enhances our research with the latest in cutting-edge web technologies, design, and multimedia.
** Optics
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(Photo credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images). Barriers and temporary fencing are removed from the south side of the White House complex.
** Recommended Reading
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“The Missile War in Yemen ([link removed]) ,” by CSIS's Ian Williams and Shaan Shaikh.
** Online Events
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Tomorrow, at 10:00 a.m. ([link removed]) , CSIS will webcast a discussion about social distancing and public health measures and their effect on livelihoods in sub-Saharan Africa.
Later, at 1:00 p.m. ([link removed]) , CSIS will host a panel discussing the changes in Latin America due to Covid-19 and what the “new normal” will be for the region.
And, at 12:30 p.m. ([link removed]) , Johns Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) will host a discussion with Professor Mark Gilbert, Professor of History and International Studies, about post-Covid politics.
** Video
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External powers, including the United States and China, have ramped up engagement with Southeast Asia and now compete for influence in the region. Watch the latest PreView on Powers, Norms, and Institutions in Southeast Asia ([link removed]) .
** Podcasts
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In the fourth episode of the Reopening, Scott Miller and I speak with Ajay Banga, President & CEO of Mastercard, about financial inclusion, consumer trust, and technology’s role in growth and recovery.
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** Smiles
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