Good Evening,
It's Thursday, July 23rd.
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4 Million Milestone
The number of people known to have been infected with the virus in the United States passed four million today, and as the NYT reports, cases are trending upward in 39 states, as well as Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, and are decreasing in only two. |
China Promises Retaliation
The United States abruptly ordered China to close its consulate in Houston by Friday, and as the Washington Post reports,
China immediately promised to retaliate for the "unprecedented escalation.” |
Pompeo China Speech
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is calling on the Chinese people to alter the ruling Communist Party’s direction in a speech explaining the Trump administration’s full-throttled response to an assertive China and saying that Chinese leader Xi Jinping is a “true believer in a bankrupt totalitarian ideology,” as the WSJ reports. |
Climate Check
In the latest episode of the Theories of Change podcast, host Sarah Ladislaw speaks with David Victor, professor of international relations at the School of Global Policy and Strategy, about the role of policy, climate science, and technology in crafting solutions to lowering greenhouse gas emissions. |
CSIS Executive Education
Rolling applications are still open for the CSIS and Syracuse University’s joint Executive Master’s in International Relations, a first-of-its-kind degree allowing working professionals in the nation’s capital to benefit from the strengths of the #1 graduate school in public affairs and the #1 think tank in the United States. |
Video Shorts
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!
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In That Number
4 million
The number of people known to have been infected with the coronavirus in the United States passed four million today.
Source: NYT |
Critical Quote
“Politics and partisanship have made things worse. What is very important is science, solutions, and solidarity.”
— Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO director general |
iDeas Lab
Climate change has dried critical river channels in Kenya. In the first chapter of a three-part documentary series, the CSIS Global Food Security Program highlights the creation of sand dams as a tool to regenerate the environment and protect agriculture.
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: Munir Uz Zaman/AFP via Getty Images.) Commuters make their way through a waterlogged street after a heavy downpour in Dhaka, Bangladesh today. |
Recommended Reading
“Covid-19, the Iranians, and Us,” by CSIS’s Jon Alterman. |
This Town Tomorrow
At 9:00 a.m., the CSIS Global Health Policy Center and Kaiser Family Foundation will host a public panel discussion about the outcomes of the AIDS 2020 Virtual Conference.
Later, at 1:30 p.m., the CSIS Commission on Strengthening America's Health Security will host Dr. Anthony Fauci for a conversation about what is needed to slow the spread of Covid-19, progress on a vaccine, as well as what federal, state, and local actions may be necessary to safely reopen businesses and schools.
And, at 10:00 a.m., the United States Institute of Peace will host a webinar exploring Central Asia’s role in promoting stability in Afghanistan’s peaceful future, featuring Ambassadors Roya Rahmani of Afghanistan, Javlon Vakhabov of Uzbekistan, and Erzhan Kazykhanov of Kazakhstan, as well as U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad.
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Video
CSIS yesterday hosted head of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Mark Lowcock, Representative Susan Brooks (R-IN), and Representative Ami Bera (D-CA) to discuss how the United States can take action to stem the global spread of Covid-19 and mitigate heightened global instability. Watch the full event here.
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Podcasts
In this episode, the Trade Guys and I welcomed a special guest: Keir Lamont, policy counsel at the Computer and Communications Industry Association. We talked about the European Court of Justice’s decision on U.S.-EU data flows and what it means for businesses and consumers.
Listen on Apple Podcasts & Spotify. |
Smiles
I really can’t finish the week discussing the 50th anniversary of “Workingman’s Dead” without playing this never before released live version of “Cumberland Blues,” one of the album’s standout tracks. “Cumberland” went on to become one of the Dead’s all-time get-down tunes. This version sounds so organic and rootsy, like the song itself. |
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